All you need is a Steam account, and you’re eligible for a free download of Left 4 Dead 2, Valve’s zombie-slaying first-person shooter extravaganza. The giveaway is a holiday gift from the developers, and is supposed to last only till 10AM PST of December 26, which means there are about 12 hours remaining right now, so you’d better hurry.
Valve has added a new special holiday-based Achievement to the game as well. Ghost of Christmas Present can be earned by helping a new player complete the game’s entire campaign. All you need to do to claim your free digital Left 4 Dead 2 copy is click on the install button on the title’s page. This new development was followed by a malfunction on the digital delivery service which had left it unusable for some time yesterday. The service however is back online, and is running smoothly now.
To think that the rush of gamers trying to claim their free Left 4 Dead 2 copies will have caused the outage would be a no brainer. The extremely popular game that Left 4 Dead 2 is has recently featured in many of our ‘Best’ lists. These include best zombie survival games, best Mac games on Steam, best co op PC games, best split screen Xbox 360 games, best LAN party games, best post apocalyptic games and more.
For those unaware, Left 4 Dead 2 tells the story of four survivors of a zombie apocalypse, and lets you play out the situations they encounter, as they try to make their way through the deadly onslaught brought upon them by infected and mutated humans. Click here to grab your free copy of the game.