4 April 1942 My group has been 'resting' at Alexandrovka since 2 April and. Overkill announced last month that a collaboration with Valve was underway concerning a Left 4 Dead/Payday crossover, though didn't provide details at the time. I left early with the provisions cart, sitting on top of the soup canisters. 'Just us having some fun with a studio we are friends with and who have also made a great co-op game.'ĭeveloper Overkill Software tagged the YouTube video with the following text: 'Have you ever wondered how the Left 4 Dead series began? It started with a heist!' There is a little cameo from one of the L4D characters (the comic should give you a hint) and a fun little Easter Egg with a payoff later in Left 4 Dead. Probably one of the best known easter eggs in Left 4 Dead, In the Left 4 Dead 2 DLC: 'The Passing', there is graffiti on the wall of one of the safehouses that reads: 'Otis, No. There have been several Left 4 Dead easter eggs in the Dead Rising games, as well as to Dead Rising in the Left 4 Dead games. 'It is not telling the origins of the Infection and is not canon. Left 4 Dead (shortened L4D) is a first-person survival game series created by Valve. 'This is a 100 per cent Overkill made mission for Payday: The Heist simply set in No Mercy hospital from the Left 4 Dead series,' Valve's Chet Faliszek told Kotaku.
The Payday: The Heist - No Mercy level is not a Left 4 Dead prequel, Valve has insisted.ĭuring E3 reports claimed Payday: The Heist's teased Left 4 Dead mash-up was a prequel to the co-op zombie kill 'em up.īut responding to the video, below, that leaked over the weekend, Valve confirmed this is not the case.