Left 4 Dead Crash Course Add-On Lands on Xbox LIVE

So much for the helicopter rescue. Left 4 Dead’s new Crash Course add-on picks up right after their helicopter rescue at the end of the No Mercy campaign and takes place in the interlude before Death Toll. This add-on, available now for 560 MS Points, adds 10 new achievements, totaling 250 points, and is playable in Co-Op, Survival, and Versus modes. (It’s an awesome Versus map, and the achievements hint that that’s the way it’s intended to be played.)

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Though the core gameplay is the same goodness that makes Left 4 Dead wonderful—destroy hordes of everyday zombies and “special infected”—these maps have a different feel. You’ll spend a bit more time outside than in the typical Left 4 Dead level, moving across parking lots, waterfronts, and bridges as you look for an escape from the town. It takes around a half-hour for a typical Versus match, which is nice when you don’t have the typical hour to devote to online zombie mayhem.

What better way to pass the time while you wait for Left 4 Dead 2 to arrive on November 17?