Left 4 Dead's Survivor Party Isn't Going So Well

Left 4 Dead 2's "The Passing" will bring together the survivors from Left 4 Dead 1 with the survivors of the second game. Just because they're all surviving, though, doesn't mean they're going to get along.

The Passing will be out later today on both Xbox 360 and PC. It'll be 560MSP on Microsoft's console, while PC owners can enjoy it for $0.00.

Left 4 Dead 2's "The Passing" Releasing Next Week

The Passing -- which will run you 560 Microsoft Points, or $7 -- will add a new chapter to the Left 4 Dead story, with the main hook being a crossover between the survivors in the original game and the survivors in the sequel (and for a little more detail on this crossover, check out the spoiler-ish info here). The Passing also adds some new weapons and infected to the mix as well, including "specialty weapons" like an M60 heavy machine gun. Although Valve didn't give a specific date for when it'll be released, they did say they'd have more details on the L4D2 blog next week.

Modern Warfare 3 Being Held Up By Legal Confrontation

The legal stoush between publishers Activision and former Infinity Ward bosses Jason West and Vince Zampella isn't just giving us all some entertaining reading. It's also holding up development of Modern Warfare 3.

The court documents surrounding the case, released earlier today, show that one of Activision's main complaints is that West and Zampella's attempts to secede from Activision and form a new "spin-off" studio is "delaying pre-production of Modern Warfare 3", and that this delay is being used as "leverage in their negotiations with Activision".

Further, the case also says that "as a direct and proximate result of this breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, Activision has been forced to commit additional resources to Modern Warfare 3".

Regardless of who is left at Infinity Ward by the time the game does enter into production, you can rest assured, Activision is intent on bringing you at least one more Modern Warfare title.