A look at Left 4 Dead's green thumbless box art

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A look at Left 4 Dead's green thumbless box art

Posted Jul 21st 2008 11:30PM by Dustin Burg
Filed under: News

After falling in love with the game during E3, Valve's Xbox 360 exclusive co-op zombie killing fest-of-awesomeness, Left 4 Dead has secured a piece of our video game heart. And today Valve released the game's official box art featuring an abundance of the color green, a dismembered hand (very similar to the Dead Space artwork) and absolutely no thumbs. After all, it is called Left 4 Dead and having a fifth finger would totally mess up the "4" vibe they were going for. Full size and thumbless Left 4 Dead box art is viewable after the jump.

Gallery: Left 4 Dead

[Via Joystiq]

Tags: ea, left-4-dead, valve

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

7-21-2008 @ 11:37PM

Muffin_man said...

Pretty clever.

7-21-2008 @ 11:51PM

Ben said...

As said on Joystiq, they need to modify it to be a left hand. Or just come up with a different one... This isn't all that appealing.

7-22-2008 @ 12:50AM

Macedonia Mafia said...

I like the one I made better.

http://www.vgboxart.com/viewfullbox.php?boxid=18310&boxloc=%2Fboxes%2F360%2F18310_left_4_dead-v2-orig.png

7-22-2008 @ 1:00AM

Digital Limit said...

That just makes the game seem really generic.

7-22-2008 @ 2:50PM

GANNONSMASH said...

Way better than the original.

7-22-2008 @ 1:36AM

SovietSpartan said...

I been watching alot of zombie movies waiting for this to come out. I started with George Romero's originals and now I am watching the remakes along with the 28 days/weeks later. BTW FIDO is the best zombie movie ever.

7-22-2008 @ 9:39AM

Boff said...

Shaun of the Dead

7-22-2008 @ 1:38AM

Phil said...

This isn't a 360 Exclusive, it will also be released on the PC. (FYI)

7-22-2008 @ 1:44AM

ExMcloud said...

They know...Its a Xb360 console exclusive...FYI

7-22-2008 @ 1:44AM

Dustin Burg said...

360 console exclusivity

7-22-2008 @ 4:47AM

Arnon said...

Either way, you gotta own a Microsoft product ;3

7-22-2008 @ 5:06AM

Arnon said...

I wish it was a Left hand instead.. but, I also think a left hand would make the fingers look funky for the cover.. *Sigh*

7-22-2008 @ 6:19AM

Premo said...

It's no wonder zombies are so pissed off.

No thumbs for video games.

7-22-2008 @ 9:38AM

Boff said...

Thumbthing's wrong with that picture.

I'll get my coat.

7-22-2008 @ 10:28AM

Zoot Suit Jedi said...

badum pssh.

Heyooooo!

7-22-2008 @ 1:15PM

Rumble said...

http://www.instantrimshot.com/

7-22-2008 @ 9:49AM

joey said...

Well L4D gets two thumbs up from me.

7-22-2008 @ 10:33AM

Zoot Suit Jedi said...

I've come up with a left for dead dance.

It's like MC Hammer's "2 Legit 2 Quit"

Step one: Point to the left.
Step two: Display four fingers as shown on cover.
Step three: Slashing motion across throat.

Soooo hawt.

7-22-2008 @ 2:07PM

sfgiant25 said...

This is the coolest box art cover i've ever seen. Can't wait 'til this comes out

7-23-2008 @ 4:33PM

avan zombie said...

is this co-op only? no single campaign??????

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