Left 4 Dead 2 has new ‘Versus’ game mode.

Last night Valve unveiled a new Versus mode called ‘Scavenge Mode’ which will be included in the upcoming Left 4 Dead 2. The new mode has been designed to provide “quicker, even more frantic game play” than Left 4 Dead’s current vanilla Versus mode according to Valve.

The new mode still pits a team of survivors against a team of infected, but in this mode the survivors need to acquire 16 cans of gasoline which are dotted around the maps to power up a generator. The opposing team of infected have to stop the survivors and/or destroy the cans of gasoline.

The game mode lasts for 3 rounds and in the event of a tie, the winner is the team which acquired the cans in the quickest time. Each round is timed and collecting a gasoline can adds 20 seconds onto the clock.

Dispensing a can of gasoline into a generator takes about the same amount of time that it takes to heal a team mate and early reports indicate that generators camping by the infected team is a sound (perhaps frustrating?) tactic. The new Spitter infected is also highly valuable on this map as he can make gasoline cans explode in a Survivors arms with a well timed shot.

Survivors can also shoot gas cans but this isn’t a total disaster as they do respawn if destroyed.

So far the mode seems to offer extremely quick and frantic game play which requires quite a different kind of strategy to the current Versus offering and I’m very much looking forward to trying this mode come November.

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