Left 4 Dead 2
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Left 4 Dead 2 - UpdateAn update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. - Revised fix for Linux build including latest security patches.Left 4 Dead 2 - UpdateAn update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. - Fixed several crashes and exploits reported via HackerOne.Left 4 Dead 2 - UpdateAn update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. - Fixed a compatibility issue that was causing a crash on Linux clients.
| Published | Kind | Announcement | Build |
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| Game update | Left 4 Dead 2 - Update An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. - Fixed exploits used to crash remote servers. | 17033439 | |
| Game update | Left 4 Dead 2 - Update An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. - Fixed some exploits used to crash remote servers. | 16546363 | |
| News | Left 4 Dead 2 Free Weekend Left 4 Dead 2 celebrates its 15th anniversary this weekend by going free-to-play until November 18th. Jump in for the first time to battle zombie hordes with your friends, or come back for the opportunity to finally earn the "Good Guy Nick" achievement! | — | |
| Game update | Left 4 Dead 2 - Update An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. - Fixed several crash and remote code execution exploits. - Fixed a crash on some NVIDIA graphics cards when shader detail is set to High. | 16169696 | |
| Game update | Left 4 Dead 2 - Update An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. - Player connect message is no longer networked to clients, to prevent exposing player IP addresses. | 15163053 | |
| Game update | Left 4 Dead 2 - Update An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Fixed a regression that blocked taking screenshots. | 14847984 | |
| Game update | Left 4 Dead 2 - Update An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Fixed a memory leak exploit in lobby chat. - Prevent running arbitrary script code on a remote server. - Prevent a network exploit that gave the client access to server settings. - Implementation example for a new beta feature in Steam. | 14822586 | |
| Game update | Left 4 Dead 2 - Update An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Fixed an exploit that could block a player from connecting to any game, whether online or local. - Fixed two exploits that used invalid content to crash the game or prevent it from loading. - Fixed a memory leak when rejecting invalid content. | 14602690 | |
| Game update | Left 4 Dead 2 - Update An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Fixed a bug that prevented the community server list from appearing. | 14500297 | |
| Game update | Left 4 Dead 2 - Update An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Fixed two exploits that could remotely crash servers. - Fixed music not playing at the main menu on Linux. | 14364595 | |
| Game update | Left 4 Dead 2 - Update An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Fixed another exploit where malicious network packets could severely degrade server performance. - Fixed a client exploit that could cause long server stalls. - Fixed a potential crash if a Charger failed to return to valid nav for an extended period of time. - Fixed a rare hang from ray traces encountering NaN values. | 14138642 | |
| Game update | Left 4 Dead 2 - Update An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Blocked an exploit that could forcibly disconnect a player from any server, even when playing a local game. | 14030103 | |
| Game update | Left 4 Dead 2 - Update An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Fixed two exploits that could crash remote servers. - Fixed missing lobby state messages. - Fixed community server searches not always returning the full set of lowest-ping results. | 13847030 | |
| Game update | Left 4 Dead 2 - Update An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Improved the reliability of "mm_dedicated_force_official_servers" to find the lowest ping server across the supplied IPs. | 13721890 | |
| Game update | Left 4 Dead 2 - Update An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Fixed several matchmaking lobby exploits. - The cvar "mm_dedicated_force_servers" now only applies to lobbies with the "Best Available Dedicated" server type as originally intended - for all other lobby types the cvar is ignored. Lobby leaders who wish to force official dedicated server selection due to location or network issues should use the n… | 13704331 | |
| Game update | Left 4 Dead 2 - Update An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Fixed an exploit where reliable network fragments could stall out a server indefinitely. - Re-enabled uploads by default so sprays will work again. | 13603771 | |
| Game update | Left 4 Dead 2 - Update An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Fixed a degenerate case where malformed network packets could delay processing the remainder of the stream, severely impacting server performance. | 13535069 | |
| Game update | Left 4 Dead 2 - Update An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Fixed possible corruption of the unreliable network stream during high network loads. - Increased default command limits to prevent spurious disconnects. | 13513259 | |
| Game update | Left 4 Dead 2 - Update An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. - Added protections against malformed network packets. - Reduced server-side command limits per client. - Fixed a regression in script handling of regular expressions. - Fixed several vulnerabilities and exploits reported via HackerOne. | 13387043 | |
| Game update | Left 4 Dead 2 - Update An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Fixed several vulnerabilities and exploits reported via HackerOne. | 13198654 | |
| Game update | Left 4 Dead 2 - Update An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. Tank Run mutation fixes based on feedback from Tank Run community groups: - Removed auto-revive. - Re-enabled water slowdown. - Re-enabled crawling when incapped. - Lowered revive health to 40. - Revive duration set to 3 seconds. - Fixed issue where Tanks deleted by triggers were still counted as alive. - Starting the two extra generators in Sacrif… | 12080602 | |
| Game update | Update - Left 4 Dead 2 An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. - Fixed several exploits reported via HackerOne. - Fixed controller navigation in some menus. - Fixed not being able to open the train door in Crash Course when playing the Tank Run Mutation. - Only the original attacker gets credited for damage caused by exploding props. - Restored the knife's original horizontal swing trajectory. - Fixed incorrec… | 11830180 | |
| Game update | Left 4 Dead 2 - Update An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. - Fixed console chat regression from previous update. | 11267627 | |
| Game update | Left 4 Dead 2 - Update An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. - Fixed a regression that caused some scripted special zombie spawns to fail. Fixes Tank Run mutation. | 11265986 | |
| Game update | Left 4 Dead 2 - Update An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. - Fixed several crash and RCE exploits, all reported via HackerOne. | 11264972 | |
| Game update | Left 4 Dead 2 - Update An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. - Update to DXVK Version 2.0 - Fixed potential exploit to remotely crash servers | 9969999 | |
| Game update | Left 4 Dead 2 - Update An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2: - Fixed a shader crash with Vulkan on Intel. - Fixed a crash on Linux at the main menu. - Fixed text corruption in the Mutations menu on Linux. - Return the model index from script precache calls. - Added script function "GetModelIndex" | 9486437 |
Announcements are the developer’s own posts to the game’s Steam news feed: updates and their patch notes, in-game events, releases and sales. The important ones are marked on the players chart.