The Passing

"The Passing will become the most important campaign in the Left 4 Dead story, as all the Survivors are being called together in one campaign."

- Doug Lombardi

The Passing is an upcoming DLC for Left 4 Dead 2. It will include a new campaign and a "new co-operative challenge mode of play." It also introduces the a new firearm, the M60; the Golf Club, and a new Uncommon Common Infected called the Fallen Survivor.

The Passing will take place between Dead Center and Dark Carnival, in a rural town in Georgia. One of the main features of this campaign is a meet-up between the Left 4 Dead 2 Survivors and all of the Survivors from Left 4 Dead. (Note that the original Survivors will not be playable.) The original Survivors will appear in the campaign's first chapter, where they will meet up with the new Survivors. They will then appear once again near the end, to help Coach, Nick, Rochelle, and Ellis escape. The campaign will be playable in all of the current game modes, as well as the newly featured one. It will be free for PC, and about 560MS on the Xbox 360, and the release date is stated for late March for both the PC and Xbox 360 versions. The DLC is called the Passing, due to the passing on, or death, of one of the original four survivors. The dead survivor, having given their own life to save the others. To explain how this happened, Valve and Xbox Live, will be releasing DLCs for the first game, in which the players play through a new campaign, leading up to the event, ending one player giving up their life to let the other three survivors escape.

Released in The Passing

 * The Fallen Survivor is the new Uncommon Common Infected. Apparently a Survivor who was well-prepared but eventually became Infected, it is armed with guns, ammunition, and health. Similar to the Screamer's AI, Fallen Survivors will run away as soon as they see a Survivor. They have more health than normal infected, and, as such, may require heavy gunfire to kill. However, when killed, certain usable items will be dropped and become obtainable.
 * The M60 machine gun.
 * The Golf Club.
 * A new Co-operative game mode.
 * A new Midnight Riders song.
 * A new Bride Model for the Witch.
 * New Achievements.
 * New Common Infected Models: Midnight Riders fans & Wedding Guests.
 * New Survival Map.