Left 4 Dead is a 2008 first-person shooter game developed by Valve South and published by Valve. It was originally released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 in November 2008 and for Mac OS X in October 2010, and is the first title in the Left 4 Dead series. Set during the aftermath of a zombie outbreak on the East Coast of the United States, the game pits its four protagonists, dubbed the “Survivors”, against hordes of the infected. Wikipedia

Research exclusive to this game
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Research that includes this game in its sample
McKissack, Fraser, and Lawrence May. “Running With the Dead: Speedruns and Generative Rupture in Left 4 Dead 1 and 2.” Games and Culture 15, no. 5 (2020): 544-564.
Other games in the franchise
Left 4 Dead (1)
Left 4 Dead 2 (1)