Since announcing Left 4 Dead 2 at E3 last week, Valve's come under fire from gamers who are upset that a sequel to Left 4 Dead has already been announced -- given their history of supporting titles like Team Fortress, Counter-Strike, and other games years after release, many gamers in the community were surprised to a L4D sequel so soon. Speaking with VideoGamer.com, Valve's Chet Faliszek defended L4D2, saying that Left 4 Dead 2 is "too big" to be offered as downloadable content. The game features 5 new campaigns, new characters and melee weapons, AI Director 2.0, and an unannounced new game mode. “It was just like, OK, this is big enough that this isn’t DLC, we’re not going to be able to leak it out. It’s a cohesive, single thing. It’s Left 4 Dead 2.”

Faliszek confirmed that Valve plans to offer additional updates for the original Left 4 Dead, but didn't provide specifics. When asked if Valve plans for Left 4 Dead to become an annual series that's updated yearly (ala Call of Duty) Faliszek said: "We do it once in a year and everyone’s like, oh my God! Let’s do this one. Let’s worry about this and then we’ll see.”

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