Left for Dead 2 gets lot’s of headshots this week, versus changes

The Left for dead blog has revealed the latest mutation that will run throughout the course of the week in Left for Dead 2. Simply calledHeadshot!, the new mutation will be available in the the campaign mode of the game. More after the jump!

The Left for dead blog has revealed the latest mutation that will run throughout the course of the week in Left for Dead 2. Simply called Headshot!, the new mutation will be available in the the campaign mode of the game. According to the blog post:

“The only shot that counts is the one in the head. Shoot them in the arm, shoot them in the leg, shoot them in the chest – it just doesn’t matter! The only way these zombies are going down is with a head shot. Other hits will stumble them back, but only a head shot or decapitation will kill them. This Mutation is available for Campaign Mode.”

Valve also revealed the first versus changes that will be included in this update.

“We have the first of our planned Versus Changes. These changes will appear on the PC and later on the Xbox 360. While not removing Defibrillators, we have made some changes to them. We scaled dynamic Defibs based on map length. This means unless the Defib was expressly set by the level designer to have more, the Director will only spawn them on a long map. The Director will also cap the number to one per map.”

“Using the Defibrillator is no longer free; there is now a 25 point scoring penalty for using a Defib. That means each time you use one, you will have 25 points removed from your final score. Will your revived Survivor make it far enough to be worth it?”

“Health kits will also be less numerous as we have removed the Director’s dynamic Pill conversion. Previously if the first team was injured, the Director would spawn First Aid Kits instead of Pills for both teams. Now the Director will always just spawn Pills. The Jockey received some minor buffs. His damage per second was increased and we removed his damage delay.”

Via [Left for Dead Blog]