News: Left 4 Dead 2!? WTF?!?

Yes folks, you are reading that right. Left 4 Dead 2??? Certainly Double-U Tee Ef in my department.

Word comes from PC Zone UK's website that they heard it from Destructoid that Valve and EA are going to reveal Left 4 Dead 2 at the upcoming E3.

There will be:
1. A new group of four survivors
2. New locations
3. New guns
4. Melee weapons including a baseball bat, an axe, and a chainsaw
5. A new infected, something "big" and "fast"

Now, I don't know whether this information is credible or not, but if it is, my only concern is whether or not Valve intends to release this all as a DLC for current Left 4 Dead owners, or make this an entirely new title.

If it is the latter, then Valve is in for a big hate-fest from current Left 4 Dead owners. Heck, L4D hasn't even been out for more than seven months, and they go and pull this number. Now, if it was a DLC, then we'd be pretty happy and psyched for what's to come.

Although I'm pretty skeptical about melee weapons and how that would affect both the fast-paced play, and also Versus mode. I'm all up for new locales and new characters though. I've had enough of Bill.