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Depeche Mode to be in Left 4 Dead 2

News, PC, Xbox 360 | Paul D. | July 28, 2009 at 4:43 am

80s synthpop band Depeche Mode is to appear in Left 4 Dead 2 via music, likeness and…erm, clothing.

Kotaku spotted that L4D2 character Rochelle was wearing a pink Depeche Mode t-shirt. Valve responded by telling us all that they had approached a number of bands to appear in the game. Depeche Mode accepted and were “very free” with their license, according to Valve.

With their latest album out this past April, this seems like a good move for Depeche Mode.

Time for the Depeche Mode joke now: reckon we’ll see a special infected ‘Personal Jesus’?

16 Comments

  1. Pinju Pinju says:

    *cough* Their ‘new’ album has been out a few months now…journalistic fail.

  2. Kry-Vin Kry-Vin says:

    @Pinju
    Especially with the existence of Wikipedia, wherein anyone would have seen that Sounds of the Universe has been out since April.

  3. Kevin M. says:

    Thank you for the correction. It has been updated to reflect your observation. Sometimes we need readers like you to see our mistakes :)

  4. Admir J. Adam J. says:

    Not to mention no one gives a crap about a group like this. I’m not into emo, nor do I care if their emo or not. :)

  5. Paul D. Paul D. says:

    I was just sitting on youtube listening to some of their songs (in the mood) when I had the realisation that it had already been released. Sorry fellas!

  6. pong pong says:

    Via music? So I actually have to, at some point, hear this shitty band while playing L4D2?

  7. Kevin M. says:

    @pong
    Haha I thought the same thing. Also thought the same thing when EA announced some of the songs for Madden 10 last Friday. Thank god for iTunes :)

  8. Pinju Pinju says:

    You’re welcome.

    P.S dM have never been ‘emo’. They are way, way, way before emo.

  9. Dylan S. Dylan S. says:

    @pinju and kry-vin

    Depends what you consider new. Some might say that an album released in the past year is new.

  10. Pinju Pinju says:

    @Dylan S – you missed the original edit, which was that the album was ‘forthcoming’ not ‘new’.

  11. Chris W. Chris W. says:

    end of the day this band suck, and they are way way way up they’re own butts lol sorry to hear they will be playing music in game. glan i have an ipod lol

  12. Dylan S. Dylan S. says:

    Haha, I s’pose I did. My apologies then.

  13. Dmodfoolan Dmodfoolan says:

    All y’all can go lick turd. Depeche mode rulezz!!! They killed Madison square on Tuesday. Haters everywhere. Loser gamers

  14. Steven Y. Steven Y. says:

    You are idiots, Depeche Mode are one of the best and greatest bands ever and they are not emo. Please know what your saying before you make a dumb post.

  15. t t says:

    If in fact DM were “emo” please explain to me how they could possibly have been making a very good living since 1977? Would the music of today even be what it it today if it hadn’t been for the pioneers of electronic music? Duh

  16. eXistance eXistance says:

    Depeche mode in L4D2? Awesome! Depeche mode is a brilliant band.

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