A ratings board wouldn't let Valve release a trailer. It "leaked" it instead.

I think we can't get in trouble for that now. It's like 20 years ago." Back in 2009, Ars wrote about what was being reported as a leaked trailer for the then-upcoming Left 4 Dead 2 , saying the footage “looks like it’s straight from a high-gloss action movie.” Today, we need to offer an important update to this crucial, 17-year-old story: The trailer “leak” was orchestrated by Valve itself [1].

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1. arstechnica.com · A ratings board wouldn't let Valve release a trailer. It "leaked" it instead. Sep 4, 2026

This is the neutral brief the press writes once, for everyone, before each reader’s paper adds its own so-what. It links out; it does not republish. 1 article clustered.

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