Left 4 Dead 2 Is Heading To The Carnival

Valve plans to reveal the latest globules of Left 4 Dead 2 information at this weekends PAX festivities. Having previously shown off New Orleans' Parish level, and mucky antics in Swamp Fever, Penny Arcade's gathering will show the world the extra creepy-sounding Dark Carnival.

As if the words "Dark Carnival" don't conjure enough nightmarish thoughts, the new 'uncommon common' announced is the Zombie Clown, which has to be about the most concentrated form of evil imaginable until they reveal the Zombie Tax Auditor. They'll only appear in the Carnival campaign, apparently, and the fewer places they appear the better. Eek.

There's also a new Boss Infected joining the gang, The Jockey. It's a bit vague at the moment, but it seems he'll be able to physically move an attacked Survivor, whether it's to drag them into the middle of a crowd of Infected, or indeed to drop them off a cliff. Disappointingly he's not a four foot horse riding man, but instead a really rather ugly fellow. Poor thing. I imagine he only wants to be loved. And they're showing some more of the melee weapons to be found: a machete, some stupid crappy deal where you get a baseball bat if you pre-order the game from the right shop (um, Steam?), but rather brilliantly, an electric guitar. I speculate, but I feel fairly certain this will make an excellent twanging sound when used.

There will inevitably be more details over the weekend as the PAX inhabitants spew forth their sights.