Left 4 Dead Arcade Game Characters and Cabinet Revealed

Chainsaws, machine guns, and machetes: when it's four humans versus one thousand zombies, you have to use whatever you can get your hands on to hold back the living dead. Fans of the Left 4 Dead zombie survival video game franchise are familiar with using a variety of weapons to fend off hordes of in-your-face, fast-paced zombies.

While a third entry to the franchise has long been awaited, we recently reported that a new arcade version of Left 4 Dead is set to be released in Japan. The wait is now over to see who the four playable zombie-slaying survivors will be and what the cabinet itself looks like.

The characters in Left 4 Dead: Survivors are completely new to the franchise. They are:

• Kudo Yusuke (CV: Kijima Ryuichi): a university student.
• Haruka Hirose (CV: Sakura Ayane): a high school student.
• Blake Jordan (CV: Takahashi Hidenori): a hotel bartender and Navy veteran.
• Kirishima Sara (CV: Sawashiro Miyuki): a tour guide.

Set for an exclusive release in Japan sometime this year, it's believed that the characters in Left 4 Dead: Survivors are on vacation in a US metropolis when the zombie virus shows its teeth, creating a gameplay setting similar to the urban confines of the original Left 4 Dead.

For those unfamiliar with the franchise, the original Left 4 Dead is a zombie survival first-person shooter that follows a group of four survivors as they attempt to navigate through a city choked with fast zombies and zombified mutated creatures. The 2008 original was followed by a sequel, Left 4 Dead 2, in 2009, and fans have been craving a third entry in the series developed by Valve Corporation and Turtle Rock Studios. The Japanese arcade version of Left 4 Dead is titled Left 4 Dead: Seizansha-tach, which translates to Left 4 Dead: Survivors.

We'll keep Daily Dead readers posted on further Left 4 Dead: Survivors updates as they develop.