Back 4 Blood Delayed, Open Beta Still Set For Summer

The spiritual successor of Left 4 Dead, Back 4 Blood has been delayed until 2022. However on the bright side the beta is still set for summer. Turtle Rock  took to Twitter to relay the update, saying that the team has been "working hard" to make the Back 4 Blood adventure the very best experience it can be. In order to do that, however, the team needs more time, so they are pushing back the launch until October 12, 2021. 

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Back 4 Blood Gets Gruesome New Trailer

During The Game Awards 2020, Back 4 Blood by Turtle Rock was shown off with a gruesome new trailer. If you clicked on the trailer and didn’t look at the titled, you think that Turtle Rock was making Left 4 Dead again. That makes sense given that this is that franchise's spiritual successor. Check out the reveal trailer for yourself in the video below.

Left 4 Dead Developer Announces New Zombie Game

Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 developer, Turtle Rock Studios has announced a partnership with Warner Bros. Interactive to make a cooperative zombie shooter called Back 4 Blood.

In the press release for the game, co-founder and design director Chris Ashton is quoted saying, “It’s hard to overstate what an awesome opportunity this is. We get to return to a genre that was born in our studio with over ten years of additional experience and zombie ideas racked up in our brains.” Regarding whether or not this is Left 4 Dead 3, Turtle Rock's community manager writes, "No. Back 4 Blood is our own brand new, original IP. You’ll be able to shoot up a lot of zombies like in Left 4 Dead, but there’s a whole lot of new stuff in Back 4 Blood which makes it unique."

According to the game's FAQ page, it is coming to PS4, Xbox One, and PC at some point, it will have a campaign and PvP, it's not a battle royale, and pricing has not been decided yet. Turtle Rock's community manager writes, "We haven’t locked down a price point yet, but the game will be a premium, AAA title."