The lead designer of Left 4 Dead has announced that he's making something like Left 4 Dead again - a four-player co-op shooter that "expands on the co-op-formula in ways I've wanted to explore for a long time".
Whatever they end up calling it, the game is in development at Bad Robot Games, a studio founded by the film and TV outfit behind Lost, Cloverfield and Westworld. So the project has both expertise and funding to spare, in theory. There is little else to tell, right now, but you can sign up for a playtest if all this has you combing the rooftops for Smokers and scrabbling around for your shotgun.
Few games come close to the quality of Left 4 Dead. From the hordes of zombies to the player interactions, it was the perfect storm of noughties gaming culture distilled into a brilliant game. Valve captured lightning in a bottle a second time around before leaving the series to languish in lieu of making a third entry (surprise surprise). However, the designer of Left 4 Dead, Mike Booth, is leading a new studio. Booth has confirmed on social media that Bad Robot Games is working on a co-op shooter in the same vein as his classic zombie game, and you can sign up for playtest access right now.
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Ever wondered if you'd survive an undead apocalypse? Going by Left 4 Dead, the answer is probably no. But this co-op zombie shooter is so brilliant and unpredictable, even getting punched off the side of a building is a blast. And right now, you can get Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead for less than $1 / £1 each.
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