Co-op zombie shooter Back 4 Blood looks set to hit its 12th October release date, as developer Turtle Rock and publisher Warner Bros. have confirmed that the game's gone gold. For those who might not know, that means the product's ready to ship, with core development having been completed.
Back 4 Blood enjoyed a popular beta last weekend, which attracted quite a lot of praise. And if you didn't get a chance to play it yourself, know that the beta returns this weekend, starting on the 12th August. It's an open beta, so all you need to do is go download it from the PlayStation Store — although you will need an active PlayStation Plus subscription to play.
We've already put some hours into Back 4 Blood via the aforementioned beta. "Slaughtering the undead legions is the crux of the whole game, and if you've got a couple of friends to play with, it's a good laugh," we wrote in our Back 4 Blood hands on preview. "You likely already know if you're into what Back 4 Blood is doing, but this open beta cements that Black Rock Studios is doing something right," we concluded.
Are you counting down the days until Back 4 Blood? Hold back the horde in the comments section below.
[source twitter.com]
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This game going gold right now kinda worries me.
I played the beta and there are quite a few issues with it.
the game is unbalanced, the AI is quite stupid AND teleports all over the place.
not to mention the outrageous hitboxes and aim lock on that ignores stuff that is right in front of you.
this game will need a lot of patches after launch
@LordOfTurnips This sounds like wait a few months before buying i guess also always online. I guess ill remove my preorder.
@LordOfTurnips whilst I do agree, going gold doesnt mean it won't have a day one patch. So those bugs will most likely be ironed out.
The only game breaking bug I encountered in the demo was the bot teammate refusing to leave the minigun alone and get into the safe house. It was fun but it had obvious issues.
I get that every game is still getting work done between going gold and release day nowadays but honestly going gold before the beta concludes seems wrong to me as a software developer...
i would say that the biggest issue this game has is the lack of Valve's money behind it. as it stands I say it would need a little longer time in the oven.
i'll download the beta again today, all in all its still a fun game
Does anyone know if the beta require being sub to PS+ in order to play?
@LordOfTurnips Going "Gold" only means that a game has reached a point where they can press a master disc upon which all other discs are based on.
The developer will still be working on the games plenty between now and the time of release, and most like be a day 1 patch.
@Floki yes, says it in the article above
No one in the beta test. Is it just me?
@PowderToastMan OoF. I completely over looked that sentence. At work, so I only did a quick glance through the article.
Guess I have to delete the beta then... RIP
Server lag was really bad last night for me when playing. Not a fan of the dual sense triggers with this game. I’ll likely hold back from buying on release day.
Feels weird playing a L4D game with a controller. Is there an option for K&M?
@LordOfTurnips it's coming out October 12th and you acting like it's coming out tomorrow
As much as I love the beta. The game doesn't feel like a $60 game, much less paying $100 to include a pass with it.
I think game is solid and just needs a few tweaks.
@Zombiechris
I'm acting like the studio just said "the game is ready" when its clearly not.
Going gold doesnt mean crap if the game still needs 2 whole months of development and needing a day 1 patch to fix the mess that is on disc is not something we should encourage.
@LordOfTurnips whatever you say
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