Turtle Rock Studios has made the difficult decision to delay Back 4 Blood until 12th October 2021 on both PlayStation 5 and PS4. The game, originally scheduled to hit both platforms this June, needs more time for it to become "the best game it possibly can be at launch". The developer will instead use those summer months to run an open beta, giving everyone the chance to sample this online co-op experience.
This is just the latest in a long line of 2021 delays, with heavy-hitters Hogwarts Legacy and Gotham Knights pushing themselves all the way back to next year. The situation doesn't seem quite as bad for Back 4 Blood, but still, interested players will now have to wait nearly seven months instead of three. For now, we look forward to playing the open beta — the game has look pretty promising during footage taken from closed tests on PC, after all.
Are you interested in Back 4 Blood? Survive the night in the comments below.
[source twitter.com]
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Weird. I thought this was a 2022 game. So this is good news for me lol
And not a single tear was shed
First iv ever heard of it. Might just try out the open beta when it comes around.
I was pretty disappointed after watching alpha gameplay footage. It seems like a carbon copy of Left 4 Dead, both in gameplay and visuals with the addition of "cards" that affect stats; a system that seems rife for monetisation and balance breaking.
This would have been acceptable if it released in the early 2010s but now we're over a decade apart from Left 4 Dead 2 and it's disappointing how little the visuals and gameplay have improved from that 2009 game. The game even recycles a lot of animations from Left 4 Dead (e.g. using a medpack) that just look dated today.
Game looks okay, nothing special. I'll pick it up for 30 bucks or so in a while. Personally I think there have been better co-op shooters released since Left 4 Dead, so to me this just seems to be the same thing we got 10 years ago basically, but a little prettier, and with less cool characters.
Yeah well i'll defo be having some of this day 1...looks bloody good and like its going to be a hoot online..
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Hard pass for me unless it has a story mode/single player story option.
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