Back 4 Blood is adding underground dungeons, terrifying new monsters, new playable characters, and more with its first big expansion, Tunnels of Terror, launching April 12. Turtle Rock revealed Back 4 Blood: Tunnels of Terror as it celebrated a major milestone Tuesday morning: 10 million players since launch. The expansion …
Read More »Tencent buys Back 4 Blood and Left 4 Dead studio Turtle Rock
Back 4 Blood developer and former Left 4 Dead studio Turtle Rock has been acquired by Tencent. In a joint press release (opens in new tab), the two companies stressed that “the acquisition will have no effect on Back 4 Blood,” and that Turtle Rock will continue to operate independently …
Read More »Back 4 Blood is getting an offline mode, new cards, and Holiday content this week
Back 4 Blood’s big December update now has a release date, adding an offline campaign, new cards, holiday festivities, and more this week. Developer Turtle Rock has confirmed that the free expansion drops Thursday, December 16 at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm GMT. It’s then that the co-op …
Read More »Back 4 Blood devs know the game is “far more difficult than intended” right now
Back 4 Blood developer Turtle Rock Studios says it is committed to getting Back 4 Blood’s difficulty levels “just right”. In a post shared to the zombie game’s Reddit (opens in new tab) community, Turtle Rock Studios’ says it “hears your concerns about the game’s difficulty across all platforms” and …
Read More »Back 4 Blood roadmap includes offline mode and DLC
Back 4 Blood has released a roadmap that includes an oft-requested offline mode, along with DLC and new difficulty levels. Check out the roadmap below, and read on for more. Cleaners, the future is lookin’ bright! Here’s a roadmap of what’s to come for Fort Hope. #Back4Blood pic.twitter.com/IHCvGqZXO0November 8, 2021 …
Read More »Back 4 Blood vote kick feature coming in response to community requests
The Back 4 Blood developers have heard the many requests for a vote kick feature, though they can’t say when it will be added to the game. As we reported last week, significant portions of the Back 4 Blood player community have been calling on developer Turtle Rock Studios to …
Read More »Back 4 Blood griefers prompt vote kick feature request from players
Back 4 Blood players are suffering from griefers, and they’re calling on the developers to add a vote kick option to contend with this other parasitic plague. A popular thread posted to the Back 4 Blood subreddit (opens in new tab) by BigMagic_1 makes a succinct plea in its title: …
Read More »Back 4 Blood Left 4 Dead 2 easter egg is hiding in its jukebox level
One of the most entertaining set-pieces in Back 4 Blood pays an electric homage to Left 4 Dead 2. This article contains slight gameplay spoilers for Back 4 Blood’s campaign. During the second act of Back 4 Blood, your party is tasked with distracting a horde of Ridden who have …
Read More »Back 4 Blood hotfix makes the apocalypse easier with fewer Mutations
The first Back 4 Blood update should make the Mutations less of a thorn in your side. Developer Turtle Rock issued patch notes (opens in new tab) for a hotfix that rolled out overnight, telling players that it was making “an attempt to address some of the concerns regarding the …
Read More »Back 4 Blood review: “An utter Game Pass boon”
Back 4 Blood is like post-apocalyptic puberty with the range of emotions it can elicit in one play session. At one end of the spectrum, there’s the exhausted, frantic, elated exhilaration of surviving a particularly brutal section in one piece, everyone launching themselves through the Safe Room door or into …
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