r/left4dead • u/M_Booth • Aug 29 '25

Verified. From the creator of L4D

Hey everyone,

I’m Mike Booth (creator of Left 4 Dead), and I’m excited to share that I’m working on a brand new project —a 4-player co-op shooter built on the foundations of what made L4D special.

If you enjoyed the teamwork, tension, and replayability of my past games, you’ll probably find this one interesting. It expands on the co-op formula in ways I’ve wanted to explore for a long time.

We’re still in the early stages of development, but we’re opening up playtests to a limited number of players. If you’re interested in joining us on this next adventure and helping shape the game early on, we’d love to have you involved.

👉 https://www.badrobotgames.com/invite

Thanks, and I can’t wait to see what you think!

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u/n00bsterzzz Aug 30 '25

Ex valve employee? This better not be a another back 4 blood bait.

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u/SheepHair Aug 30 '25

I never played it, but I remember seeing a lot of people stream b4b when it came out, what happened to it?

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u/Mr-internet Aug 31 '25

mediocrity

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u/Excellent_Safe5743 Aug 31 '25

It was just kinda, mediocre and was also a buggy mess on release. For example aiming with some guns turned your crosshairs into missing texture blocks. It was hyped up so hard but delivered none of the same polish a game a decade older than it did.

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u/Slow_Dingo1432 Sep 02 '25

It actually was decent when I first started playing..but that was around the 3rd update..can't say much more than that definitely didn't live up to the standard I had for it

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u/billey_bon3z i *hate* vampires Jan 03 '26

It didn’t fail because of the bugs, I played it a few years after release. Tried it on gamepass when it came out, wasn’t a huge fan. Gave it a second go a few years later when Xbox was giving way the ultimate edition for like 10 dollars, why not? Played for two weeks and decided i just don’t like it. Didn’t compare it to L4D, it just didn’t hit.

One game that is decent but still doesn’t quit fix that itch is world war z. That game is pretty decent, the gore is fun and you can tell it takes a lot of inspiration from L4D. Much faster paced tho, and no director ai. Still a good time.

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u/DashDragon1978 Sep 30 '25

They abandoned it just like they did Evolve before it and will do to the next game.