

Valve bought them mid-development, they worked together on both Left 4 Dead games, and then some of the team left Valve to re-form the studio. Back 4 Blood is being made by Turtle Rock Studios, the original development studio that created Left 4 Dead. It's only a shame those characters aren't being written by Valve anymore. Unique character abilities, and the card system that remixes monsters and levels, seem like they'll keep things fresh for a lot longer.


The Witch and the Tank, for example, are panic-inducing the first time you meet them, but pretty quickly you're rushing into fights with them with confidence. For one, Left 4 Dead and its sequel did get samey pretty quickly across multiple playthroughs. There's lots I like about what I've seen from Back 4 Blood.
