Tencent acquires Back 4 Blood and Left 4 Dead dev Turtle Rock Studios Posted byby Rachel Kaser December 17, 2021 1 min Tencent today announced it has acquired Slamfire Inc., the parent company of game developer Turtle Rock Studios. Turtle Rock is best known as the... Continue Reading 1 min
Back 4 Blood headlines the next 6 months of Xbox Game Pass releases Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 13, 2021 1 min Back 4 Blood is a spiritual successor to Left 4 Dead, and it is coming day one to Xbox Game Pass. Microsoft showed the... Continue Reading 1 min
The Anacrusis is a new Left 4 Dead-style shooter Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 10, 2021 1 min Upstart developer Stray Bombay wants to give you a new way to connect with your friends in its upcoming cooperative shooter, The Anacrusis. This... Continue Reading 1 min
How World War Z will pick up where Left 4 Dead left us stranded Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 26, 2018 14 min Left 4 Dead fans aren’t getting much fan out of Valve. But have no fear. Saber Interactive is picking up the mantle with World... Continue Reading 14 min
How game designers and marketers will exploit AI Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 13, 2017 22 min Games lead the way when it comes to exploiting new technologies, and that’s why we had a panel about games and artificial intelligence at... Continue Reading 22 min
Warhammer: End Times — Vermintide is a fun, uneven evolution of Left 4 Dead Posted byby GamesBeat November 3, 2015 6 min It’s been six years since the last Left 4 Dead game, and in the series’ absence we haven’t had many games attempt to take... Continue Reading 6 min
Check out Dying Light’s Half-Life, Mario Bros., and Left 4 Dead Easter eggs Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 30, 2015 2 min Dying Light has plenty of action, but it's also got a few secrets. Continue Reading 2 min
Great tabletop games for video gamers: Zombicide Posted byby GamesBeat October 3, 2014 4 min This zombie-slaying board game will remind you of Left 4 Dead or Dead Rising. Continue Reading 4 min
Evolve adds ‘a hell of a lot more’ to Left 4 Dead’s style of storytelling Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes May 22, 2014 5 min We talk to Turtle Rock's co-founders to find out more about the story and characters from its alien-hunting cooperative shooter. Continue Reading 5 min
Why the developers behind Left 4 Dead and Evolve love making co-op games Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes May 22, 2014 3 min Fond childhood memories and a certain Super Nintendo-era role-playing game helped define what Turtle Rock Studios is today. Continue Reading 3 min