How Left 4 Dead cured a toxic LAN environment

The undead made me a team player.

Left 4 Dead spiritual sequel Back 4 Blood delayed

Alas, we'll have to wait an extra four months for the new cooperative zombie-smashing shooter from Left 4 Dead creators Turtle Rock Studios.

Aliens: Fireteam - The First Hands-On

We’ve played the Left 4 Dead-style Aliens shooter, and the Xenomorph body count was...high.

Left 4 Dead creators’ new game Back 4 Blood has been delayed

Turtle Rock Studios has made the call to delay upcoming zombie shoot 'em up Back 4 Blood.

Back 4 Blood Delayed Until October 12

Turtle Rock Studios announced today that its upcoming Left 4 Dead-like game, Back 4 Blood, has been delayed until October 12.

Someone should make a game about: Frasier

For years I've been dreaming of a Left 4 Dead mod that features the cast of Frasier.

Left 4 Dead-inspired co-op shooter Aliens: Fireteam feels like a step backwards after Alien: Isolation

Another bug hunt.

World War Z and Ace Combat 7 lead March's PlayStation Now additions

Another month means more new additions to Sony's PlayStation Now subscription service, with March set to bring co-op zombie shooter World War Z, aerial adventure Ace Combat 7, superhero romp Infamous: Second Son, plus time-manipulating FPS Superhot. World War Z, which released back in 2019, is essentially a modern day spin on Valve's beloved Left 4 Dead series.

Left 4 Dead's "secret" Purple Francis character goes viral

The Left 4 Dead community has been left confused and amused by the appearance of a purple-coloured fifth protagonist to the game's fan-authored wiki. "Purple Francis" was recently added to the encyclopaedic fan resource in quite some detail.

Left 4 Dead wiki 'vandalised' with references to a lost fifth survivor

"Better purple than dead".

15 Times Players Accidentally Made Video Games Harder

Today on "how to make things harder for yourself".

Uncut version of Left 4 Dead 2 released in Germany

German authorities grant original version of Valve's co-op shooter a rating 11 years after its initial release

11 years later, Left 4 Dead 2 releases uncut in Germany

Left 4 Dead 2 is finally available uncut in Germany, Valve has announced. Over a decade after Left 4 Dead 2 came out, Valve requested the German authorities re-evaluate the zombie shooter and as a result, the uncut international version is now available in the country. The German and Australian ratings boards refused to classify Left 4 Dead 2 when it launched in November 2009 because of its violence and gore.

After 11 Years, Left 4 Dead 2 Is Finally Uncensored In Germany

Valve announced Thursday that, after more than a decade, Germany has decided to allow folks to play an uncensored version of Left 4 Dead 2. Read more...

Left 4 Dead 2 gets uncut version in Germany, over a decade after launch

It’s 2021 and that’s right, you’re still reading headlines about Valve’s last co-op zombie shooter.

Left 4 Dead 2 finally gets an 'uncut' update in Germany

German authorities have re-evaluated Valve's gory horde shooter.

Here’s Where Dead Cells Is At In 2021

It’s safe to say that Dead Cells is more alive than ever.

Left 4 Dead-alike Back 4 Blood shambles into closed alpha

I’m sure we all have our fond memories of playing through Left 4 Dead and its brilliant sequel.

Back 4 Blood is everything I'd want from a new Left 4 Dead

There are few finer pleasures than getting to see someone who's really bloody good at something doing what they're really bloody good at, which probably explains the massive smile on my face after ploughing through the first act of Turtle Rock's co-op shooter Back 4 Blood.

I can't stress enough that Back 4 Blood is Left 4 Dead 3

A sequel in all but name, the co-op zombie FPS is back.

JJ Abrams' Bad Robot Forms Game Studio With Left 4 Dead Creator

Bad Robot Games hires former Left 4 Dead developer to create games in-house at JJ Abrams' production company.

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide sure looks like Vermintide in 40K

After turning the fantasy part of Warhammer into a fine Left 4 Dead-style cooperative shooter in Vermintide, developers Fatshark are now turning to the grim dark future of humanity.

Back 4 Blood is the new Left 4 Deadish game by the people who made Left 4 Dead

Hello. Turtle Rock Studios, the developer of Left 4 Dead, has used tonight's Game Awards to reveal a first proper glimpse of its new game.

Left 4 Dead-like Back 4 Blood arrives summer 2021

Forget Left 4 Dead 3, it’s all about Back 4 Blood, baby.

Back 4 Blood First Gameplay Revealed

Left 4 Dead developer Turtle Rock officially reveals the first gameplay trailer for Back 4 Blood.

Back 4 Blood is Left 4 Dead 3 in all but name, and it launches next year

Turtle Rock Studios worked under Valve to create Left 4 Dead, and if Left 4 Dead 3 isn't going to come our way, it seems the studio is determined to make it happen themselves.

Left 4 Dead creator to lead Bad Robot's new in-house games division

Michael Booth heads up team making new, original IP as part of J.J.

Left 4 Dead 2 adds achievement to celebrate Gaben blasting Gnome Chompski into space

Blast-off imminent.

Hades, Left 4 Dead 2, Warcraft 3, and more hit the AGDQ 2021 schedule

A new year is coming around the bend, and while it still remains to be seen if the new calendar's symbolic light of hope is justified, we do have at least one unequivocal positive for January: the return of Awesome Games Done Quick, the annual charity speedrunning event.

Someone has modded Among Us’s Red into Left 4 Dead 2, naturally

You may have missed the Left 4 Dead 2 craze when it hit 11 years back, but if you were around you'll likely remember the waves of mods going about.

Left 4 Dead 2: The Last Stand arrives with free-to-play weekend

Following a period of development and plenty of recent teases, fans of Left 4 Dead 2 have reasons to rejoice as a new community-made update has now gone live.

Left 4 Dead 2 has added a new official campaign, made by fans

Eight years after its last major content update, Left 4 Dead 2 has mutated all sorts of newness with The Last Stand.

Left 4 Dead 2 just got a massive free update, and it’s free to play this weekend

Left 4 Dead 2 is coming up on its 11th birthday, which basically makes it… wait for it… a boomer in videogame years.

Left 4 Dead 2: The Last Stand is live and free to play for the weekend

The big community-made update adds a new campaign, Survival mode maps, and a huge number of fixes and tweaks.

Left 4 Dead 2 gets its first major DLC in eight years today

The irrepressible Left 4 Dead 2 gets its first major DLC in eight years today. The Last Stand is an update for Left 4 Dead 2 "created by the community, for the community", that arrives eight years after the Cold Stream DLC came out in 2012. It includes over 20 new survival arenas, four new scavenge arenas and a campaign based on The Lighthouse survival map.

This week in PC gaming: Left 4 Dead 2's first major update in 10 years, Nvidia RTX 3090 releases

Valve embraces the L4D2 community for a huge update and an even more powerful RTX card is let loose.

The Last Stand Update Is Left 4 Dead 2's First Major DLC in Eight Years

Left 4 Dead 2 The Last Stand Update developers talk about what's in the first major update for the zombie shooter in eight years.

Left 4 Dead 2's huge The Last Stand update lands next week

If you’re aching for some new things to do in Left 4 Dead 2, then I have some wonderful news.

Community-led Left 4 Dead 2: The Last Stand update available next week

Get ready to face the undead yet again, as the Left 4 Dead 2: The Last Stand update is preparing to launch next week for free.

Left 4 Dead 2's community-made official update goes live next week

A new trailer promises more than 20 new Survival maps, plus mutations, achievements, voice lines, and more.

Concept Art Reveals Apparently Canceled Left 4 Dead Successor, Invaders

A shelved Left 4 Dead successor apparently followed everyday UK citizens who were set to rise up with makeshift weapons and repel an alien invasion.

A Left 4 Dead 2 update with Valve’s blessings is incoming

A new Left 4 Dead 2 community-led update is adding more content to the aging shooter.

Left 4 Dead 2's first content update in eight years is made by fans

Left 4 Dead 2 will soon get a content update bringing an old favourite Left 4 Dead map to Valve’s co-op zombiethon.

11 years later, Valve is updating Left 4 Dead 2

Valve will release a new update for Left 4 Dead 2, almost 11 years after its co-operative zombie shooter was first unleashed.

Left 4 Dead 2 is getting an official update made by the community

The Last Stand is coming soon.

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide—release date, trailer and everything we know

Vermintide 2 developer Fatshark takes the Left 4 Dead formula into the 41st millennium.

Valve cancelled a lot of games over the last 10 years, including Half-Life 3 and Left 4 Dead 3

Over the last decade Valve cancelled quite a few video games, and thanks to a recent documentary on the developer, we now have an idea of what exactly fell by the wayside. Geoff Keighley's The Final Hours of Half-Life: Alyx released this week on Steam, and it reveals Valve's failed attempt to make Half-Life 3 - the game boss Gabe Newell would refuse to discuss in interviews. IGN has a tidy roundup of the various cancelled projects.

Valve's list of cancelled games includes a Dark Souls-like RPG, a new Left 4 Dead, and Half-Life 3

Can you imagine a Dark Souls-meets-Monster Hunter RPG made by Valve? I think I would’ve loved that.

Half-Life 3, Left 4 Dead 3 and More Cancelled Valve Projects Revealed

A new interactive book from Geoff Keighley spills all the details.

Valve was working on an RPG inspired by Dark Souls and The Elder Scrolls

Geoff Keighley's The Final Hours of Half-Life Alyx - available now on Steam - is a lengthy, insightful report on what's been going on at Valve for the past decade, and it's brought plenty of information on just what happened to major cancelled sequels like Half-Life 3 and Left 4 Dead 3.

Valve reveals what happened to the real Half-Life 3 and Left 4 Dead 3

Geoff Keighley's The Final Hours of Half-Life Alyx has launched, and with it, we've gotten more insight into Valve's inner workings than we've had in ages.

Valve canceled Half-Life 3, Left 4 Dead 3 according to new documentary

At least five different Half-Life related projects were canceled before the release of Alyx.

Details of Multiple Cancelled Valve Projects Revealed, Including Half-Life 3

A new Half-Life making-of has revealed details about cancelled Valve projects, including Half-Life 3, Left 4 Dead 3, a Dark Souls-inspired RPG, and more.

Back 4 Blood is not dead, new concept art revealed

The spiritual successor to Left 4 Dead has risen again, as Turtle Rock Studios shows off art for Back 4 Blood, its next project.