

The drawings are believed to be directly linked because of a series of clothing and skin textures contained within a 2015 version of Aperture Robot Repair uploaded onto the Steam Database. Moby Francke, a concept artist for L4D, uploaded what fans believe to be L4D3 concept art onto his personal website upon leaving Valve in 2013. There is some more evidence in their favor, though. But who knows? The screeenshots look more like assets for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and it's entirely possible they were simply used as test environments. Especially since it's never officially announced a new Left 4 Dead, despite knowing that fans utterly crave it. Though the images look nothing like the games we know and love, it’s not hard to believe Valve canned it if it was in development. Last month, he dropped 29 screenshots believed to be from a 2013 build of L4D3, stating that it was in development a long time ago but has since been cancelled.

The most believable rumor comes from Valve News Network’s Tyler McVicker again. Supposed Left 4 Dead 3 character concept art from 2013 Was this a legitimate mistake or an intentional tease? The image was quickly removed and replaced with a different one.
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The tutorial included a screenshot of his Windows Explorer favorites, with a ‘left4dead3’ folder listed at the top. Later that year, Valve fansite ValveTime reported that employee Tristan Reidford appeared to leak proof of L4D3’s development after publishing a Destinations Workshop Tools tutorial to Steam. A direct connection between the files and the game’s development was never found. Whether he was supposed to be an NPC or a Survivor is unknown. Valve News Network’s Tyler McVicker unearthed several references and assets in its source files, including a new special infected enemy called The Nocturnal, a day/night cycle, and an older male character. In 2016, it seemed like Valve had slipped up by including possible L4D3 leaks in an HTC Vive benchmark tool built using their Source Engine. We were recently teased with an impressive game trailer that seemed almost official but unfortunately wasn’t, as confirmed to us by Valve itself. The series’ lead writer Chet Faliszek hinted at the possibility of a third installment in an interview with Eurogamer back in 2012, but we’ve had nothing but radio silence from official channels since. Is there proof Left 4 Dead 3 is in development? It's not Left 4 Dead 3 in name, but it's likely the closest that we'll get anytime soon, so it's worth keeping an eye on if you're really, really hungry to bite into some zombie-killing co-op. Consider that Back 4 Blood has crossplay with every platform and has been on Game Pass since day one, and it's one of the easiest recommendations of 2021. It's Left 4 Dead but more, and often better. "It always has a new deckbuild to test out, a gun you've barely touched that's surprisingly good, or a nasty combination of Corruption Cards that puts a novel twist on a mission you've done before. "I think that speaks to Back 4 Blood's strengths over Left 4 Dead 2: It pushes you to try new things, and it's not only replayable because shooting zombies is fun," Morgan explains. Evan has played the co-op zombie game Back 4 Blood and we called in the best co-op game of 2021 in our awards for the year. So you're gonna exercise that muscle, it’s co-op, you're working together.So Valve isn't making Left 4 Dead 3, but Turtle Rock Studios totally is, though under a different name.

"But Left 4 Dead is a good base to try things on because it's a multiplayer game. "With everything at Valve, there's a bunch of stuff happening in the background, things are being tried and whatnot," continued Faliszek. "So you may see things that came out of there that were really more the testbed than, 'hey, we're making a new Left 4 Dead.' "I don't know exactly what you’re talking about but in general, as we were working on Source 2, we often used Left 4 Dead as the 'testbed,'" he said. As well as working on both Left 4 Dead games, Faliszek lent a hand to The Anacrusis, which serves as another L4D spiritual successor.Īlthough Faliszek left Valve in 2017, he maintains we aren’t getting another Left 4 Dead. Speaking to the VŌC Podcast, former Valve writer Chet Faliszek said that Left 4 Dead was always a "testbed" for the developer, which explains why there are so many leftover ideas kicking around the series. Now, Valve itself might've accidentally cleared up the confusion and confirmed no, Left 4 Dead 3 isn't on the way. With rumours of Left 4 Dead 3 doing the rounds in March, some eager beavers thought their undead prayers had been answered.
