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Valve Elaborates On Early Left 4 Dead 3 Rumors, Portal VR Ideas – IGN Unfiltered - IGN

Valve's Robin Walker elaborates on the rumored Left 4 Dead 3, Portal VR, and a whole lot more in this month's IGN Unfiltered.

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The official Valve statement on the Left 4 Dead 3 rumors said, "We did briefly explore some Left 4 Dead next-gen opportunities a few years ago, but we are absolutely not working on anything Left 4 Dead-related now, and haven't for years."

What the team at Valve was experimenting with was Source 2, and Valve's Robin Walker explained how it happened. "We used parts of a Left 4 Dead level as the first bit of level geometry to start building in Source 2, so a bit of that got out. It was essentially a rendering test, and people thought that meant we were working on Left 4 Dead."

Unfortunately for Left 4 Dead fans, that wasn't the case. Walker continued, "We built lots of different things as part of building technology in Source 2... There were groups here who would generate a product in mind that would attempt to be a target for Source 2, and so a couple of those were Left 4 Dead-related things, but none of them reached the point where we were like, 'now this is a product team that we're going to build a big product around.' They were more tools for moving Source 2 forward."

 

[Arkam]

lame

 

[Xaero Gravity]

Hopefully Back 4 Blood picks up the slack, but I'm started to get worried since we have yet to see anything from it.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

I’ll keep the dream alive in my heart. Hopefully it happens one day

 

[VGEsoterica]

I’ll keep the dream alive in my heart. Hopefully it happens one day

If we can get a new HL game THIS MANY YEARS later...anything is possible!

 

[Saber]

Short answer: meh. Bunch of losers.

Long answer: from the look of it, clearly they have no interest in the franchise. Might as well be in hand of people who cares.

 

[Kev Kev]

these mf’s

 

[rofif]

People really want l4d3 ?
I never seen l4d as a cool zombie shooty shooty game for few rounds.
They shine with story driven games

 

[INC]

In VR please

 

[Jill Valentine]

First time hearing about Back 4 Blood, hopefully it delivers where Valve refuse to. I'm not asking for a yearly iteration, but there's an obscene amount of time that can pass where we can call you incompetent. Square Enix tier levels, except Squenix are forced to release to produce profit while Valve can sit on their hands with Steam.

 

[MiguelItUp]

People really want l4d3 ?
I never seen l4d as a cool zombie shooty shooty game for few rounds.
They shine with story driven games

I definitely do as I just really enjoyed the co-op gameplay and PVP multiplayer. At least we've had Vermintide to fill that gap.

Honestly though, I'd want a TF3 and HL3 more than anything, lmao.

 

[Chromium.Wings]

People really want l4d3 ?
I never seen l4d as a cool zombie shooty shooty game for few rounds.
They shine with story driven games

Left 4 Dead has provided one of the best multiplayer experiences I've ever played. I definitely want a Left 4 Dead 3. It had really solid core gameplay, with each special infected being specific and important for a Versus team to play with.

It also happens to have the highest replayability amongst any game with 4 player co-op that I've ever played. It's just an addicting gameplay loop that didn't need unlockables and character progression to be a long-lasting gameplay experience. It just had good core design.

 

[Elektro Demon]

I want Portal 3 and HL3 not l4d.

 

[Fawst]

I want Portal 3 and HL3 not l4d.

OK. I’d rather have L4D3 than the other two. What, do we fight now, or...?

 

[Elektro Demon]

OK. I’d rather have L4D3 than the other two. What, do we fight now, or...?

Nah, it's all good. Everyone wants something else, and that's fine.

 

[Fawst]

Yeah, I honestly want all three. Just ... now L4D is the one with the longest drought! Who would have thought?

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Looks like the IP literally got Left4Dead.

GJ Valve.

 

[The Infectious Paradox]

Valve is like the kid that told Santa isn't real

 

[desertdroog]

 

[V4skunk]

People really want l4d3 ?
I never seen l4d as a cool zombie shooty shooty game for few rounds.
They shine with story driven games

It's still very popular. It's always in the top 100 most played list in steam stats.

 

[Mikey Jr.]

I'm sure Valve is hard at work ready to copy whatever the next hot genre is right now.

 

[quickwhips]

I love robin for making team fortress but this makes me sad as i like left 4 dead alot.