Left 4 Dead 2 will celebrate its XNUMXth anniversary this year. During this time, the creators of the original game, now existing under the name Turtle Rock Studios, managed to create and start developing . It seems that Valve is in no hurry to revive the series, but, according to rumors, the third part was still in production: according to the well-known resource Valve News Network, the company worked on it in 2013-2017. As evidence, the portal published 29 screenshots of one of its levels.
Screenshots can be seen in a video that appeared on Tyler McVicker's YouTube channel with the Valve News Network. He claims that this is a completely original level, created specifically for Left 4 Dead 3, but using materials from the remake of the Dust II map (). The entourage looks very unusual for the series - this is a citadel in the Middle East. Alas, the pictures are not capable of giving any idea of ββββthe gameplay - this is just a demonstration of the map. The blogger stated that they were made in an early version of 2013. He did not specify where he got these images from, but 2013 is also listed in the file metadata.
According to McVicker, the map is linear and more suited to Left 4 Dead co-op than Counter-Strike-style multiplayer. The leaker noted that these screenshots may remain the biggest leak related to Left 4 Dead 3. Previously, McVicker reported that the game had eight controllable characters with unique strengths and weaknesses. Valve also planned to add crossplay support between the normal and VR versions.
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Rumors about Left 4 Dead 3 appear not for the first time. In 2013, a hint at the production of the game in a photo of a monitor from the Valve office, and in 2014, one of the creators of the Counter-Strike series, Li Min (Minh Le) that a shooter is in development and that this is a "well-known fact". He claimed to have seen an early prototype with his own eyes, and admitted that he really liked it. Shortly before this on the web presentation with screenshots of the remake of Left 4 Dead 2 on the Source 2 engine.
In 2017, in an early version of Valve's Aperture Robot Repair VR demo character textures allegedly prepared for Left 4 Dead 3. They were associated with concept art by artist Moby Frankl, who was fired in 2013. McVicker noted that these heroes would fit perfectly into the Middle Eastern setting of that very map.
Many key developers of the Left 4 Dead dilogy are no longer working for Valve. Lead designer for both parts, Mike Booth, left in 2012 for Blizzard Entertainment, from which he later left for Facebook (where he holds the position of creative director). Head writer Chet Faliszek retired from the company in 2017 and recently own studio, which will be engaged in the creation of cooperative games with an emphasis on the plot.
Source: 3dnews.ru