{"id":1310734,"date":"2025-09-02T19:01:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T19:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/Apeshm6xekz23fXMrkxmZ6"},"modified":"2025-09-02T19:01:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T19:01:13","slug":"left-4-dead-lead-mike-booth-is-making-a-new-four-player-co-op-shooter-built-on-the-foundations-of-what-made-l4d-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/left-4-dead-lead-mike-booth-is-making-a-new-four-player-co-op-shooter-built-on-the-foundations-of-what-made-l4d-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Left 4 Dead lead Mike Booth is making a new ‘four-player co-op shooter built on the foundations of what made L4D special’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Left 4 Dead<\/a> project lead Mike Booth is working on something new, and if you’re hoping it’s something like L4D but different <\/em>in some undefined, hopefully additive way, I have good news: It sure sounds like it.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m excited to share that I’m working on a brand new project\u2014a four-player co-op shooter built on the foundations of what made L4D special,” Booth wrote on the Left 4 Dead subreddit<\/a>. “If you enjoyed the teamwork, tension, and replayability of my past games, you’ll probably find this one interesting. It expands on the co-op formula in ways I’ve wanted to explore for a long time.”<\/p>\n

Lest there be any doubt, a subreddit mod confirmed<\/a> that the message was in fact posted by Booth.<\/p>\n

Of course, there’s already been at least one shooter that expands on the Left 4 Dead formula: Back 4 Blood<\/a>, released in 2021 by Turtle Rock itself, but without Booth. We liked Back 4 Blood quite a bit, naming it the best co-op game of 2021<\/a>, but its user rating on Steam<\/a> is “mixed” and enthusiasm for the game in replies to Booth’s Reddit post is, shall we say, muted. That’s resulted in a certain amount of caution in some of the responses to Booth’s message, even though it wasn’t his thing.<\/p>\n

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