{"id":393955,"date":"2025-10-30T11:46:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T11:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/back-4-blood-player-count-6-million"},"modified":"2025-10-30T11:46:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T11:46:50","slug":"back-4-blood-has-attracted-over-6-million-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/back-4-blood-has-attracted-over-6-million-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Back 4 Blood has attracted over 6 million players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/back-4-blood-has-attracted-over-6-million-players.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>If you needed yet another example as to why <strong>Xbox Game Pass<\/strong> is a boon for publishers and developers, look no further than <strong>Turtle Rock<\/strong>&#8216;s new co-op shooter, <strong>Back 4 Blood<\/strong>: in the two weeks since launch, the game has attracted a massive 6 million-plus players &ndash; no mean feat in the busy season, eh?<\/p>\n<p>The developer made the announcement via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/back4blood\/status\/1453074022757908482\">the official Back 4 Blood Twitter account<\/a> yesterday, in which it thanked the Cleaners that have jumped into the game so far for their hard work in eradicating the massing undead.<\/p>\n<p>We knew the game was going to be a hit before it even came out &ndash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/back-4-blood-beta-weekend-steam\">the title managed to attract 100,000 players<\/a> to its beta <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/back-4-blood-beta-steam-big-concurrent\">and became one of Steam&#8217;s most actively played games<\/a> in just a few hours.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/back-4-blood-player-count-6-million\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/back-4-blood-player-count-6-million\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you needed yet another example as to why Xbox Game Pass is a boon for publishers and developers, look no further than Turtle Rock&#8216;s new co-op shooter, Back 4 Blood: in the two weeks since launch, the game has attracted a massive 6 million-plus players &ndash; no mean feat in the busy season, eh? The developer made the announcement via the official Back 4 Blood Twitter account yesterday, in which it thanked the Cleaners that have jumped into the game so far for their hard work in eradicating the massing undead. 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