Update 18-06-2025: Valve has released a statement denying that it is working on anythingLeft 4 Dead-related. Original story follows.
Left 4 Dead 3may be back in development, suggests a new leak. Valve denied that aLeft 4 Dead 3cinematicthat was shared in May 2019 was connected to it or any project being developed at the company, but fans are holding out hope that a new game in the series is being made.
The suggestion thatLeft 4 Dead 3is in development comes from Valve News Network, a YouTube channel which has gotten things right about Valve games before. Tyler McVicker, the host of the Valve News Network said thatLeft 4 Dead 3was cancelled in 2017 after development began in late 2011. However, a few months ago McVicker was sent 15 pieces of concept art fromLeft 4 Dead 3which seems to be in development again. The images are of zombie head renders which were created byHalf-Lifecreature designer Ted Bachmann in 2012.
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The images may be from a game that was cancelled but McVicker said that there is a “high chance” that Valve is developingLeft 4 Dead 3again so that it has another VR game to offer Valve Index buyers. “I have word that there were a few major meetings that took place almost immediately after the trailer forHalf-Life: Alyxdropped that essentially caused everybody internally at Valve to change everything about their future plans for virtual reality, public communication, and game development.” TheHalf-Life: Alyxtrailersthat Valve has released have been incredibly popular but it seems that the company feels it doesn’t have much to offer Valve Index players onceHalf-Life: Alyxhas been released.
McVicker also told viewers thatLeft 4 Dead 3is real and thatLeft 4 DeadVR is real. The two games aren’t the same game but it’s unclear how much different they will be from each other. There is also no information on how long fans will have to wait between the release of the games and if Valve could potentially make them into one game.
Fans of the zombie fighting series have been asking for a newLeft 4 Deadgame for a while, so many will be excited at the suggestion that Valve is now developing two games in the series. What people don’t know though is when Valve will officially announce them or when they’ll be available. Zombie games likeBack 4 Blood, which is being made by formerLeft 4 Deaddevelopers, could be fun to play while they wait but fans will also want to know what Valve is doing.
