Three expansions in, Turtle Rock Studios has announced that Back 4 Blood support is now ending, and no new content will be developed for the game as the studio diverts resources towards a new game project. The studio has cited a lack of manpower as the main reason, and promises to return “bigger, bolder and better than ever.”
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Considered by many as a spiritual successor to the Left 4 Dead series, the zombie FPS Back 4 Blood was released in October 2021. Weeks into release, Back 4 Blood had already amassed a player count of over six million, and its success led Turtle Rock to release three full-fledged expansions over the last year. The latest expansion, River of Blood, was released on December 6, 2022 with a new story campaign, missions, and exclusive character and weapon skins.
However, Turtle Rock is terminating support for the game to focus on its “next big thing:”
With three expansions – Tunnels of Terror, Children of the Worm, and River of Blood – we’ve traveled on a fantastic adventure together beyond the walls of Fort Hope. This phase of our war against the Ridden now comes to a close.
Turtle Rock Studios is actually pretty small for a studio making AAA games. We don’t have quite enough folks to continue working on Back 4 Blood content while we spin up another game – yes, another game! Given this, it’s time for us to put our heads down, get back in the lab, and get to work on the next big thing. […]
Back 4 Blood will continue to operate, of course. In fact, Back 4 Blood is currently offered on PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium tiers and available as part of Xbox Game Pass. […]
While we may be a bit quieter in the short-term, we promise that we’ll be Back, bigger, bolder and better than ever!
While Back 4 Blood support may have ended, the game is still available on PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One. If you’re wondering what the hype is all about, check out our review of the game where we found it “nearly everything (you could want) in a Left 4 Dead 3 and then some.”
Source: Turtle Rock Studios