Valve clear up rumors and misinformation “not working on any Left 4 Dead title now, and haven’t for years”

[Arthands]

https://sea.ign.com/shooter/157006/...olutely-not-currently-in-the-works-valve-says

"We've seen rumors to this effect for the last couple of months," Valve said in a statement. "We did briefly explore some Left 4 Dead next gen opportunities a few years ago. But we are absolutely not working on anything L4D related now, and haven't for years."

 

[Skittles]

VNN in shambles

 

[@TheFriendlyBro]

Sad times.

 

[finalflame]

Yup.

 

[Hella]

Pills aren't here.

...

:(

 

[Hanbei]

Expected.

 

[GrantDaNasty]

Anyone thinking Valve knew how to count to 3:



Ya played yaself.

 

[OhSatan]

So they legit said no more.

This could also mean that they just really port tested l4d2 in the new engine to see it.

 

[fracas]

It's weird how little I care about anything Valve does at this point

I only really liked them because of L4D but holy shit, what a wasted dev

 

[Yunyo]

Feels very bad man

 

[gnexus]

Left 4 Dead is left for dead

 

[Khrol]

/sudoku

 

[Eggiem]

Left 3 Dead?

 

[stan_marsh]

It's weird how little I care about anything Valve does at this point

I only really liked them because of L4D but holy shit, what a wasted dev

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^ Yep

 

[HeavenlyE]

Turtle Rock will save us with Back 4 Blood

 

[filterfilter]

Yikes.

Hopeful for Back 4 Blood.

 

[CommodoreKong]

VNN in shambles

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Not really, it lines up exactly with what Tyler has been saying about L4D3, that it was cancelled a couple of years ago.

 

[Ferrio]

Damn I really wanted that VR L4D.

It's weird how little I care about anything Valve does at this point

I only really liked them because of L4D but holy shit, what a wasted dev

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Sounds like you really didn't care about them to start with.

 

[Dark Knight]

We're all in a life long abusive relationship with Valve :(

Come on!

 

[Quample]

VNN: broken clock.

Don't care for that channel. Call it the "Tyler Mcvicker endless speculation channel" instead.

 

[Brainfreeze]

I have to respect the straight forward honesty. Thank you for forcing gamers to control their speculation.

Still hyped for Half-Life Alyx, I hope we see more games like that from them if it does well.

 

[criteriondog]

"And haven't for years". Sounds about right.

 

[Castamere]

A multiplayer exclusive vr game always seemed like a money pitfire.

 

[jelly]

Left 8 Dead.

 

[Randomly Generated]

👏 Stop 👏 believing👏 VNN 👏

 

[Vinc]

Video game players: 2020 IS GONNA BE CRAZY!

2020:

- Every video game is delayed
- Crunch culture will continue
- Left 4 Dead 3 isn't in the works at all

- But here's a PS5 logo

 

[PucePikmin]

Pretty strong denial, but...are we just going to forget the decade plus of Half-Life denials, un-denials, and vague hinting?

 

[jimboton]

L4D is my least favorite Valve game by far. Hopefully they're working on more Half-Life/Portal style stuff beyond Alyx.

 

[EchoSmoker]

VNN in shambles

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He seems glad to have this cleared up.

 

[Baji Boxer]

 

[mutantmagnet]

VNN: broken clock.

Don't care for that channel. Call it the "Tyler Mcvicker endless speculation channel" instead.

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He said it was cancelled.




When he replied today that it was Real he was referring to previous attempt which Valve acknowledged.

 

[Randomly Generated]

Pretty strong denial, but...are we just going to forget the decade plus of Half-Life denials, un-denials, and vague hinting?

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I don't remember any HL denials other than Chet F saying HL3 would not be VR.

 

[TronLight]

Way to stab me straight in the heart, Valve.

 

[JigglesBunny]

If Half-Life wasn't happening, I'd be throwing a tantrum.

 

[MrCibb]

That's just what someone would say who was working on Left 4 Dead 3 and didn't want us to know. I see right through you Valve.

 

[Baji Boxer]

It's a shame they just let a populer IP like that die. It is Valve, though.

 

[Deleted member 4494]

Would be nice if Valve could talk just a *little* bit more about Half-Life Alyx. You know, that one game that is real and is theoretically coming out in 2 months?

 

[Defect]

Hopefully Back 4 Blood will be good

 

[CommodoreKong]

It's a shame they just let a populer IP like that die. It is Valve, though.

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Just because they aren't working on L4D3 right now doesn't mean it's dead. Half Life Alyx is the first Half Life game in 12 years and it took almost 10 years before they released Team Fortress 2 after announcing it.
You do realize that Valve only has around 350 employees right? They're smaller than many big AAA studios and not only are they working on a AAA VR single player game but there's a lot of other projects they work on like the Steam client and features, Dota 2, Dota Underlords, CSGO, TF2, Steam OS, hardware and more. With the way Valve works most of their employees are probably focused on Alyx right now (even the ones who primarily work on other projects are likely helping out on Alyx). After Alyx comes out I imagine many of those employees are going to move on to another big VR game since people who spend hundreds or a thousand dollars on VR equipment are going to want more software.

 

[wollywinka]

Hopefully Back 4 Blood will be good

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Given Valve's evident reluctance to follow up on L4D2, I am pinning my hopes on B4B. Without Turtle Rock, there would be no Left 4 Dead; without Valve, there is Back 4 Blood. Can't wait for the reveal.

 

[Chunchun]

So all we got is Back 4 Blood. I hope we got a release date this year

 

[defaltoption]

Noice

 

[CommodoreKong]

👏 Stop 👏 believing👏 VNN 👏

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Why though? This just confirms information he previously talked about for L4D3 (that it was cancelled several years ago). A lot of people misinterpreted his tweet to think that L4D3 is their next game, and while he probably should have been more clear about what he was talking about his previously reported on L4D3 that's not really his fault.

finalflame, who's posted in this thread, previously worked for Valve and has said in the past that Tyler is pretty credible.

 

[HiImNewGuy]

Aw man. I'd love a new lfd2. But zombies have been so overused, maybe it'd be best to wait another half decade to try to reintroduce them

 

[DarthBuzzard]

It's a shame they just let a populer IP like that die. It is Valve, though.

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I mean Half Life was 'dead' once and now it's back. There's no telling what's in store.

 

[MajorB]

People who shit on Tyler in the year 2020 don't pay attention to his reporting, only hearsay as it gets filtered through social media and other sites, and then conflate it with who he was when he was 16 years old and making fanboy videos.

It's still mostly his fault for making a vague tweet, but he was always talking about it in context of a cancelled VR project from years ago.

 

[Megatron]

I've never understood the love for this series. Portal and Half life are much bigger losses.

 

[Deleted member 8561]

Popping pills here.

 

[BasilZero]

I've never understood the love for this series. Portal and Half life are much bigger losses.

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Its my most favorite IP from Valve so this is sad news.


I dont really care for Half Life lol.

 

[spineduke]

that VNN channel is more often than not, an unreliable source of info. might be best not to make threads based on what they're sharing until someone else can actually confirm.