Left 4 Dead: Out for Blood

Left 4 Dead: Out for Blood is an 2024 first-person shooter game made for PC, Mac, PlayStation 5, PlayStation Portable 2, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox Zeta & Nintendo Switch 8D on September 24th, 2024.

Work on L4D3 started since L4D2 released in November 2009. Originally planned to release in September 24th, 2010, the game was in development hell for 14 years, until Gabe Newell wanted to continue work on Left 4 Dead after finishing Half-Life 3. Originally under the working title: "To Burn In Hell (TBIH)", it was eventually changed to Left 4 Dead: Out for Blood, when L4D3 reached Beta stage in 2022.

Originally planned to come out in March 2024, it was instead pushed to September 2024. IGN & Gamespot liked the sense of "despair" and even claimed a lack of OST made the game "unsettling". Left 4 Dead: Out for Blood was the 9th best selling game of 2024.

Plot
13 years ago, an unknown virus known as "The Green Flu" spread around the United States, and by 2013, it had reached the entire world. The virus has caused all world governments to collapse, so civilians are pretty much left on their own. As the Green Flu expands worldwide, an agency called the "Zombie Contamination Department (ZCD)" is formed.

Gameplay
Left 4 Dead: Out for Blood tasks a one-to-three-player team of Survivors to work together to complete various tasks within Active Containment Zones. Deploying in these zones for a mission is known as an Incursion. Only one Survivor may be chosen for an Incursion and can be upgraded through subsequent playthroughs. ZCD Tech is equipment that players can research & select before entering an Incursion in order to handle certain situations or to compliment the Survivor chosen by their teammates.

Players will only receive one life per game. Should an Survivor be downed, they will enter the MIA status and cannot be chosen from again until they are rescued. This risk and reward system makes communication between teammates key to completing Incursions successfully. Voice and text chat are supported to satisfy this need.

The game features a destruction system that allows players to break structures by planting explosives on them or to make bullet holes on walls by shooting it. The environments of the game feature a layered material system, in which environmental objects of different materials show different reactions to player's attack. A bullet penetration system is featured, in which bullets deal less damage when they hit enemies through structures. Players may also fortify their location against enemies by setting up Reinforced Walls and Barricade around the area as well as deploying unique abilities to help defend the area.

New York City
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Miami
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San Francisco
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Detroit
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El Paso
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Dakar
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Cape Town
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Cairo
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Season 1 (September 24th, 2024 - December 15th, 2024)

 * Samed
 * Carl
 * Doktor
 * Lloyd
 * Marcus
 * Lars

Zombies

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