Although Valve has yet to announce anything regarding a possible Left 4 Dead 3, a Turtle Rock developer said he wouldn't rule out the possibility of working on the game.

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“It would only be possible if Valve wanted it to be that way," Turtle Rock co-founder Chris Ashton told PC Gamer . "It’s their IP now, so they’re in charge of where that goes."Last year, a visitor to Valve's HQ in Bellevue, Wash. spotted a Left 4 Dead 3 reference in an internal company changelog . No news or announcement followed the sighting ( aside from a possible map remake ) and Valve has yet to clarify any possible plans for the co-op franchise's future. Ashton said that Evolve is Turtle Rock's main focus right now, but the chance to work on Left 4 Dead again would be a welcome task.“Left 4 Dead was very much like Evolve in that it’s a game we wanted to make, it’s a game that we sort of invented," he said. "It’s where we cut our teeth on co-op. And so it’s always going to be close to our hearts.“A lot of people would jump at the chance to work on Left 4 Dead again in the future but… it’s probably... I would say it’s unlikely but not impossible.”Evolve was a featured game in IGN First, and recently, 2K gave a closer look at Cabot, the newest Support hunter . He uses his orbital dust strike ability to reveal monster locations for the rest of the hunter team –– not only does this sometimes prevent hasty escapes, but often ruins stealth-minded attacks from the rear.2K also revealed more details on Evacuation mode , which plays out across five matches as hunters try to prevent monsters from breeding, thereby allowing colonists to escape. Although Evolve's primary Hunt mode was already promising, IGN's time with Evac suggested Turtle Rock may have more up its sleeve.As a company famous for holding out on the third installments in some of its flagship series, Valve remains tight-lipped on several anticipated titles. In a recent story, IGN examined the legacy Half-Life 2 left behind, and whether a sequel is still a priority

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