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Valve Says It’s Not Working On A New Left 4 Dead Game

Valve has actually placed an end to reports regarding Left 4 Dead 3 remaining in growth, by mentioning that the workshop hasn’t been functioning on it for several years. While Valve is returning to the Half-Life franchise after more than a decade with its VR-exclusive Half-Life: Alyx this year, the company says it’s “absolutely not” developing another heavily rumored game: Left 4 Dead 3.

This isn’t the first time that HTC has forced Valve into making a statement. Back when the HTC VIVE was coming out, HTC claimed it was “cooperating on Half-Life 3”, a claim that was then denied by Valve. This time around, HTC China President, Alvin Wang Graylin, tweeted out some slides on a presentation on what’s next for VR, with one bullet point reading “Valve HL Alyx/LFD3 will drive consumer and AAA studio interest”.

It’s been more than 10 years since Left 4 Dead 2, yet another series that would have made for a natural sequel at some point. But Valve, being Valve, hasn’t touched Left 4 Dead in more than 10 years.

Valve stated:

“We’ve seen rumors to this effect for the last couple of months,” “We did quickly discover some Left 4 Dead following gen chances a couple of years earlier. But we are definitely not working on anything L4D associated currently, and also have not for several years.” “It’s clear some people are having fun creating misinformation to spin up the community and other outlets,”

Left 4 Dead was launched in 2008, adhered to by Left for Dead 2 in2009 Left 4 Dead 3 was apparently in growth in 2011 or 2012, according to Valve News Network, and after that terminated in2017 The network had actually hypothesized that the video game had actually just recently returned right into growth.

While Left 4 Dead 3 may not currently be in the works, Valve’s highly anticipated Half-Life: Alyx obviously is and its scheduled March 2020 release window is getting closer by the day. Perhaps if Alyx is sufficiently well-received we might eventually see Valve return to its much-loved Left 4 Dead series too – although, given the studio’s unhurried approach to development, it would probably be unwise to expect a new title any time soon.