Left 4 Dead creator's new FPS is "wild"

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 10 June, 2011

Raises the bar set by L4D, reveal this year.

The next game from Turtle Rock Studios raises the bar it set with superb zombie shooter Left 4 Dead, according to publisher THQ.

The developer is famed for creating Left 4 Dead, which was picked up by Portal maker Valve and refined for release in 2008.

Valve acquired Turtle Rock, but the developer surprisingly re-materialised last year under the guidance of its original boss, Michael Booth.

Last month THQ snapped up publishing rights to Turtle Rock's 2013 first-person shooter and now the hype has begun.

"It's incredible," THQ core games boss Danny Bilson told Eurogamer at E3 this week. "It's an incredible design. I can't wait till we share the concepts of that game, because there is some gameplay in there I've never played before.

"Those guys are really smart. They were the Left 4 Dead team and that was fun. This one's wild. I can't wait to share that one. People are going to go nuts. It's the most well-thought out design from the beginning I've ever seen.

"Everybody, when they hear that design, unanimously they just go, wow. I promise you'll do the same when you hear what that game is."

Turtle Rock and Valve's Left 4 Dead was one of the games of 2008. Its four-player survival co-op gameplay won critical and commercial acclaim.

"This one moves that bar up," Bilson said.

"It's our job to resource that properly so they can make it to the highest quality. That's all we can do. Those guys are really smart."

Bilson confirmed to Eurogamer that a full reveal of the shooter is due this year.

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Comments (36) Latest comment 12 months ago

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  • Daddy-Doom-Bar #1 12 months ago

    NO MORE FPS GAMES FOR FUCK SAKE!!!!!!!!!!!

    Get some bloody imagination. Sick of FPS's every month. I've had enough of them.
    Edited by Daddy-Doom-Bar at 11/06/11 @ 07:05

  • Xardan #2 12 months ago

    Hmm i wonder if its going to be another zombie shooter or something completely different.

  • Photogryan #3 12 months ago

    probably the most pointless and vague game anouncement ever written

  • Syrette #4 12 months ago

    Another FPS?

    /yawn

  • Farzlepot #5 12 months ago

    Breaking news: IP owner thinks their own IP is amazing!

  • Tanners #6 12 months ago

    I know this is totally irrelevant but anyone else read: 'guidance of its original boss, Michael Booth'
    as:' guidance of its original boss, Michael Bluth'. I really miss Arrested Development.

  • azix2 #7 12 months ago

    Never liked L4d so should i be looking forward to this? L4d was another of those really f**king stupid games that I couldn't understand the success behind.
    Edited by azix2 at 10/06/11 @ 20:26

  • RedSparrows #8 12 months ago

    Breaking news: People like FPSs and enjoy playing them.

    If it wasn't FPS it'd be 3rd person shooters, or racers, or whatever. There's always going to be a bread and butter.

  • mortiz666 #9 12 months ago

    How about the fact it was insanely fun? It's a rare game where you could have a good time playing with strangers on the internet and felt like you were actually part of a group. I still pick up L4D 2 now and again and play through the odd campaign, there's not many games that hold my interest for that long

  • The-Bodybuilder #10 12 months ago

    Whilst we're waiting I just want to announce to everyone that I have something special and awesome. It will blow your mind....literally and figuratively speaking, Everyone I have shown it to...it just.....blows their mind, leaves brain matter all over the pavement...leaves them to collect their thought. Steve Jobs called it "hyper magical". Wanna see it? Wanna see it?

    Come back for the big reveal.......in 2029, THE YEAR I OPEN MY HANDS TO REVEAL....THE THING.

  • Hindle #11 12 months ago

    Post deleted at 23:04:43 04-04-2012

  • MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #12 12 months ago

    The Left 4 Dead games are unique, as far as I can tell, in that they're based around short co-op campaigns with a very successful system designed to enhance replayability. No other fps game has that (although this Alien Freaks game on Wii U looks like it might have borrowed the template but with a human enemy director).

    It suits me and my friends' weeky LAN game nights very well, and if there were another game of its ilk, we'd be glad of it.

    Incidentally, my bet for what this is, is marines vs alien horde L4D in space

  • Mazrim_Taim #13 12 months ago

    A shame then that whatever this amazing game is it wont be running on the source engine...

  • dwalker109 #14 12 months ago

    L4D is awesome. This may be too. Or it might turn out like the last game Bilson hyped up, which was Homefront. Which I haven't played, but I'm pretty sure I'm safe in saying that wasn't as good as he claimed.

  • Dizzy #15 12 months ago

    >NO MORE FPS GAMES FOR FUCK SAKE!!!!!!!!!!!

    If they are as brilliant as L4D yes please. One of the best games of the last 10 years.

  • jellyBelly #16 12 months ago

    Sounds fantastiq

  • ISmoke #17 12 months ago

    I'd be happy with another L4D if i'm honest. One of the best co-op games of recent times

  • penhalion #18 12 months ago

    Can some company please slow the Mother Frakkin zombies down again! I am soo sick and tired of running and gunning zombies that seem to have learned to sprint like Linford Mutha Frakkin Christy while having a half eaten leg and no arms! In the imortal words of Scotty "You can nae change the laws of physics"

  • Chufty #19 12 months ago

    I declare this comments thread "crap".

    L4D is fantastic, and to not appreciate it's relevance and influence, whether or not you enjoyed it, merely indicates your shallow appreciation for fine videogames.

    Turtle Rock are (or at least, were) clearly very talented and I have high hopes for their next game.

  • lp24h #20 12 months ago

    It's either reveal the game or shut the fuck up!! Ye the last game he bigged up to be amazing (homefront) was proper wank. Love L4D tho so who knows...

  • aphex187 #21 12 months ago

    Left 4 Dead is probably one of the finest MP online experiences i have ever had and i welcome anything new and fresh this dev brings to the table.

  • paketep #22 12 months ago

    Bilson sounds each day more like Riccittiello and Kotick. Guess all the money ends up going to your head.

  • 32768Colours #23 12 months ago

    Good move by THQ picking up these guys. A great developer, and they may just provide THQ with the triple-a IP they've been so desperate to find.

  • digitalash #24 12 months ago

    @tanners

    Also see news article about Peter Molyneaux: "I made a horrendous (huge) mistake."

  • makememoo #25 12 months ago

    the hype bar will rise up and up, the game will be released to average reviews citing bugs and rushed feel to it, though it will have a small but devote following. The developer will then wait until they want to start preping the media for their next game before being open about how it wasn't the quite the game they wanted to release but they feel the next game will really solve all those issues and really tell the story they wanted to tell.
    Edited by makememoo at 11/06/11 @ 08:51

  • RodHull #26 12 months ago

    I really hope this game sells by the bucketload. It's probably down to the very British quirk of supporting the underdog and hoping that THQ can start to chink away at Activision and EA's dominance.

  • actionfitz #27 12 months ago

    please... no more...
    my wallet can't stand up to this year's onslaught :(
    I may have to restart my lovefilm account... it's that or blow £400 or so by the end of the year :'(

  • geeza2020 #28 12 months ago

    ^^^ I doubt it will be released this year so your wallet should be safe :)

    Loved L4D 1/2, so more from these guys would be appreciated. I just hope they can still create a cracker of a game without Valves steady guiding hands.

  • MerricK #29 12 months ago

    Since Homefront I've learned not to listen to the THQ hype machine...

  • Ahskay #30 12 months ago

    And the forum admins need to listen to the users here cause those ads from famalegoods are freaking ridiculous. If you call yourself the number one europe website of gaming you need to fix it.
    Edited by Ahskay at 11/06/11 @ 14:29

  • trooperdx3117 #31 12 months ago

    Hold on werent these the guys who made the singleplayer counter strike condition zero levels? Alright move along people nothing to see here!

  • Guv #32 12 months ago

    Four player co-op Ninja turtles vs. foot clan soldiers?

  • KDR_11k #33 12 months ago

    Let's hope "wild" translates to something other than "sit in cover and click on heads".

  • username84 #34 12 months ago

    Man from company says their product is good...... gosh

  • bf #35 12 months ago

    I'm sure L4D was well thought out as well but it's still one of the most boring games I've played in years.

  • geeza2020 #36 12 months ago

    Try getting some friends, then playing it. Games meant to be played with others tend to be a bit *shock horror* boring when played on your own.