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Like a pesky head cold that never quite clears,Left 4 Dead 3rumours returned to clog the internet airways again this week. After all, Valve are making games again. Between the surprise announcement ofHalf-Life: Alyxand another wave of leaked concept art for an infectiousLeft 4 Deadthreequel, there was fleeting hope that the fantastic co-op shooter was, perhaps, ready to make its return.But Valve’s gone and nipped down to the pharmacy for some quick pain relief. They’ve confirmed thatLeft 4 Dead 3isn’t in the cards right now - and hasn’t been for some time.Ground zero for the latest round of rumours was HTC China president Alvin Wang Graylin,taking to Twitter this weekwith slides from a recent talk on VR’s future. Tucked away among staggering claims about “super-intelligent” VR-powered humans and postponing retirement with plastic headsets, Graylin speculated thatHalf-Life: Alyxand “LFD3” would be VR’s break-out hits this year.A few slides from my talk tonight…pic.twitter.com/bHegijjZW1— Alvin Wang Graylin (汪丛青) (@AGraylin)January 17, 2020To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settingsA head honcho at Valve’s former VR partner (the two firms worked together on Valve’s first headset, the HTC Vive), slipping in mention of Left 4 Dead 3? That couldn’t just be blind speculation, right?Turns out, even the president of a global tech firm isn’t above dipping into the ol’Valve News Networkrumour-mill. Digging into older tweets, Graylin’s belief appears to stem fromfrom a VNN-sourced articleabout small pieces of L4D-related code buried inDota 2and Underlords back in December.In an uncharacteristically rapid response, Valve confirmed that news of Left 4 Dead’s return had been greatly exaggerated via astatement to IGN.“We’ve seen rumours to this effect for the last couple of months. 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.“It’s clear some people are having fun creating misinformation to spin up the community and other outlets. Unfortunately, for now, a new L4D game is not something we’re working on.”Valve frequently salvage assets from one game to the next, and if a Left 4 Dead 3 (or something similar) did exist at some point, it would explain why snippets of code keep cropping up elsewhere. Graylin, for his part, did laterclarify that any mention of L4D3was “personal speculation” and apologised to fans “who may have mistook this as confirmation.“Ah, well. Valve might not be interested in filling Left 4 Dead’s rotting boots anytime soon, but they might not even need to. Series creators Turtle Rock Studios areannounced their own follow-up,Back 4 Blood.For my money,Vermintide 2’s meaty rat-smacking has been burning the co-op horde-slaughter torchbrighter than Left 4 Dead ever didfor years anyway.

Like a pesky head cold that never quite clears,Left 4 Dead 3rumours returned to clog the internet airways again this week. After all, Valve are making games again. Between the surprise announcement ofHalf-Life: Alyxand another wave of leaked concept art for an infectiousLeft 4 Deadthreequel, there was fleeting hope that the fantastic co-op shooter was, perhaps, ready to make its return.But Valve’s gone and nipped down to the pharmacy for some quick pain relief. They’ve confirmed thatLeft 4 Dead 3isn’t in the cards right now - and hasn’t been for some time.Ground zero for the latest round of rumours was HTC China president Alvin Wang Graylin,taking to Twitter this weekwith slides from a recent talk on VR’s future. Tucked away among staggering claims about “super-intelligent” VR-powered humans and postponing retirement with plastic headsets, Graylin speculated thatHalf-Life: Alyxand “LFD3” would be VR’s break-out hits this year.A few slides from my talk tonight…pic.twitter.com/bHegijjZW1— Alvin Wang Graylin (汪丛青) (@AGraylin)January 17, 2020To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settingsA head honcho at Valve’s former VR partner (the two firms worked together on Valve’s first headset, the HTC Vive), slipping in mention of Left 4 Dead 3? That couldn’t just be blind speculation, right?Turns out, even the president of a global tech firm isn’t above dipping into the ol’Valve News Networkrumour-mill. Digging into older tweets, Graylin’s belief appears to stem fromfrom a VNN-sourced articleabout small pieces of L4D-related code buried inDota 2and Underlords back in December.In an uncharacteristically rapid response, Valve confirmed that news of Left 4 Dead’s return had been greatly exaggerated via astatement to IGN.“We’ve seen rumours to this effect for the last couple of months. 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.“It’s clear some people are having fun creating misinformation to spin up the community and other outlets. Unfortunately, for now, a new L4D game is not something we’re working on.”Valve frequently salvage assets from one game to the next, and if a Left 4 Dead 3 (or something similar) did exist at some point, it would explain why snippets of code keep cropping up elsewhere. Graylin, for his part, did laterclarify that any mention of L4D3was “personal speculation” and apologised to fans “who may have mistook this as confirmation.“Ah, well. Valve might not be interested in filling Left 4 Dead’s rotting boots anytime soon, but they might not even need to. Series creators Turtle Rock Studios areannounced their own follow-up,Back 4 Blood.For my money,Vermintide 2’s meaty rat-smacking has been burning the co-op horde-slaughter torchbrighter than Left 4 Dead ever didfor years anyway.

Like a pesky head cold that never quite clears,Left 4 Dead 3rumours returned to clog the internet airways again this week. After all, Valve are making games again. Between the surprise announcement ofHalf-Life: Alyxand another wave of leaked concept art for an infectiousLeft 4 Deadthreequel, there was fleeting hope that the fantastic co-op shooter was, perhaps, ready to make its return.

But Valve’s gone and nipped down to the pharmacy for some quick pain relief. They’ve confirmed thatLeft 4 Dead 3isn’t in the cards right now - and hasn’t been for some time.

Ground zero for the latest round of rumours was HTC China president Alvin Wang Graylin,taking to Twitter this weekwith slides from a recent talk on VR’s future. Tucked away among staggering claims about “super-intelligent” VR-powered humans and postponing retirement with plastic headsets, Graylin speculated thatHalf-Life: Alyxand “LFD3” would be VR’s break-out hits this year.

A few slides from my talk tonight…pic.twitter.com/bHegijjZW1— Alvin Wang Graylin (汪丛青) (@AGraylin)January 17, 2020

A few slides from my talk tonight…pic.twitter.com/bHegijjZW1

— Alvin Wang Graylin (汪丛青) (@AGraylin)January 17, 2020

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A head honcho at Valve’s former VR partner (the two firms worked together on Valve’s first headset, the HTC Vive), slipping in mention of Left 4 Dead 3? That couldn’t just be blind speculation, right?

Turns out, even the president of a global tech firm isn’t above dipping into the ol’Valve News Networkrumour-mill. Digging into older tweets, Graylin’s belief appears to stem fromfrom a VNN-sourced articleabout small pieces of L4D-related code buried inDota 2and Underlords back in December.

In an uncharacteristically rapid response, Valve confirmed that news of Left 4 Dead’s return had been greatly exaggerated via astatement to IGN.

“We’ve seen rumours to this effect for the last couple of months. 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.

“It’s clear some people are having fun creating misinformation to spin up the community and other outlets. Unfortunately, for now, a new L4D game is not something we’re working on.”

Valve frequently salvage assets from one game to the next, and if a Left 4 Dead 3 (or something similar) did exist at some point, it would explain why snippets of code keep cropping up elsewhere. Graylin, for his part, did laterclarify that any mention of L4D3was “personal speculation” and apologised to fans “who may have mistook this as confirmation.”

Ah, well. Valve might not be interested in filling Left 4 Dead’s rotting boots anytime soon, but they might not even need to. Series creators Turtle Rock Studios areannounced their own follow-up,Back 4 Blood.

For my money,Vermintide 2’s meaty rat-smacking has been burning the co-op horde-slaughter torchbrighter than Left 4 Dead ever didfor years anyway.