L4D3 "leaked" by HTC, Valve says NOPE

Happy Factory Day!

Well as someone who has played a ton of the first and then the second, I would have to disagree. In my opinion L4D2 was/is easily a notably superior game in just about every facet since launch. If it wasn't then I wouldn't have thousands of hours in it playing custom campaigns with friends instead of in L4D1. Just about the only thing that L4D1 had over L4D2 is that an argument could be made that it had a little bit of a darker and more serious or grim tone to it. From the standpoint of everything else like game mechanics, graphics & effects, weapons, enemy variety, levels, etc there's no contest imo. I know that L4D2 surprised some people in that it was released only a year after L4D1 but I don't think it was rushed. They re-used a modified version of the same engine and a lot of the building blocks were already in place because of the first game. In a sense it was not unlike when Nintendo used the engine and certain assets from Ocarina of Time to produce Majora's Mask on the N64 quicker than people probably would have thought.

I mean, isn't that what they'd say if they were working on it but weren't ready to announce?

Presentation was by Alvin Wang Graylin from HTC.

+1

It came from HTC CEO. He didn't say until much later it's "his speculation".

If they start banning people for relaying news that were also on reddit, twitter, facebook and every major gaming website today, just because Valve later said HTC presentation isn't that credible source (if we can trust Valve on this at all, it's in their interest to hide if they are working on this - that's what they did a few years ago when HTC also leaked they are working on a new HL property!) then this website will die in a few months.

Fuck OP and ban VR

That link just redirects to the main site. Here's one that worked for me:
https://turtlerockstudios.com/news/b4bannouncement

Anyway yeah, Turtle Rock Studios is the original creator of the Left 4 Dead franchise before the IP was acquired by Valve so I am eagerly anticipating to see what they have to offer in a spiritual successor with Back 4 Blood.