Back 4 Blood gets a release date

Cooperative zombie shooter will get a closed alpha later this month

Posted on Dec 12, 2020 - 3:50pm EST

Warner Bros. Games has announced that Back 4 Blood, the upcoming first-person cooperative zombie shooter from Turtle Rock Studios, is planned for release on June 22, 2021.

Also announced is a closed PC alpha test, which will begin 17 December, 2020 shortly after the Back 4 Blood Gameplay Showcase and will run through 21 December, 2020. Players can register now at the official website for their chance to participate.

Back 4 Blood can be played online with a squad of four players or solo with up to three AI teammates. The game will also support up to eight players in online PvP (person versus person) multiplayer. The story takes place after a catastrophic outbreak where most of humanity has either been killed or infected by the parasitic Devil Worm. Hardened by unspeakable events and emboldened to fight for the last of humanity, a group of apocalypse veterans called the Cleaners have rallied to take on the infected horrors known as the Ridden and reclaim the world.

Back 4 Blood will be out for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 and PC.

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