Video Games
Turtle Rock Studios Ending Post-launch Content for ‘Back 4 Blood’
Despite only being released back in 2021 and after three expansions, Turtle Rock Studios has announced that they are ending post-launch content support for Back 4 Blood. The developer is now shifting its focus to its next project.
Per the message posted on Turtle Rock Studios’ website, the team explains that the developer “is actually pretty small for a studio making AAA games.” As a result, the team doesn’t have enough people to continue working on Back 4 Blood content while they work on their next game. “Given this, it’s time for us to put our heads down, get back in the lab, and get to work on the next big thing.”
“Back 4 Blood will continue to operate, of course. In fact, Back 4 Blood is currently offered on PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium tiers and available as part of Xbox Game Pass. You’ll also still find us hanging out in the subreddit and on Discord, as well as our official Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and website because we love interacting with you and talking about our games.”
Turtle Rock Studios ends their message with a promise that they will be back “bigger, bolder and better than ever”.
Despite being an overall solid shooter, Back 4 Blood launched in a rough state, and never could get away from the shadow that was Turtle Rock Studios’ acclaimed Left 4 Dead series. The third and final expansion, “River of Blood”, was just released back in December.
Back 4 Blood is available for the Xbox Series, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store.
Remember in Starbreeze Studios’ The Darkness where you could watch Robert Mulligan‘s To Kill a Mockingbird in its entirety? Steelkrill Studio has decided to do something similar with their upcoming psychological survival horror game Where Dolls Hang. Players will be able to discover and watch complete feature-length hour-long horror films directly inside the game world.
Backing up a bit, Where Dolls Hang is set in Mexico and inspired by the country’s folklore and the real-life Island of Dolls (Isla de las Muñecas). Blending psychological horror, survival, exploration, and detective investigation, you’ll be searching both the forest and your home, where you can stumble upon working televisions and projectors that play full public-domain horror films from beginning to end.
Rather than short clips or Easter eggs, these are complete movies that players can sit down and watch if they choose. Among the featured films is George A. Romero‘s iconic 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead, with additional public-domain horror films hidden throughout the world.
Described as a blend of The Forest, Outlast, P.T and Silent Hill, Where Dolls Hang combines survival mechanics, exploration, and crafting with psychological horror and a unique forensic investigation system. Players step into the role of a detective investigating disappearances inside a living forest overrun with mannequins, puppets, and unnatural figures that seem to appear where they shouldn’t.
What begins as a missing persons case slowly becomes personal as players search for clues tied to the disappearance of the detective’s own daughter. Investigate crime scenes, examine bodies, photograph evidence, and survive a hostile wilderness that grows increasingly dangerous after dark. Beyond the forest trails, flooded swamps, and hidden waterways can be explored by boat, leading to isolated locations filled with disturbing discoveries and hidden dangers.
Between investigations, players return to a customizable safehouse where they can craft supplies, upgrade equipment, and prepare for the next descent into the unknown. Dynamic weather systems, adaptive threats, survival mechanics, and immersive detective gameplay combine to create a horror experience where uncovering the truth can be just as terrifying as surviving the forest itself.
Where Dolls Hang is currently in development for release on Steam.