Back 4 Blood is an always-online game, developer Turtle Rock has confirmed.
It means the upcoming Left 4 Dead spiritual successor cannot be played offline, even solo with AI teammates.
“We’re looking into ways we could support offline for the future but you will need an internet connection to play at launch,” Turtle Rock tweeted in response to a question on the subject.
It’s fair to say the news hasn’t gone down particularly well among some who are interested in Left 4 Dead. “And with that I went from automatic Day 1 buy to automatic pass,” Twitter user @curtisd88 replied. “There is zero, and I mean ZERO reason why we shouldn’t be able to play this game offline. If you can do it with Left 4 Dead, you can do it with this game too.”