Back 4 Blood open beta trailer reveals maps, enemies, and more

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A new Back 4 Blood trail൲er has revealed new details of the upcoming open beta next month.

The 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Back 4 Blood open beta actually kicks off a week tomorrow on August 5, but this is actu🌃ally an early access period for those who pre-order any version of the game. This early access period extends to August 9, when it'll shut off until August 12, when anyone can take part in the zombie-killing festiviti🔯es until August 16. Just below, you can check out a handy graphic of the beta start times and watch the here. 

Back 4 Blood

(Image credit: Turtle Rock)

Additionally, we'll be fig𒊎hting over two PvP maps in the Back 4 Blood open beta. This portion of the game has one team as four human survivors, ಞand another four players taking on the role of elite infected accompanying the horde of zombies, trying to pick off the human players one by one.

In this mode, which is called "Swarm," we'll be able to play as six infected types: Bruiser, Retch, Hocker, Exploder, Crusher and Stinger. You've likely seen these elite infected types in previous trailer for Back 4 Blood, and you can probably guess their respective roles from their descriptive names. Exploder is a 🔯walking bomb, for example, and the Crusher has one massive arm to smitꦺe humans with.

There'll also be two co-op maps for the PvE aspect of Back 4 Blood. This mode has the four human players going up against AI swarms of zombies and the aforementioned elite infected, perfectꦇ for if you'd ra🧔ther take on hordes of mindless flesh-eating monsters instead of human opponents.

In this mode during the open beta of Back 𒆙4 Blood, we'll be able to play as Evangelo, Holly, Walker, Hoffman, and newcomer Mom. While the first four human characters have been playable in previous closed tests for Back 4 Blood, this is the first time Mom is stepping into the zombie-slaying fray.

Finally, we'll be able to experience the Fort Hope community hub and cross-play/cross-gen support for the Back 4 Blood open b꧟eta. The former is a communal hub in which you can interact with characters and players, while the cross-gen and cross-play support is welcome news for friends who are spread out over multiple console generations𓆉 and versions.

Back 4 Blood launches later this year on October 12 for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Xbox Series X, and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Xbox Series S. It's a spiritual successor to Left 4 Dead, made by many of the developers who worked on the original co-op zombie game at Valve, and now work together again at Turtle Rock. Back 4 Blood will be available as a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:day one Xbox Game Pass release, brilliant news for existing subscribers to Xbox's servi🉐ce.

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Hirun Cryer is a freelance reporter and writer with Gamesradar+ based out of U.K. After earning a degree in American History specializing in journalism, cinema, litera𝕴ture, and history, he stepped into the games writing world, with a focus on shooters, indie games, and RPGs, and has since been the recipient of the MCV 30 Under 30 award for 2021. In his spare time he freelances with other outlets around the industry, practices Japanese, and enjoys contemporary manga and anime.