More than a decade after the release of Left 4 Dead 2, fans of Valve and Turtle Rock Studios’ iconic zombie-slaying series will be in for a treat with Turtle Rocks’ upcoming cooperative first-person shooter, Back 4 Blood.

Originally teased back in 2019, we finally got our first look at Back 4 Blood gameplay during The Game Awards 2020. The upcoming title appears to be a spiritual sequel to the Left 4 Dead series, which hasn’t seen a new entry since 2009’s Left 4 Dead 2. While Valve often gets a lot of credit for Left 4 Dead’s success, Turtle Rock Studios was the primary development group behind the co-op hit, and now it’s bringing that experience into the next generation of gaming with Back 4 Blood.

Back 4 Blood is as close to the Left 4 Dead formula as Turtle Rock Studios could get without simply slapping the Left 4 Dead name on it and calling it a day. Everything that made the original series feel great to play, including the action-based missions, unique characters, and special infected, is here in Back 4 Blood, helping to capture the same charm and features that made the original so highly regarded.

In Back 4 Blood, players can join up to three others to take on hordes of Ridden (Turtle Rock’s name for zombies) as they complete a variety of missions, all with an underlying story. It’s this base level of DNA that makes it so similar to the original, but this isn’t simply a copy-and-paste of the Left 4 Dead series. Back 4 Blood introduces its own elements as well, including a deck-building system that players can utilise to craft perks, loadout items, and more.