The Left 4 Dead games notably supported couch co-op as well as split-screen online functionality, giving gamers a wide range of options when playing with friends. We asked Turtle Rock Studios community manager Miss Murder if Back 4 Blood would have similar couch co-op features. “No word on that yet,” she said on Twitter, “but happy to hear the suggestion!”
It seems as though Turtle Rock Studios hasn’t made a determination one way or another about whether or not Back 4 Blood will have couch co-op. That’s understandable, especially since the game is so early in development that it doesn’t even have its own logo. However, a quick glance at the Turtle Rock Studios forums show that there is an appetite for split-screen and couch co-op in Back 4 Blood, and so it would be nice to see the feature in the game.
While many games appear to have abandoned couch co-op and split-screen, others have continued to support the features. Notably, the Call of Duty games have long championed split-screen multiplayer and co-op, and perhaps that’s part of the reason why those games are almost always the best-selling games of the year. Meanwhile, Halo’s decision to ditch split-screen in Halo 5 was met with widespread community backlash, and led to 343 promising that split-screen would return in the upcoming Halo Infinite.
Before Back 4 Blood fans get too worried about whether or not the co-op zombie shooter will have split-screen and couch co-op support, they should wait for more official information on what the game will have in store. At the time of this writing, we know next to nothing about Back 4 Blood, except that it will be a co-op shooter with zombies, a campaign, and PvP elements, but no battle royale mode of any kind.
Depending on how far along Back 4 Blood is in-development, we may learn more about the game later this year. Otherwise, fans should expect a long wait to see what else Back 4 Blood is bringing to the table.
Back 4 Blood is in development for PC, PS4, Xbox One, and next-generation consoles.
