The upcoming multiplayer zombie shooter video game “Left 4 Dead 3” has been in the rumor mills for so long that fans are both getting anxious and excited about its impending release to the gaming consoles and the PC.
While American game developer Valve Corporation has yet to confirm whether the game is in development or not, it seems clear that the huge amount of gamer interests on “Left 4 Dead 3,” along with that of the survival first-person shooter video game “Half-Life 3,” are more than sufficient to convince the company to make a go of it.
From a business perspective, Valve Corporation would certainly want to realize the profit potentials that the two games may deliver to the company.
There are reports of late saying that Valve Corporation will be moving to a new office next year in order to allow the company to accomplish all the works that are vital to their incoming projects including “Left 4 Dead 3.”
The planned move has set speculations that Valve’s team of game developers is getting ready to focus on the development of “Left 4 Dead 3,” among other video games on the company’s roster, reports Headlines & Global News.
An intentional or accidental leak?
Incidentally, a Valve employee by the name of Tristan Reidford supposedly leaked by accident a screenshot of the multiplayer zombie shooter video game “Left 4 Dead 3” when he posted a tutorial for importing source engine assets into the Destinations platform.
One of the images included a list of his favorite folders and one of them is a “Left 4 Dead 3” folder.
Reidford happens to be a conceptual artist working for American game developer Valve Corporation, and he reportedly made the mistake of not double-checking his screenshots before uploading them for the purpose of showing an unrelated Destinations Workshop tutorial.
The tutorial does not contain any materials, information, or assets from “Left 4 Dead 3” but some of those who looked closely into the screenshots saw one of Reidford’s most recently accessed folders and it had a filename of ‘Left4Dead3.”
As a result, it triggered speculations that the artist may also be working on “Left 4 Dead 3.” It would have been a plain oversight on Reidford but shortly thereafter, the same folder has been removed from the tutorial, details Mobile & Apps.
While there has been no official statement by either Reidford or Valve Corporation, the screenshot was quietly replaced with a nearly-identical one with the main difference being the lack of the ‘Left4Dead3’ folder on his recently accessed file list.
It could be an honest mistake on the part of Reidford but some critics are saying that it could also be intentional on the part of Valve Corporation to keep the excitement about “Left 4 Dead 3” going online.
For one, the accidental screenshot was first spotted by ValveTime which is a Valve fansite. The tidbit of information was also found in a tutorial for Destination Workshop Tools.
The ‘Left4Dead3’ folder is a dead giveaway, which made critics doubt if indeed it was uploaded by accident.
In fact, the critics are saying that the file directory has been scrolled down with the sole purpose of displaying the ‘Left4Dead3’ folder, which is an obvious tease by Valve.
A way of life for Valve
Although it has not said anything official about the development or release date of “Left 4 Dead 3,” Valve has practically made it a way of life to tease gamers about the game for so long that some already think that it was only meant to keep the level of excitement and anticipation to the game hot until the game development company is ready to unveil it.
Regardless whether the screen shot was released intentionally or by accident, what seems confirmed is that Valve Corporation is now busy working on the development of the game.