Back 4 Blood Reveals Children of the Worm Expansion

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Co-op zombie shooter Back 4 Blood has teased some details about its upcoming Children of the Worm expansion in a new promotional image. A new campaign act, a new Cleaner, new weapons, enemy types, and more have been revealed along with the release date for the next chapter in Back 4 Blood.

Back 4 Blood was released in 2021 and developed by Turtle Rock Studios, a team that has a long history with co-op shooters that have influenced many of today's multiplayer games. Turtle Rock Studios is best known for having developed the highly successful firstLeft 4 Dead game along with the asymmetrical multiplayer shooter Evolve which pitted a team of survivors against one player controlling a monster.Back 4 Blood is a spiritual successor to Left 4 Dead, hinted at by the substitution of «for» with «4» in the title. The game features a ragtag team of survivors fighting their way through hordes of zombies or «Ridden» while an AI game director modifies the environment to keep players on their toes.

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Details on Back 4 Blood's second expansion, Children of the Worm, have been revealed through a promotional image on Twitter showcasing some of the features that will be arriving. A new playable Cleaner, «Prophet» Dan is an intriguing character with an exquisite mustache wearing an Irish flag, a clover pin, and a stencil of the bible verse Peter 4:12. New cult-themed enemy types such as a sniper and a gas mask-clad enemy carrying strange chemical concoctions represent an interesting departure from the usual undead variants. Eight new character skins and a series of colorful 8-bit weapon skins will also add to the visual diversity when the expansion comes around.

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