Game Informer
Life After Death: The History of Turtle Rock Studios
The developers behind Left 4 Dead and the upcoming Evolve talk about their time with Valve, the fall of THQ from the inside, and why they’re so excited to release their next game.
Did someone say Half-Life?
I think l4d set some good standards for future co-op games
EVOLVE will be an awesome game.
oil rig was my favorite
Very interesting insights. Thank you
Left 4 Dead was just great. Too bad, Valve bought TRS and changed everything..
Great little documentary, makes me even more excited about Evolve!
Neat video, I just found it 🙂 Looking forward to the game!
Inspires me to continue wanting to be a developer but I need so much work. Turtle rock looks so fun and cool to work in. Love this documentary !
Turtle Rock is one of my favorite studios 🙂
I think Turtle Rock will become my favorite studio… Fu Valve 🙂
Wow God bless you guys that kind of determination inspires me
Poor Evolve, ruined by 2K's greed.
I'm sorry turtle rock but you fell on the greediest bastards NA..
125$ for a game, give me a break. Talk about greed.
dlc $$$$$$$$$$$$$$
imagine if this game was free to play =] !!!! ohhhhhhh
People sure are upset about the DLC, without DLC this game has everything it needs to keep you happy and entertained. 3 Monsters and 12 Hunters on 15 different maps. Honestly people its just DLC get over it
Warframe's given me 1460 hours for about $20 optionally-paid bucks to look nicer and skip some grinding (only to sell back rare items to go get some other nice things.) Terraria's given me 1840 hours for $10 and modded gameplay wasn't even a huge percentage of that time. Skyrim's 1352 hours and it's still nice to look at. TF2's given me 2465 hours, bought the Orange Box (so I got Portal and Half Life 2 too) and having a premium account has given me numerous hats for my playtime. Starbound's given me 365 hours, no mods touched, early-access game.
Magicite, Hotline Miami, Don't Starve, Crypt of the NecroDancer… hell even your Borderlands and Borderlands 2 games have given me over 100 hours each.
Do I have to avoid your games too 2K?
maybe if you want to keep up with the funds, be like valve! Great gameplay, and fancy cosmetics!
Day 1 dlc, no buy
I wish people wouldn't give Evolve itself such a bad rap because thats 2k's fault for all of the DLC happening. The game is awesome.
It's very sad that Evolve hasn't been picked up by Valve from the very beginning :/
25:10 It's funny that nowadays they say they're not really interested into working on a Left 4 Dead Game anymore….They might got influenced by 2K Games….
Evolve is awesome, I really loved the alpha and beta, but I don't want to buy a game with a business model like this. Left 4 Dead, especially the second one was loaded with content, Evolve just doesn't have enough to warrant a 50€ purchase. Evolve could have been perfect as a free to play game, as it was designed to be. Now it just feels like a free to play game I have to buy to play at all, which is a shame as the game itself is really fun.
Awesome video, great insight.
Yeah 2K Games will ruin you, be aware.
SUPER SMASH BROS WII U
– 1080p, 60fps
– 50 characters, each have several unique skins
– 46 levels + a level creator
– 10 single player modes
– 4 Multiplayer modes
– 700+ trohpies to unlock
– 10 Demos for NES and SNES games
EVOLVE
– 900p, 30fps
– 3 classes, 3 monsters
– 4 game modes
– 12 maps
Both are $60. One is on "next gen" platforms, the other is on 2005 hardware.
I wanna support these guys but a multiplayer FPS is not the type of game I wanna play, a team that's so passionate and close as these guy should try to make something unique!
Evolve is hella fun. Thanks for making it Turtle Rock. Totally enjoying all the effort your crew put into it.
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turtle rock should have stayed dead so that someone else could have finished evolve cause greedy turtle rock and greedy 2k fucked it up. i'll never buy another one of turtle rock's games. i hope they go out of business.
Evolve: LOVE THE GAME. I really hope it picks itself up in the future!!! (Price cut??) I think if Evolve was priced like CSGO this game would absolutely dominate.
Sadly for u guys,
after Evolve
#cashgrabdlcmegaflopCHACHING
I will NEVER buy another game that has your TLC logo even remotely near it
18:38 Ha ! People change…
L4d was just the best game ever..why ? nervous competitive gameplay + special infected teamplay, i mean, FPS game like cs bf etc.. a team of ppl with gun shooting other ppl with guns is so fucking boring and repetitive.
Special infected teamplay is what make the game unique as well as the survival teamplay and i think it's why they have failed with evolve…same boring coop mechanism…even the f2p won't save it.
They should remove dome, reduce map size, add more original reliefs and increase stamina jetpack
Idea for a monster go in underground
Came here because of Matthew Colville.
23:22 Was not disappointed.
L4D it's my favorite game of all time
These guys are so humble
23:10 A wild Matt Colville has appeared
LEFT 4 DEAD 3 needs to happen! What do you guys hate money or something?
Why did this get recommended to me? Seems like it's happening to no one else
After Evolve didnt make it big due to reasons (i believe it's 2k's doing) they're now working on Back 4 Blood, A spiritual successor of Left 4 Dead 1 & 2, with some elements of Evolve. It was announced in the game awards 2020 with a trailer and had alpha testing from 17-21 December. I believe in TRS because of their vision and I can only hope for the best. I am looking forward to Back 4 Blood and will support them.
This is just an opinion of a TRS fan, hoping that B4B will be as impactul as the first two L4D.
Turtle Rock life is still here. Back 4 Blood 2021.
Watching this summer 2021: Turtle Rock is in the same place for Back 4 Blood as it was for Evolve when this was published: almost done but barely alive.
Game Informer, please make a part 2 of this that comes out by October when Back 4 Blood launches.
I would love to visit turtlerock studios
i love how they loved cs, what he said about playing l4d with friends, and the end of each level we always had that feeling lol.
Annnd now, we know for sure that Valve and the founder of Turtle Rock were the major factor for the success of Left4Dead… yes, i'm staring right at you Back4Blood O__O