Back 4 Blood Early Access Beta Hits Almost 100k Concurrent Players, Open Beta Follows

Back 4 Blood, the spiritual successor to Left 4 Dead 2, is popular on Steam, with its Early Access Beta hitting almost 100,000 concurrent players.

By     Merc

The Back 4 Blood Early Access Beta took place from August 6 to 9, and it looks like it’s shaping up to be another hit. Check out some gameplay footage from the beta:

Early Access Beta Player Count

Over the weekend, the game has reached a concurrent user peak of 98,024 players, and this is only from the Steam version. Pretty impressive for a game in early access beta.

Join the Open Beta

The open beta is scheduled to launch August 12th 9PM CEST, and will run until August 16th. It is available on Steam, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PS5, and PS4.

The open beta gives you access to:

• PvE (Classic, Survivor, Hard) – Choose one of the 5 Cleaners, one of the immune survivors, and get access to different weapons and items
• PvP Swarm Mode – Play with or against your friends in Swarm Mode. Switch as a Cleaner and get special perks and up to six different Ridden. Both sides have access to unique weapons, abilities, and specialties.

Cross-gen and cross-play is supported, in case you are planning to play with your friends who are playing on consoles.

PC players would have to take note of the Back 4 Blood Open Beta system requirements before joining:

• CPU Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
• GPU GeForce GTX 970 or Radeon RX 590
• RAM 12GB
• STORAGE 25GB SSD
• OS WINDOWS 10 64-bit
• DX DIRECTX 11

Players on console do not need an Xbox Live or a Playstation Plus subscription to join.

When Will Back 4 Blood Be Released?

The game will be available starting October 13, 2021. You can save more on your CD key purchase by buying through Allkeyshop.com. Check out our price comparison now.

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