Online multiplayer titles have a history of splitting its audience as developers release purchasable DLC, butBack 4 Bloodhas a clever way of handling this issue.Developers at Turtle Rock Studioswon’t be locking content away in futureBack 4 BloodDLC.
As long as the party leader of a group that’s playingBack 4 Bloodhas one of the future paid DLCs, all members of the party have access to that content. This will allow players to stay together through whatever future content rolls out to the wave-based survival FPS. Among the potential content teased for futureBack 4 BloodDLC include new maps, gameplay, and campaigns.
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Back 4 Bloodwas recently shown off during Xbox and Bethesda’s game showcase at E3 2021 and it was confirmed for Xbox Game Pass on the day of its release. Turtle Rock Studios later took to its official blog to discuss potential DLC and how players will be able to stay together despite some of them purchasing DLC in the future while others remain with the base version of the game. Turtle Rock hasn’t confirmed whatBack 4 Blood’s future content roadmap looks like beyond the purchasable DLC in the future, but it will also receive free content drops as well. Future free content teased forBack 4 Bloodincludes new playable charactersand Ridden.
This new approach may encourage people who don’t have the DLC already to purchase it after being able to give the content a try before buying it. Players who do purchase DLC may also have an easier time finding groups with this new approach to paid DLC. In the past, several franchises have split their communities over time through paid DLC such asCall of Duty,Battlefield, and evenLeft 4 Dead. As time has gone by, many of them thought of new ways to prevent this from happening, butBack 4 Bloodmay have the most unique approach. Xbox fans may be looking forward to seeing how this approach will pan out, but the industry itself may learn a lot from this approach to paid DLC.
Back 4 Bloodreleases on October 12 for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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