Update (13/02/18): Over the weekend, somebody managed to get the rumor mill swirling by hijacking the Left 4 Dead 2 Facebook web page hyperlink. The troll in query managed to assign the hyperlink to a faux private web page for Valve developer, Ted Carson, who has been tied to Left 4 Dead 3 previously. The motive this managed to get followers hopes up was easy, the Facebook hyperlink on Valve’s official Left 4 Dead web site linked on to this faux web page.
We anticipated Valve to behave swiftly on this case, and whereas the corporate has not addressed the scenario publicly, it has up to date the Left 4 Dead web site. Now, as an alternative of linking to the faux Ted Carson profile, the Facebook shortcut hyperlinks on to the Valve Facebook web page.
We nonetheless do not know the way the person managed to steal the Left 4 Dead 2 hyperlink and subsequently get the sport’s official web page taken down. Valve has not issued a remark, as an alternative it appears to be like like that is all simply being quietly swept away.
Original Story (12/02/18): There has been an ongoing drought in information on future video games from Valve, to the purpose the place any small rumor or leak spreads throughout the online immediately. Unfortunately, this truth is well taken benefit of, as we noticed over the weekend, with somebody seemingly hijacking the Left 4 Dead Facebook web page and turning it into a private web page teasing Left 4 Dead 3.
There have been a couple of ‘leaks’ pointing in the direction of Left 4 Dead 3 over time. Back in 2013, a submit on pastebin got here out itemizing completely different Valve staff and which initiatives they had been engaged on. One Valve developer, Ted Carson, popped up on this checklist along with a second leak a while in the past, the place somebody took an image of a monitor in Valve’s HQ, exhibiting that Ted Carson had edited a Left 4 Dead 3 folder on two separate events.
Now over the weekend, Left 4 Dead’s official web site started linking to the private Facebook web page of somebody claiming to be Ted Carson. This is as a result of somebody managed to edit their account URL to match the Left 4 Dead 2 Facebook web page. The official Left 4 Dead 2 web page has since been eliminated, together with the 1 million likes it garnered over time.
The account has privateness settings lively, so we won’t see a lot. However, it’s open to buddy requests, and the quilt photograph exhibits a zombie hand holding up three fingers. This has sparked fan hopes for Left 4 Dead 3.
So how do we all know that is faux? Well for starters, linking to a private Facebook account can be an extremely odd means of teasing a recreation. However, except for that, the quilt photograph seems to be a hand edited model of the unique Left 4 Dead cowl, eradicating one of many fingers. The account uploaded one other model of this image in a while, including a taking part in card to the hand with textual content that reads “Left 4 Dead card recreation”, poking enjoyable at the truth that Valve is releasing a Dota 2 card recreation. Ultimately, this all appears to be an elaborate troll.
So far, no person at Valve has commented on this. However, since this all came about on Sunday, that is not too stunning. I’m positive we’ll hear one thing and see some fixes later immediately when the Valve of us return to the workplace.
KitGuru Says: While this is not probably the most elaborate Left 4 Dead 3 troll we have seen, it has caught quite a lot of consideration. I’d be very fascinated about discovering out how somebody managed to steal Left 4 Dead 2’s Facebook hyperlink. Hopefully this can all get straightened out this week.
