Back 4 Blood
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Developers | |
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Turtle Rock Studios | |
Publishers | |
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 4[1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 12, 2021 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Multiplayer |
Perspectives | First-person |
Genres | Shooter |
Themes | Zombies |
Back 4 Blood is a multiplayer first-person shooter game.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Epic Games Store | Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition also available. | |||
Steam | Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition also available. | |||
(unavailable) | Coming soon. | |||
Microsoft Store (unavailable) | Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC. |
- All versions require a constant internet connection for all game modes.[2][dubious – discuss]
Monetization
Microtransactions
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/924970/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/924970/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
Steam Cloud | ||
Xbox Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Vert- scaling.[4] | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Adjustable with a slider from 60-120°. | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | No option in-game. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | FXAA, TAA, DLSS.[5] | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | If disabled, FPS cap can be enabled (ranges from 24 to 360 FPS). | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | Up to 5000nits, contrast and saturation sliders. | ||
Color blind mode | Protanopia, deuteranopia and tritanopia options available. |
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | As "Mouse Smoothing". Off by default. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | Off by default. | |
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | Only 4 presets available: Default, Southpaw, Legacy, Legacy Southpaw. | |
Controller sensitivity | Sensitivity sliders for both axis and their deadzones available. | |
Controller Y-axis inversion | Invertion of both Y- and X- axis is possible. Off by default. |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | [6] | |
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Xbox button prompts | Uses Xbox Series controller prompts and layout graphics. | |
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | [6] | |
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PlayStation button prompts | ||
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes |
Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | [7] | |
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M | [8] |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | "Master", "SFX", "Dialogue" and "Music" sliders. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | "Conversations", "Ambient" and "Full Captions" options available. | |
Mute on focus lost | Toggle, next to "Sound Plays in Background." |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Arabic | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Latin American Spanish | ||||
Turkish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Local play | ||||
LAN play | ||||
Online play | 8 | Co-op, Versus [6] |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 11, 12 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Physics | PhysX | |
Audio | Vorbis, Ogg, Vivox | Vivox is used for cross-platform voice chat functionality. |
Multiplayer | Steamworks, Epic Online Services | Epic Online Services are used to provide cross-play. |
Anti-cheat | Easy Anti-Cheat | [9] |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Windows 10 | |
Processor (CPU) | i5-8400 Ryzen 7 1800X |
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System memory (RAM) | 12GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 25GB SSD | |
Video card (GPU) | GTX 970 RX 590 |
Preliminary recommended requirements for the open beta[10]
- 64-bit OS and CPU are required.[11]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/924970/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (924970) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Back 4 Blood Announce FAQ - last accessed on 2020-12-19
- ↑ Turtle Rock Studios on Twitter: "@PhoenixKa1 We're looking into ways we could support offline for the future but you will need an internet connection to play at launch." / Twitter - last accessed on 14 June 2021
- ↑ Turtle Rock Studios Discord - last accessed on 2021-08-04
- "Microtransactions will be purely cosmetic and will come post-launch."
- ↑ No proper widescreen support. Seriously? - last accessed on 2021-08-06
- ↑ Verified by User:SojerManLan on 2021-08-05
- Tested with the open beta of the game on a GTX 760. In the game options, there are three possible AA methods, with the third not being selectable for me. The DLSS .dll can be found in <path-to-game>/\Engine\Binaries\ThirdParty\NVIDIA\NGX\Win64.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Frequently Asked Questions - last accessed on 2020-12-19
- ↑ Verified by User:SojerManLan on 2021-08-05
- Tested with the open beta and a Xbox One controller (model 1708, wired). Upon plugging the controller, game detects it and allows for inputs.
- ↑ Verified by User:SojerManLan on 2021-08-05
- Tested with the open beta and a Xbox One controller (model 1708, wired). Game is playable with both keyboard and a controller at the same time.
- ↑ Verified by User:SojerManLan on 2021-08-05
- Tested with the open beta of the game. Upon starting the game, the Easy Anti-Cheat splash screen appears.
- ↑ Back 4 Blood Beta FAQ - last accessed on 2021-08-05
- ↑ Steam storepage for the game. - last accessed on 2021-08-05