All in a Back 4 Blood party can play paid DLC if one person owns it Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. All in a Back 4 Blood party can play paid DLC if one person owns it No-one's Left 4 Dead. News by Wesley Yin-Poole Deputy Editorial Director Updated on 15 Jun 2021 31 comments All in a Back 4 Blood party can play paid DLC as long as one player owns it, developer Turtle Rock has confirmed. In a blog post, Turtle Rock said if your party leader owns a paid content drop, you will be able to play that content with them. This includes maps, gameplay and campaign. "No separation. No exclusion. No split," Turtle Rock said. Watch on YouTube Back 4 Blood is a Left 4 Dead-style co-of first-person shooter in which you team up with friends to kill horrible zombie monsters, known in-game as Ridden. At E3 last week, Turtle Rock revealed the game's PvP - a mode called Swarm in which two squads of four face off against each other in a best-of-three series of rounds as teams swap between playing as the Cleaners and the Ridden. Points are awarded based on how long the Cleaners can stay alive and endure Ridden attacks, with the team that keeps the clock going the longest as Cleaners winning the match. While playing from the Ridden perspective, you can choose from nine Ridden variants, including the Tallboy, Bruiser, Crusher, Reeker, Exploder, Retch, Stinger, Hocker and Stalker. Each Ridden type has their own unique abilities that can be upgraded with enhancements called mutations, which can be used collectively to aid the team and help turn the tide as the match progresses. The video below shows off how it works: Watch on YouTube Addressing the obvious concern that Back 4 Blood's PvP will be pay-to-win because it's selling content drops, Turtle Rock explained that when it comes to PvP specifically, everyone who bought Back 4 Blood can get access to all additional PvP content, even without buying content drops. So, players who don't buy the content drops can earn new playable characters and Ridden in PvP for free through progression. Also, all PvP players have access to the same cards at the start of each match, regardless of whether those players have bought content drops or not. "We hope this answers some of your questions about what we're doing to make sure there is no pay-to-win or community separation," Turtle Rock said. Back 4 Blood launches 12th October 2021 on PC, PlayStation and Xbox. It's a day-one Xbox Game Pass title. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 3 Atari will hold RollerCoaster Tycoon rights for another decade Ups and downs. 7 Lady Dimitrescu will be a tad smaller in Resident Evil Village's Mercenaries DLC Level the playing field. 1 Overwatch 2 suffers another DDoS attack and character roster bugs Mei Mei. 13 Latest Articles Digital Foundry Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090: a new level in graphics performance The Digital Foundry video review - and how the new GPU champion delivers for 4K 120fps gaming. Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 3 Feature Evercore Heroes wants to wind people up the right way "There's less rage at them, because they didn't end your fun." Genshin Impact Path of Gleaming Jade dates, login event rewards Including other anniversary rewards and how to claim them. Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store