{"id":822,"date":"2025-12-12T11:58:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T03:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/12\/4loop-is-a-co-op-shooter-from-the-creator-of-left-4-dead-and-jj-abrams-bad-robot\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T11:58:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T03:58:36","slug":"4loop-is-a-co-op-shooter-from-the-creator-of-left-4-dead-and-jj-abrams-bad-robot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/12\/4loop-is-a-co-op-shooter-from-the-creator-of-left-4-dead-and-jj-abrams-bad-robot\/","title":{"rendered":"4:LOOP is a co-op shooter from the creator of Left 4 Dead and JJ Abrams&#8217; Bad Robot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The next game from <em>Left 4 Dead<\/em> designer Mike Booth is putting a sci-fi spin on his last game&#8217;s co-op action, <a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6-5ieEtmgTc\"><ins>based on a trailer<\/ins><\/a> Booth and producer JJ Abrams shared at The Game Awards 2025. The new game is called <em>4:LOOP<\/em>, and it&#8217;s the first project entirely developed by <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2018-06-08-j-j-abrams-bad-robot-gaming-tencent.html\"><ins>Bad Robot Games<\/ins><\/a>, film production company Bad Robot&#8217;s game studio.<\/p>\n<p><em>4:LOOP<\/em> combines the four-player co-op action of <em>Left 4 Dead<\/em>, with roguelike elements enabled by what seems like a time loop mechanic. Based on the trailer, players fight a mixture of aliens and robots in each mission, all in the hopes of eventually drawing the attention of an alien mothership and destroying it.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Each time the four-player team succeeds in a mission, they make choices to improve their equipment, building out a unique kit to survive the epic boss battle at the end of the Act,&#8221; Booth said <a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.playstation.com\/2025\/12\/11\/announcing-4loop-a-new-four-player-co-op-shooter-from-sie-and-bad-robot-games\/\"><ins>in an interview with PlayStation Blog<\/ins><\/a>. &#8220;If the team completes all three Acts, they defeat the Mothership and save the world. All of this is, of course, easier said than done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sony Interactive Entertainment <a data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/playstation\/playstation-teams-up-with-bad-robot-and-the-creator-of-left-4-dead-for-a-co-op-shooter-144637802.html\"><ins>announced<\/ins><\/a> that it would be publishing <em>4:LOOP<\/em> earlier in December, so naturally the game will be available on PS5 and PC when it launches. Players interested in trying <em>4:LOOP <\/em>can sign up on <a data-i13n=\"cpos:5;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.badrobotgames.com\/4loop\"><ins>the game&#8217;s website<\/ins><\/a><ins>.<\/ins><\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/playstation\/4loop-is-a-co-op-shooter-from-the-creator-of-left-4-dead-and-jj-abrams-bad-robot-035835461.html?src=rss<\/p><p>Please credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\">OBA Blog<\/a> &raquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/12\/4loop-is-a-co-op-shooter-from-the-creator-of-left-4-dead-and-jj-abrams-bad-robot\/\">4:LOOP is a co-op shooter from the creator of Left 4 Dead and JJ Abrams&#8217; Bad Robot<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next game from Left 4 Dead designer Mike Booth is putting a sci-fi spin on his last game&#8217;s co-op action, based on a trailer Booth and producer JJ Abrams shared at The Game Awards 2025. The new game is called 4:LOOP, and it&#8217;s the first project entirely developed by Bad Robot Games, film production company Bad Robot&#8217;s game studio. 4:LOOP combines the four-player co-op action of Left 4 Dead, with roguelike elements enabled by what seems like a time loop mechanic. Based on the trailer, players fight a mixture of aliens and robots in each mission, all in the hopes of eventually drawing the attention of an alien mothership and destroying it. &#8220;Each time the four-player team succeeds in a mission, they make choices [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-share"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}