Is Left 4 Dead 3 in Development?

Rumors have been circulating for years about the highly-anticipated Left 4 Dead 3 game, but a recent discovery in the Counter-Strike 2 files has given fans a glimmer of hope that the game may be in development.

A screenshot posted on the Steam subreddit by user u/PaP3s showed code titled “Left4Dead3” located inside the CS2 files. The code indicates that the game is in version 2, with the owner being triage, severity high, priority none, category —, product left3dead3, and component other.

While this discovery is still just a rumor, it has given fans of the Left 4 Dead series hope that Valve, the game’s developer, is finally prioritizing the creation of a new installment in the series. The fact that the code was found inside the Counter-Strike 2 files is significant, as it indicates that Valve may have been waiting to roll out Source 2 before beginning work on Left 4 Dead 3.