Various Steam data leaks, including Left 4 Dead related keywords, have come online over the past several years, frequently leading the gaming community to believe something new was in the works.

Valve issued this statement to IGN after the latest round of rumors began cropping up:

Sadly, none of those various projects ever received full backing, nor did they begin development in earnest. One iteration was reportedly canceled in 2017 just as it was getting off the ground. The last full entry in the series came out in 2009 on the Xbox 360.

Do you also miss the calls of “reloading!” or hearing Coach’s reassuring voice yelling about the “tunnel of love” before a horde of zombies arrives?

Commiserate with us in the comments below and sound off about what survivors you’d like to see a hypothetical future L4D3!

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