The latest patch for Turtle Rock and Warner Bros' co-op horror game is out, and Back 4 Blood update 1.08 adds a major feature some players have asked for since the zombie game launched in 2021 - the ability to kick "problematic" players from the team, or yourself if you do too much friendly fire damage.
Back 4 Blood is definitely one of the best co-op games on PC, but despite it launching in October 2021 there has never really been a way to kick useless or uncooperative co-op players from the game. Given that it's a pretty difficult game even with all four players doing their best, having one of those go AFK or run amok with friendly fire is deeply annoying.
The June 2022 update seeks to change that, with a system that "identifies and allows kicking from a mission" when one player is idle for too long or inflicts too much friendly fire damage. The developers explain that this is a "conditional kick feature that will only trigger if someone is playing outside the bounds of the game" - rather than the option for other players to freely vote off anyone, which the team believes "can be exploitable and toxic." Turtle Rock adds that this feature is "not final and we will be monitoring it closely."
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