How Evolve evolved – Turtle Rock on Xbox One’s most ambitious co-op shooter
Co-founder Phil Robb discusses class balance, quitting Left 4 Dead and staying small.
Like a Goliath bursting from the undergrowth to pummel a careless Trapper, Evolve has become one of Xbox One’s most promising multiplayer shooters in a matter of months. Created by Turtle Rock, the architect of Left 4 Dead, it pits four human hunters (chosen from a variety of classes and subclasses) against one of several giant, hungry mutants, controlled either by the AI or another player. Think “extended Left 4 Dead Tank battle in a large open world” and you’re a third of the way there.