Valve Finally Announces Deadlock, Confirms Game Is in ‘Early Development’

Valve has lastly introduced Deadlock, its upcoming hero-shooter that has appeared in a number of leaks over the previous few months. The recreation is in early growth and entry is proscribed to invited playtesters. Footage and screenshots from Deadlock have beforehand surfaced on-line, however Valve had not confirmed the sport’s existence till now.

Deadlock Listed on Steam

Deadlock was confirmed by way of a Steam web page itemizing over the weekend, with Valve listed because the developer and the writer for the title. The studio has not but offered a launch timeline for the shooter, with the listing mentioning “Planned Release Date: T0o

“Deadlock is in early growth with numerous momentary artwork and experimental gameplay. Access is presently restricted to pal invite by way of our playtesters,” the Steam itemizing for the title learn. Users can now wishlist the sport on the storefront.

Valve has not offered any particulars in regards to the recreation, however the Steam itemizing contains a 20-second teaser of an early growth construct of the sport that reveals a metropolis block.

Withing hours of announcement, Deadlock reached an all-time peak concurrent participant rely of almost 90,000 invited customers on Steam. At the time of writing, 32,788 customers were playing the sport on Valve’s platform, in line with SteamDB charts.

Playtesters have revealed that Deadlock is a third-person team-based 6v6 hero shooter alongside the traces of Overwatch and Valve’s personal Dota 2 and Team Fortress 2.

The recreation was leaked earlier this 12 months in May, with screenshots and gameplay revealing particulars. Deadlock was earlier referred to as Neon Prime and had reportedly been in growth since 2018. The hero-shooter pits two groups of six in opposition to one another on four-lane maps, with every hero that includes distinct talents and kit. Leaks had additionally claimed that the sport could be set in a fantasy-steampunk world and can embrace tower-defense mechanics.

Deadlock is Valve’s first recreation since Counter-Strike 2, launched in September 2023.