The official announcement was a long time coming, but now Deadlock has a Steam page. The number of players of Valve’s new shooter increased by almost 200 percent as a result
We can’t decide:Either absolute marketing geniuses work at Valve – or the Steam publisher and occasional video game developer doesn’t give a damn.
The genius theory is supported by the fact that recentlyup to 64,000 people were active at the same timein Valve’s new multiplayer shooter Deadlock – that’salmost three times as many as the previous peak
You still rememberDeadlock?
This is the game,whose existence Valve refused to officially acknowledge for months- but now there’s suddenlya Steam product page for Deadlockand a first video, albeit an extremely short one:
Are you well informed now? Probably not, which is why we’re listing all the known details about Deadlock below.
How to play Deadlock
Valve’s new shooter is still “in the early stages of development and includes many temporary graphics, experimental gameplay and a localization that is still in progress”, as Valve writes on the Steam page. For this reason, a loose NDA has been in force so far: anyone who helped test the game should not share anything with the public if possible
This week, Valve has informed its playtesters that they can freely report on their experiences in the game. However, access remains limited; you will need an invitation from an active player to join the online battles.
Friendly requests on Redditare usually rewarded by the community there with an invitation. If you want to play Deadlock now, all you need to do is enter your friend ID. You can find this by clicking on “Add friend” in the Steam interface
What we know about Deadlock
In Valve’s new shooter, you control your character from a third-person perspective. Battles take place exclusively online against other people. You control one of 20 different heroes, each with four special abilities. The concept is borrowed from well-known hero shooters such asOverwatchwhile the visuals are reminiscent ofTeam Fortress 2
However, Valve is also heavily involved in the moba genre, which the inventor of Half-Life has decisively shaped withDota 2himself. There are four so-called lanes on the maps, i.e. corridors through which AI-controlled opponents (creeps) constantly stream. Gameplay can already be seen on YouTube, for example here:
Twelve players, divided into two groups, shoot the creeps, various minibosses and each other in Deadlock to collect souls. You can use them to buy useful items for your hero
Leveled up in this way, you fend off the opposing team and destroy the patron energy ball in the opponent’s base to decide the match in your favor. Ropeslidesallow you to move quickly from one point on the map to another.
