Valve has developed a new online shooter: “Deadlock” is a sort of mix between “Overwatch” and “Team Fortress”, as revealed by gameplay scenes published by users. The strange thing: Valve has neither announced “Deadlock” nor created a Steam page. Instead, players can apparently play via invitation links that they exchange with each other.
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The fact that “Deadlock” exists is no longer a big secret. Gameplay footage has been floating around the internet for months. Now more and more people seem to be able to play the shooter. Explains that Statistics from the unofficial Steam database SteamDB. Accordingly, “Deadlock” was played by over 18,000 players at its peak.
Apparently developed by Valve
The first representatives of the gaming press were now able to play “Deadlock” via an invitation link, which also included American technology magazine The Verge. The Verge’s screenshot shows that when you start the game you’re first greeted with a reference to the early development stage of “Deadlock”. Many of the graphic assets are placeholders. Valve writes in it, “Please do not share anything about the game with anyone – it’s unclear if this is meant as a joke or just out of naivety.
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Beginner players are not required to sign an NDA. There is also suspicion that the shooter’s early launch, which is reminiscent of guerrilla marketing, is intended to attract public attention. We don’t know for sure: Valve continues to stubbornly keep silent about “Deadlock”. There is also no confirmation that this game even exists.
But there is no doubt that the game is from Valve: anyone who received the invitation link will see the game in their library as a Valve development. The Verge also writes that the signature of the executable and legal notices in the game files refer to Valve – not to mention the Valve logo that can be seen when the game is started.
According to The Verge, players who have access to Deadlock can invite any number of Steam friends. So it’s only a matter of time before the number of “Deadlock” players continues to grow. Perhaps the game will be announced at some point.
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