If you haven’t heard, Valve is working on a 6v6 third-person MOBA shooter with lanes, heroes and objectives. Basically, Smite and Valorant had a baby and left it on Valve’s doorstep because Counter Strike.
A few days ago, leaker GabeFollower posted a few screenshots from the alpha version of the game and a short description of what testers are experiencing.
Since testers started sharing Deadlock screenshots all over the place, here’s ones I can verify, featuring one of the heroes called Grey Talon. pic.twitter.com/KdZSRxObSz
— Gabe Follower (@gabefollower) May 17, 2024
GabeFollower describes the game as: “Deadlock. Next Valve game. Previously known as Neon Prime, Citadel. Competitive third person hero-based shooter. 6 vs 6 battling on huge map with 4 lanes. Usable abilities and items. Tower defense mechanics. Fantasy setting mixed with steampunk. Magicians, weird creatures and robots. Fast travel using floating rails, similar to Bioshock Infinite.”
GabeFollower has since made another post saying that they won’t be posting any more leaks on the game for the time being, as the game is still in its early testing phases and doesn’t fully show what gamers will get from the final product.
Overall views of the game seem to be mixed, but, as Gabe pointed out, there is still a lot of progress to be made, and with a suspected release date somewhere during 2025, there’s more than enough time for those changes to occur.
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