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[Draugoth]

Details on the new Valve game have surfaced online:

• Currently in Closed Alpha with hundreds of people playing. This initially included friends and family members of Valve employees, but invites have been spread more widely.
• Competitive YouTubers have also been invited to play but they are under NDA
• He's surprised more details haven't leaked before today considering how many people are playing.
• Announcement is likely imminent

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.

Basically, fast-paced interesting ADHD gameplay. Combination of Dota 2, Team Fortress 2, Overwatch, Valorant, Smite, Orcs Must Die.Hero design pretty much inspired by Dota universe. Main map references modern steampunk European city (little bit like Half-Life). Initially game had sci-fi elements inspired by Half-Life and Portal, but after bad feedback dev team decided to focus on fantasy.

 

[Evil Calvin]

Yawn............................

 

[lh032]

everyone chasing that GaaS eh?

 

[mansoor1980]

 

[midnightAI]

Are they sure it's called Deadlock? That looks to me like that's just a character?

Or is this from something else?

Edit: ignore,that's from Valorant,way to confuse people Gabe Follower

 

[Flabagast]

yeaaah.. not sure we need another hero shooter

 

[T4keD0wN]

everyone chasing that GaaS eh?

Well, Valve are the trailblazers in that and imo one of the main reasons we are in this mess.

 

[LordOfChaos]

Everyone: Please make the games we want you to make

Valve:

 

[Pharaoh 117]

 

[diffusionx]

Sounds like that one early thrid person MOBA on 360... Saturday Night something, something?

Also SMITE 2 is going third person MOBA. Well, it always was but more expanded. Will be interesting!

 

[lh032]

Well, Valve are the trailblazers in that.

well...lets hope they are last this time then.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

What does 4 lanes mean here?

 

[Loomy]

everyone chasing that GaaS eh?

Valve made Counter Strike and TF2 lol

 

[Punished Miku]

No thanks

 

[lh032]

Valve made Counter Strike and TF2 lol

and still no half life 3 or L4D 3 yayyyyy

 

[Dr.D00p]

This all just a cover story for Gordon's next jolly, right.

 

[Kataploom]

After Hi-Rez basically abandoning Paladins and Overwatch not being on par gameplay-wise (also feeling so unbalanced, WTF Blizzard?), I was fearing the Hero Shooter genre would die for me, being one my most enjoyed genres, hell I'd say everything "Hero based" is my thing and they seemed to disappear from new releases, I'm happy of this rumor and hope it's true (also, I hope the game is good!)

 

[TintoConCasera]

Valve's next game

Competitive third person hero-based shooter

 

[Bartski]

 

[Loomy]

and still no half life 3 or L4D 3 yayyyyy

HL3 I don't believe will ever come out. L4D3, I wouldn't be surprised if it was being talked about before Back4Blood flopped.

 

[MrRibeye]

Sounds like it's meant to bring the DOTA magic to the Fortnite crowd.

 

[TintoConCasera]

HL3 I don't believe will ever come out

Having played Half-Life: Alyx I would be surprised if it never came out.

 

[Zheph]

Men_in_Boxes reading this news

 

[DirtyBast8rd]

Mehhh

 

[rm082e]

HL3 I don't believe will ever come out. L4D3, I wouldn't be surprised if it was being talked about before Back4Blood flopped.

Which is exactly the wrong lesson to take. B4B flopped because they didn't just make a simple L4D clone. I still think L4D fans would flock to a new game made by Valve.

 

[lem0n]

Why does modern gaming suck so much ass? Cool another generic competitive hero-based game

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

everyone chasing that GaaS eh?

Not really. They're the OG kings of GaaS on their own platform with TF2, Dota 2 and CS:GO (now CS2).

 

[Imtjnotu]

 

[Robb]

hero-based shooter. 6 vs 6 battling on huge map

 

[Generic]

After Hi-Rez basically abandoning Paladins and Overwatch not being on par gameplay-wise (also feeling so unbalanced, WTF Blizzard?), I was fearing the Hero Shooter genre would die for me, being one my most enjoyed genres, hell I'd say everything "Hero based" is my thing and they seemed to disappear from new releases, I'm happy of this rumor and hope it's true (also, I hope the game is good!)

I used to like Paladins. Used to.

 

[Ristifer]

Good for those who are into these games, I guess. Valve is dead to me, so it's a big whatever at this point.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

 

[12Goblins]

ya'll must not be familiar with the king got a surprise coming

Spoiler

 

[TintoConCasera]

Wonder if the plan to sell hats on this one too.

 

[Hudo]

That's the fastest I went from hype-inflated to hype-deflated.

 

[tmlDan]

another game copying other games.....where did the good valve go.

 

[Kataploom]

I used to like Paladins. Used to.

I still like it, I play sometimes with some friends but matchmaking and servers are bs, rarely you get a close match, it's always you obliterate them or they do to you. OW2 gets what I want but the gameplay isn't up there compared to Paladins, not even the balance and Paladins isn't perfectly balanced either but OW2 feels just unbalanced by design or whatever

 

[Spukc]

damn shame
But oh well
It prints money

I hope it fucking burns and fails

 

[Skifi28]

What does 4 lanes mean here?

They initially wanted three, but Gabe has a few issues with that number so they had to go with 4 in the end.

 

[HL3.exe]

Supposed to be Half-Life flavoured in early development, but ultimately changed. Not big into Multiplayer, but used to love Valve games.

I'll stay optimistic for now. I ultimately love the fact that they're making games again after YEEEEAAARS of nothing.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

What does 4 lanes mean here?

It's a way to funnel players into combat with eachother. Here's 3 lanes from DotA2...

 

[Perrott]

What does 4 lanes mean here?

League of Legends has three lanes connecting the bases of the two rival teams:

Valve's Deadlock reportedly has a map layout with four of these lanes. It also has one more player per team than League of Legends, so it checks for it to have one more lane as well.

 

[Salmonboy]

More Fortnite clones?

 

[jufonuk]

Well at least there will only be two games.

 

[TintoConCasera]

after YEEEEAAARS of nothing.

Alyx came out in 2020.

 

[Koenigssee]

Nope.

Hope this one will soon meet its match, Dota Underlords.

 

[Agent_4Seven]

Competitive third person hero-based shooter

 

[Fermbiz]

"Competitive third person hero-based shooter"

 

[HL3.exe]

Alyx came out in 2020.

Comprehensive reading troubles?

'After years' meaning after the Wilderness periode at Valve, before Alyx. Alyx was the revitalized kick off point that Valve was interested again in focussing on making games.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Comprehensive reading troubles?

'After years' meaning after the Wilderness periode at Valve, before Alyx. Alyx was the revitalized kick off point that Valve was interested again in focussing on making games.

Ah yeah, sorry for not being able to read your mind my man. Try to be more concise next time.