Valve revealed information about the 6v6 shooting game

A series of screenshots believed to be from Valve's next big game, Deadlock, appeared on 4chan and Twitter yesterday. Information revealed by many Valve sleuths on Twitter (X) states that Deadlock is a 6v6 third-person shooter inspired by Overwatch, Team Fortress 2 and Dota 2.

The most detailed description of Deadlock comes from Gabe Follower, a Valve-focused content creator.

"6vs6 combat mechanics on huge maps with 4 lanes. Usable skills and items. Tower defense mechanics," he said about the project on Twitter yesterday. "Fantasy setting combined with steampunk style. Wizards, strange creatures and robots. Fast travel using floating rails, similar to Bioshock Infinite."

Gabe also stated that Deadlock is an updated name for a Valve project we already know about: Neon Prime . The name change can be explained by the fact that the previous version of Deadlock was said to have a science fiction art style, which later evolved into fantasy and steampunk.

"The hero design is heavily inspired by the Dota universe," he continued. "The main map references a modern steampunk European city (a bit like Half-Life). Initially, the game had sci-fi elements inspired by Half-Life and Portal, but after negative feedback Extremely, the development team has decided to focus on fantasy."

The compressed screenshots that are circulating are of unknown origin, but they are somewhat convincing. The user interface design language, character design, minimap, and font choice are all consistent with Dota. If it is fake, then it is an extremely high quality product.

Assuming Deadlock is real, these leaks don't get a good first impression. Some were quick to point out that 6v6 shooters with heroes and abilities seem a bit dated for 2024, while others objected to its fantasy art style combined with technology, reminiscent of Battleborn.

We can easily guess that some fans are also disappointed that Valve created another shooting game other than Team Fortress 3, they may think that Deadlock is a game that is "chasing the trend". and not outstanding. To be fair, out-of-context screenshots released from an unfinished game will certainly receive negative reactions.

We don't know how long ago these screenshots were taken or how far along the project is currently. If the game actually exists, the entire user interface looks like temporary blanks, and the flat lighting in the maps depicted suggests they're also far from complete. You only need to take a quick look at Counter-Strike 2 to see how beautiful a full Source 2 game can be these days, so it would be wise to take these leaks with a grain of salt.

What I saw didn't excite me at all, but we could be talking about the next Valve game. Despite the comparisons to Battleborn and Overwatch, when the "producer" of Half-Life, Counter-Strike and Dota 2 has information about something being developed, players will definitely be interested.

As Garry Newman, creator of Garry's Mod, said on Twitter: "Interesting to see how much people will disagree with 4 horribly compressed screenshots of an unfinished alpha game, in when it is 100% certain they will rush to play this game when it launches."

However, Valve's focus on service games over the past decade has also produced some less successful products. Artifact, the company's big push to compete with Hearthstone, and Dota Underlords, the independent auto chess spin-off of Dota 2, were both failures for the company. We will continue to update the company's information about this game, please regularly follow TipsMake to update more information.

Lesley Montoya

Update 20 May 2024