Deadlock, Valve's upcoming title that has no release date or official announcement, is now at its best, with exclusively positive prospects. With a fresh new look, a bunch of added heroes, and revamped mechanics, there hasn't been a better time to get back in.
Though Valve still hasn't announced Deadlock or showed it to the broader world in any official capacity, the game is more than alive and well, with tens of thousands of players clocking in at any time of day. The game is still locked behind an invitation system, meaning only those with access to the game and go and spread the good word and invite people in. It's a simple and effective way for Valve to get folks in to test everything extensively without using any loudspeakers.
And the system works so well that Deadlock is effectively an entirely different game from what it was just a year ago. Over the past few days, Valve has introduced six new heroes (the sixth is still pending addition, though), revamped the game's art style, added an interactive main menu the likes of which you probably have never seen, and even reworked the map from a four-lane to a three-lane system.
Each and every hero in the game has also received either a small visual makeover or substantial changes to their abilities and kit, or even both, which has influenced gameplay to a significant degree.
All of the above is only the beginning, however, as Deadlock remains a title still heavily in development, with players serving to give feedback and try out everything Valve has in store. With each passing month, the game gets more and more content, works and plays and looks better than most games on the market today.
While Gabe Newell is stuck on a yacht somewhere exploring secrets of the Deep Ones, the devs at Valve are hard at work making Deadlock into possibly the best MOBA ever made. And, as their efforts have finally started really showing, now is the best time to get back into Deadlock or even try it out for the first time.
And if you're lacking an invite, don't tell anyone I told you this: the game's subreddit has a bunch of people willing to invite you, free of charge! Shocking news, I know! Don't go around telling everyone you know!
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