Multiplayer games making headlines is hardly a rarity in 2026, as the ill-advised wave of COVID-era investment in live-service games continues breaking on the shore. Valve’s Deadlock is different.

Shortly after Deadlock 's new update went live, player counts surged past 228,000 concurrents, an all-time high for the game, according to SteamDB. Alongside the City Never Sleeps update, Valve also ...

Valve says Deadlock isn't ready for full release yet, with the game still "unfinished" as the studio works on new content and features.

The Deadlock beta has just gotten a big drop of new content, including the introduction of six new heroes. These heroes ...

New Deadlock hero Solomon is a chess master who turns his own team into pawns, and it's pushed the Valve MOBA to a new Steam ...

New Deadlock hero Deadman Danny is here, and he's a high-flying, rocket-jumping skeleton who nobody in the Cursed Apple seems ...

A new development update leaves us with more questions than answers.

Valve's MOBA shooter Deadlock just had a massive upgrade with new visuals, new heroes, and lots more. Titled "City Never Sleeps", it makes the game feel quite a lot more complete but the developers ...

Early footage from a prototype of Valve’s upcoming MOBA shooter Deadlock has been leaked online, featuring assets from early Valve games like Left 4 Dead, Half-Life and Dota. Content creator Gabe ...

Valve’s currently invite-only, unreleased, third-person MOBA shooter Deadlock is quietly climbing the Steam leaderboards, despite the widespread Steam user base being unable to jump in and try it out.

Deadlock's massive new update isn't a sign of an imminent public release, according to the MOBA's first proper development update. The invite-only game continues to grow in scope ...