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Blasting away with finger guns in Deadlock’s training level. | Screenshot by Sean Hollister / The Verge
It’s been nearly five years since Valve announced a truly new game — and counting. Valve has still not announced Deadlock, its new hero shooter that takes cues from Overwatch, Dota 2, Team Fortress 2 and more. But that hasn’t stopped nearly 20,000 people from trying the game, including me.
And I’m not under NDA. I have signed no contracts, made no verbal agreements; I haven’t even clicked through a EULA.
Earlier today, I received a no-strings-attached invite to play Deadlock on Steam. Steam claims the game is made by Valve. It displays Valve’s...
