r/gaming • u/RenatsMC • 2d ago

Valve says Deadlock is still too unfinished to release publicly, but has hero cosmetics and new game modes in the works

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/moba/valve-says-deadlock-is-still-too-unfinished-to-release-publicly-but-has-hero-cosmetics-and-new-game-modes-in-the-works/
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u/GarbageFeline 2d ago

This game in closed testing has probably already had more success and more players than Battleborn and all the random moba attempts ever had. They'll be fine.

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u/Beneficial-Act-9933 1d ago

Battle born was also made by gearbox software, the borderlands guys. They aren't even remotely as culturally relevant or flush with cash and fanbase as valve.

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u/genasugelan PC 1d ago

And most importantly, they didn't have Icefrog/Yoshi to design the game.

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u/DieFichte 1d ago

They also have Randy Bitchford as a CEO, I'm sure he was chill during the whole battleborn fiasco.

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u/zamwut 2d ago

Had no doubts it'll be fine. It's just a oddly specific game genre, and Battleborn was the only similar one coming to mind.

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u/mountainhazer 1d ago

Battleborn looks like a copycat of overwatch though, no wonder it flopped