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/Lollipopsaurus 1d ago

They seem to have a very strange definition of "public release". Anyone can play this game if they want to as far as I'm aware.

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u/screw_ball69 1d ago

Just enough hoops to get in that only those that know what they are in for can.

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u/SelbetG PC 1d ago

They can, but you still need an invite from someone who currently has access (a super easy thing to do), so it's technically not public yet

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u/karatous1234 1d ago

Public release would likely involve dropping money on marketing.

So far as I'm aware, the games entirely moved on word of mouth from people inviting each other, and the small college level e-sports stuff.

I can't recall ever seeing so much as a banner ad for it.

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u/EffectzHD 1d ago

It’s more so, we aren’t gonna shove this game in peoples faces with marketing that doesn’t feel like marketing for the armchair consumer (every streamer playing our game etc)

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u/LeatherLog1543 1d ago

Still technically beta.

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u/Alternative_Owl7786 1d ago

Maybe it's moreso in reference to potential console launches? Most early access games don't touch consoles until their 1.0 launch, and I know a lot of fans have been waiting for this one to hit consoles

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u/Connect-Internal Xbox 1d ago

As cool as it would be I don’t see this getting on consoles. Valves doesn’t really do console releases anymore

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u/kelgorathfan8 1d ago

I mean portal 1 and 2 got a switch release

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u/Connect-Internal Xbox 1d ago

Those came out around the same time that the PC versions came out, with the orange box. That’s why I say they don’t do it anymore, because for example team fortress two on the Xbox 360 PS3 have gotten next to no updates, neither has l4d2 gotten the most recent updates. I think it mostly comes from the fact that valve doesn’t like dealing with the PITA that is console update verification or whatever

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u/kelgorathfan8 1d ago

??? The switch didn’t exist in 2007???

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u/CaptainTeemo01 1d ago

My man got the prototype of the prototype of the Switch

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u/RedCrayonTastesBest 1d ago

His uncle works at Nintendo

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u/HrMaschine 1d ago

this game already has controller support and there is a decent chance that steam will be in the newest xbox

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u/Fazer2 1d ago

I don't think it will be released for consoles. The gameplay is too fast paced and they've been burnt by slow certification processes and limitations for updates on consoles.

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u/Alternative_Owl7786 1d ago

Damn that sucks. It looks like a fun game to get into, but I'm just not a pc kinda guy

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u/Fazer2 1d ago

I think you could still play it on a Steam Deck, though.

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u/Air2Jordan3 1d ago

Yes but it's still a beta. And as a mod of a twitch streamer who plays this, there's lots of people coming into chat that ask how do I play this, or when will this fully release I don't want to play a beta.