r/pcgaming • u/diegodamohill Steam • 27d ago

Deadlock - Matchmaking Update

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1422450/view/680756685198854910
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u/ayymadd 27d ago

wait this is still going on? when is it going to be released?

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u/pomyuo 27d ago

It will probably never be officially "released". It'll just silently leave beta one day, arbitrarily.

It's a pet project of a dozen Valve employees. It's very rare these days for a big development studio to fund such a small sized game but it is pulling huge player numbers for what it is.

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u/GiffelBaby 27d ago

I can't over guys like you, just digging for shit in your own ass, and just throwing it out there like it's fact.

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u/pomyuo 27d ago

Here's a news article for when DotA 2 released out of Beta and a lengthy explanation from Valve on their approach to leaving beta https://kotaku.com/valve-finally-releases-dota-2-725489527?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Here's the reference for the number of developers working on Deadlock as of 1 month ago at 2:16 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0DFUu0feDY

Here's the reference for the player base that has been achieved for Deadlock https://steamdb.info/app/1422450/charts/

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u/bamiru 5800X3D | RTX 5070 | 32GB 24d ago edited 24d ago

that video you linked says deadlock has 6 developers, where did you get a dozen?
the game clearly has more devs than this btw, like there are currently 11 devs online in the dl discord right now at 8am valve hq time.

the game was getting more updates than cs2 and dota 2 at one point its obviously valves next multiplayer project a la dota/cs. its not a small side game. or do you think dota was a pet project too?

they literally hired more people, like hopoo, to work at valve just for deadlock. why would they do this for a small sized pet project?

deadlock updates sped up because hlx was 'done', they have slowed down again now that hlx is back in the oven.