Gameplay Footage for Valve’s 6v6 Shooter Deadlock Leaks…

Summary

First gameplay footage from Valve's 6v6 shooter Deadlock has emerged online.
The minute-plus clip shows a robot character zipping across some rails in what appears to be a tutorial stage of sorts.
The leaked video also reveals the names and portraits of 11 playable heroes from the game, which is currently said to be in alpha testing.

The first gameplay footage from Deadlock appears to have surfaced online. The minute-plus video marks the third leak related to Valve's multiplayer shooter in the past week.

Deadlock is said to be a hero shooter that Valve has been working on since at least early 2022, but possibly much longer than that. The game's purported title was leaked on May 16 as part of a report by content creator Gabe Follower, who claimed Deadlock is a 6-vs-6 shooter taking place on "huge" maps with four lanes. The same source suggested that Deadlock's setting combines fantasy with steampunk elements, adding that the game itself will also feature tower defense mechanics.

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By Ewan Lewis

First Deadlock Gameplay Footage Lends Credence to Previous Leak

On May 22, Twitter account @404Leak shared a purported Deadlock gameplay clip. The footage appears to substantiate parts of Gabe Follower's leak, including the claim that the shooter will feature a travel system that allows characters to zip across floating rails. Those tracks were already seen in the first batch of leaked Deadlock screenshots, which surfaced online on May 17. The video itself appears to depict one of the shooter's tutorials, as suggested by the fact that a control scheme titled "Hero Training" occupies a large portion of the screen throughout the clip.

Deadlock Features at Least 19 Playable Heroes

Two more tutorial levels are seen around the 43-second mark, titled "Get Started" and "Lane Training." According to the game's own estimates, the three introductory stages take approximately 17 minutes to complete combined. The footage also shows a glimpse of the game's hero selection screen, which indicates that Deadlock, previously known as Neon Prime, will feature at least 19 playable characters. 11 of those already had their names and portraits leaked as part of the video.

Leaked Deadlock Heroes List

Ivy
Infernus
Haze
Grey Talon
Kelvin
Lady Geist
Seven
Vindicta
Warden
Wraith
Yamato

The newly surfaced clip also reveals that Deadlock will allow players to sprint and mantle over ledges, in addition to performing rolls. The speed of zipping across rails will apparently be variable, with the footage indicating that at least one cooldown ability will be able to increase it. The said ability belongs to a brown robot character with a floating head and green bow tie, whose name is currently unknown. Some kind of energy pistol is depicted as the robot's main weapon in the video.

This influx of leaks reportedly stems from an ongoing Deadlock alpha test, which Valve is said to have started in mid-May 2024. While the very existence of the test may indicate that the game's official release could be drawing near, that is far from guaranteed, not least because Valve has never been afraid to shelve projects fairly late into their development.

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