Deadlock Footage Leaks, Showing the Steampunk World and Characters of Valve’s New Shooter
Last week details emerged that a new hero shooter from Valve, entitled Deadlock, had secretly entered alpha testing. Needless to say, a new shooter from Valve is a pretty big deal, and there’s no way those alpha testers aren’t going to keep on leaking things. Case in point, a short clip of the game in action is now in the wild – Valve is trying to pull the footage down, but for now, it’s available here.
As we’ve heard previously, Deadlock is a 6v6 team-based hero shooter, with a little bit of MOBA flavor mixed in as the game’s maps have multiple lanes with floating grapple lines that can be used for quick travel. The new footage shows a player using one of these grapple lines during training mode. We also get a better taste of the game’s BioShock-esque steampunk aesthetics, with various ads for cigarettes and other things adorning the environment.
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The footage also provides a peek at Deadlock’s character select screen. At least in alpha, it looks like the roster will consist of 19 characters, which include steampunk-style robots like “Infernus,” more supernatural characters like the bat creature “Ivy,” and multiple highly-stylized human characters. It seems like many of the characters will have some sort of elemental theme – Infernus uses fire, “Kelvin” uses ice, and so on. While we don’t have details about all the characters, the footage hovers over the following heroes, providing us some details.
Ivy
- Sets up a power duo with a lucky ally
- Ivy has disruptive combat tricks that slow and stun enemies. She's most effective when linking up with an ally, empowering her and her ally's guns as well as sharing heals.
Infernus
- Lights up enemies and watches them burn
- Infernus has many ways to deal damage over time, burning foes before swooping in for the kill. Due to Infernus' blazing speed, his enemies won't be able to escape the flames.
Haze
- Sneaks in and sprays bullets
- When Haze fixates on a
