Responding to a Deadlock fan question on the game's Discord, one developer confirms that the Matchmaking Rating is set for a planned rewrite as the feature currently doesn't work as expected. For a game that has been being developed in relative silence over the past year or two, Deadlock has quickly become one of Valve's worst kept secrets. Having been in playtesting since 2023, leaks began surfacing earlier this year, eventually leading to an official confirmation from Valve in August.
While Deadlock is still in a closed alpha phase of development, the game's official announcement seems to have had a massive impact on the title. In fact, Valve's official confirmation has seen Deadlock quickly become one of the most popular games on Steam, which is impressive considering it isn't even close to launching or isn't even available to everyone. Considering its early development stages, Valve continues to rely on playtesting and feedback to continue improving the game, even as certain functions and features are not quite up to the usual standards yet.
A Steam user hoping to play the Deadlock alpha playtest reaches out to Gabe Newell and gets exactly what they were hoping for.
One such feature is Deadlock's...
