Valve trademarks Deadlock, the Overwatch-style hero shooter it won't acknowledge but is making no efforts to hide
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Valve’s long-rumored hero shooter Deadlock is seemingly becoming more and more of an open secret with each passing day. In the closest thing to an official acknowledgement we’ve gotten yet, Valve has apparently filed a trademark application for the game’s name.
“Deadlock trademark registration is intended to cover the categories of entertainment services, namely, providing online video games,” according toUS Patent and Trademark Office filingsdug up by Gabe Follower onTwitter. The trademark has not yet been granted, but the application is in. The publisher had previously attempted to trademark Neon Prime, the rumored previous title of the project, but that’s now adead application.
We’re reaching the point where rumors about Deadlock don’t really feel like rumors anymore.Alleged leaked images hit the internetearlier in May, quickly followed byapparent in-game footage detailing 19 playable heroes, Bioshock Infinite-esque rails, and Dota-style lanes. This all seemingly ties to an ongoing playtest that’s listed in the Steam backend, whichhas reached 1,000 concurrent playersover the past few days. Apparently, some of those players have elected not to agree to whatever embargo or NDA Valve has in place.
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