Deadlock’s City Never Sleeps Turns the Game Into a Horror Experience
Deadlock's City Never Sleeps update turns the tunnels into a nightmare, with a giant rat king closing off every escape route.
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Tag: MOBA
Valve Keeps Deadlock Under Wraps as Work on New Cosmetics and Game Modes Continues
Valve says Deadlock is still unfinished, but hero cosmetics and new game modes are coming. Here's what we know about the MOBA's future.
It’s Not Even Out Yet, but Valve’s Deadlock Just Hit Its Biggest Concurrent Player Count on Steam
Valve's Deadlock hits 228,086 players on Steam before release, thanks to the City Never Sleeps update.
Deadlock Update Pushes Valve’s MOBA Shooter to #1 on Steam Charts, Sets New Concurrent Record
A huge update propels Valve's Deadlock to Steam's top charts, smashing its own concurrent player record overnight.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Gigantic’s servers were shut down before most players could find out what it was
Gigantic, Motiga's 5v5 guardian game, shut down in 2018 and returned as Rampage Edition in 2024. A review of its design, movement, and flaws.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Awesomenauts: A Clever MOBA-Platformer Hybrid Worth Remembering
Awesomenauts, Ronimo Games' 2D platformer-MOBA hybrid, returns under Atari in 2025. A look at its design, shutdown, and 7.2 critic score.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Monolith’s 2012 console MOBA arrived with a control scheme nobody wanted to learn
Guardians of Middle-earth, Monolith's console MOBA with 36 LOTR guardians, launched in 2012 and died when the GameSpy servers shut down.
Game Reviews7.9/10
Heroes of the Storm: Blizzard’s Accessible MOBA, Reviewed
Blizzard's free-to-play MOBA Heroes of the Storm turns 10: 89 heroes, 15 battlegrounds, 20-minute matches, shared XP and talents instead of items.
Game Reviews8/10
Battlerite: The Arena Brawler That Deleted the Economy
Battlerite stripped the MOBA down to pure arena combat: two-minute rounds, no towers or items. Inside Stunlock's 2017 brawler and its battle royale detour.
“Everyone wants immediate gratification”: Project Zeta compresses the MOBA into 12 minutes of nonstop fighting
Project Zeta is a new action-focused MOBA from Nirvanana and Krafton that compresses matches into 12 minutes of constant combat, aiming to modernize the genre.