Tag: MOBA

Deadlock adds 6 new heroes only available for veteran players, but none of that matters anymore because Valve has renamed Slork

Deadlock adds 6 new…

Deadlock’s recent patch is a big one. There are big hero changes, map redesigns, and six new heroes for…
Deadlock’s income mechanics and hero design are so game-changing I became a support main after a decade of hogging carry

Deadlock’s income mechanics and…

Let’s face it: In the average MOBA, support mains draw the short straw. The first leg of the game…
Deadlock dev teases the community over its favorite hero that was briefly tested and removed: ‘We made delicious stock out of his bones and meats’

Deadlock dev teases the…

You might remember Slork. He featured in a PC Gamer article with the headline “Slork,” and the strapline, “Slork.”…
Riot announces new League of Legends exalted skins tier days after more layoffs, but you can’t get it the usual way—instead, you’ll have to roll the dice

Riot announces new League…

Riot announced a new Exalted Skins tier for League of Legends just days after the publisher laid even more…
Valve spent 2025 ripping apart Deadlock and putting it back together, and it delivered better live service than most live service games

Valve spent 2025 ripping…

League of Legends looks unrecognizable in 2025 when compared to its cartoonier, humbler 2009 incarnation. And yet, while Summoner’s…
Riot Games lays off another wave of staff as part of effort to “evolve” League of Legends

Riot Games lays off…

Riot Games is going through another wave of layoffs. This has been announced by Riot Co-Founder Marc Merrill on…
League of Legends developer Riot Games announces second round of layoffs this year

League of Legends developer…

League of Legends developer Riot Games has announced it’s laying off an unspecified number of employees in the studio’s…
‘We are experimenting with a different approach’: Valve finally adds ranked play to Deadlock, and the countdown for the first match starts now

‘We are experimenting with…

Deadlock's been receiving loads of fantastic patches recently, and heroes get buffed and nerfed so quickly that a real…
Don’t sleep on Deadlock’s active items

Don’t sleep on Deadlock’s…

For my first hundred games in Deadlock’s Cursed Apple, trips to the shop were a bewildering descent into a…
The big Deadlock hero tier list: Who is dominating Valve’s new MOBA in the early days

The big Deadlock hero…

The sepia-soaked noir roster of Deadlock is packed with character, and characters it turns out—a total of 22 of…