Valve has filed to trademark Deadlock, the hero shooter the company still won’t confirm exists.
As spotted by Gabe Follower (thanks, PC Gamer), Valve’s trademark application is pending approval, but the developer has applied for trademark protection for the term Deadlock across the categories of “entertainment services, namely, providing video games; provision of online entertainment, namely, online computer games; games services provided by means of the Internet”. It was filed on Thursday, 30th May, 2024.
Of course, a trademark filing is just that, and is by no means evidence that Valve has a game of that name in development, or even proves that a game in mid-production will ever be released.