Beginner Guides
Deadlock Explained: How Valve’s Third-Person MOBA Works
Deadlock mixes third-person shooting with MOBA lanes, troopers and a souls economy. Here is how Valve's 6v6 game works and how to get access in 2026.
deadlock
History
From Aeon of Strife to Deadlock: A History of the MOBA Genre
How a StarCraft custom map grew into DotA, League of Legends, Dota 2, Smite, Heroes of the Storm, mobile MOBAs and Valve's Deadlock.