The online videos of players curving bullets around walls, automatically aiming at adversaries, and other cheating behaviors in the Valve shooter Deadlock have previously exposed the game’s cheating issues.
According to 80 Level, a Reddit user named MintDoe shared a game replay that seems to depict numerous cheaters taking part in a Deadlock match. The accused initiates the video by precisely timing a leap to evade an invisible Lightning Ball. They then open fire on a wall where their opponents materialize.
This is a classic sign of an aim bot mod, which is a kind of trick where adversaries are automatically targeted before the player ever sees them. This became even more apparent when Vindicta, the sniping character, came into focus.
Even though there were no players in sight, the shots would still strike them because her gun’s crosshair was positioned exactly through a wall in front of her. One of the players said, “She has just pulled a Wanted,” as the video was cut to see the bullet changing direction in midair.
The significance of reporting these cheaters was emphasized by Reddit users in the comments, despite MintDoe pointing out that Deadlock’s direct reporting mechanism does not genuinely allow players to select to cheat. Alternatively, the official Deadlock Discord channel is the sole way to accomplish it.
With a twist from multiplayer online battle arenas (MOBAs), Deadlock is a six-six-third-person hero shooter that draws influence from beloved titles like Heroes of the Storm, Dota 2, and League of Legends.
Data indicated that thousands of players were already online, but Valve tried to hide it for weeks. Nevertheless, the company has finally officially acknowledged the launch of the game with an official Steam page. However, users can only join the game by invitation, requiring them to be invited by Valve directly or recommended by an existing player.
Despite this, it has already attracted over 100,000 concurrent users, making it a certified hit. According to information gathered by the player tracking website SteamDB, Deadlock reached the 100,000 player mark on August 29, 2024, when exactly 106,447 people were online concurrently.
