Deadlock Dataminer and Leaker Now Contributing to Game’s Development; Valve Not Fussed About Leaks Unless It’s via Hacks

In case you didn’t know, Valve, the company behind the Steam storefront and countless classic titles such as Half-Life, Left 4 Dead and more, is currently developing its own hero shooter titled Deadlock. While Valve has tested the game extensively in closed tests, there’s not a lot of info out there before, though that changed thanks to dataminer and leaker Gabe Follower.

Interestingly enough, Gabe Follower is not only managing the Deadlock Discord server, but is also now helping Valve develop the hero shooter. The announcement was made by Gabe Follower recently:

funny how things turned out, i moderated the deadlock discord server and banned a few cheaters in game (volunteer work). hop in to help valve develop the game, they are really open to changing the game based on feedback and communicating with the community pretty often! pic.twitter.com/a7THKTK5Fw

— ‎Gabe Follower (@gabefollower) August 23, 2024

Gabe Follower has confirmed to MP1st that the help they’re putting into the game is volunteer work. Interestingly enough, given most companies are not fans of stuff being leaked, we asked Gabe Follower if Valve is concerned at all about the stuff they’ve leaked so far, and even about the Half-Life 3 stuff that they’ve currently posted, and according to Gabe Follower, Valve doesn’t care about leaks if it’s not hacking.

It’s an interesting time to be in games development, as more and more projects and info are getting leaked, and it seems Valve is aware of this, and instead of treating these same people as outcasts, they are pulling them in closer to gain valuable feedback. Will we see this happen with other leakers/dataminers? We can’t say for sure, but it is certainly an interesting concept.

Deadlock is still technically not announced officially, but it’s being tested in a closed state for PC.

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