r/DeadlockTheGame • u/Axis251 • Feb 24 '26

Discussion A tweet that has me thinking.

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I don’t know if Riot can copy what valve has created with Deadlock. The atmosphere and setting so what I think makes deadlock so enjoyable. Yes the gameplay is amazing and the moba aspects are great but I just don’t think riot will even try to copy valve and make a deadlock clone. What is all y’all’s thoughts.

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u/Coolman_Rosso Feb 24 '26

Are Riot/Blizz/Valve still in the weird 3-way joust they've been in the last 10-15 years? I feel like the whole thing kind of died down after the auto-battler fad died out and Artifact flopped.

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u/Warp_spark Billy Feb 24 '26

I mean, Valve never removed the "Thank you, Blizzard" from Dota's credits so who knows.
Blizzard could try to develop the Stadium mode into something more Moba like

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u/HFroggo Feb 24 '26

I feel like that was their plan but it died too quickly

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u/AlgerianTrash Feb 24 '26

I feel like Stadium is still doing fine, no?

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u/shiftup1772 Feb 24 '26

It is doing fine, but OW discourse on the internet = the game is literally dead.

People are currently extra annoyed at the balance but that has happened to every single live service game I've ever played.

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u/crazyshark111 Feb 24 '26

people calling that game dead is wild when it has way more players than val and deadlock. it's just people only use steam numbers and dont count all of bnet players and console players

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u/doctor_dapper Pocket Feb 25 '26

you can't say it has more players than valorant when blizzard doesn't publish its numbers publically.

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u/Warp_spark Billy Feb 25 '26

You might want to check with the times, consensus seems to ve "overwatch os back!"

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u/CrocoBull Rat King Feb 25 '26 edited Feb 25 '26

Overwatch is in a weird place culturally in my experience. Most people I know who are playing it/have been for the past two years seem to agree the game is in a great place and has only been getting better, even before Rivals competition, but its name still brings up scorn and memories of broken promises with the general gaming populace

The game still hasn't really recovered from all the Overwatch 2 announcement/release badwill even with all the great changes

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u/tablooo Feb 25 '26

The people with those opinions of overwatch in my experience barely ever played it. Unfortunately, it’s just a stick for people to beat it with. Games in a great place rn.

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u/MrMisticHD05 Feb 25 '26

Not really. From my recent experience, queue times are significantly longer than any other gamemode.

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u/whostheme Feb 25 '26

It is but it's not even a popular game mode in OW. All my friends that play it don't bother with stadium

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u/yesat Feb 25 '26

One thing I will say with Stadium is that they may have shot themselves in the foot trying to adopt a few thing too fast.

And also they did the Moba sin of distancing the items and especially what they look like and what they do with the recent changes.

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u/HFroggo Feb 25 '26

maybe dead was the wrong word, but i don't think it's as popular as they'd hoped. I don't know anyone that plays it regularly

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u/yesat Feb 24 '26

Blizzard are doing a mobile moba now.

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u/Warp_spark Billy Feb 24 '26

Just seen the trailer, its more of a Brawl Stars clone