[STEAM] Valve’s shiny new toy Deadlock is thriving, but at a potential cost to the developer’s darling

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Deadlock, the new third-person MOBA-shooter the developer had been working toward for many years—and it appears the exciting game is making Dota 2 players abandon ship.

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was initially closed to the public, available only to a few thousand players. However, with Valve allowing existing players to invite their friends, the game quickly eclipsed

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in September. On the other hand,

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player count has been on a downward spiral, dropping below 600,000; the game’s lowest player count in well over a year. While Dota 2’s player base has been declining since May, the drop has visibly accelerated with Deadlock’s growing popularity—especially

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