It’s so funny that Valve’s new shooter that it won’t admit exists has a public subreddit

There’s a new Valve game out there called Deadlock: it’s a third-person shooter with heroes, abilities, and what looks like a Dota 2-style map. A lot of people are playing it every day, but Valve hasn’t acknowledged that such a game exists. And now we’re noticing that Deadlock even has a public subreddit.

r/DeadlockTheGame, currently sitting at three and a half thousand members, describes itself as “the go to community for Deadlock, a third person MOBA currently in development by Valve Corporation.” It was created three months ago, around the same time screenshots and gameplay videos for Deadlock began leaking onto the web. The subreddit hasn’t seen a ton of activity since its founding, but scrolling down reveals a steady trickling of players in the hush-hush alpha tests sharing their…