{"rewrite":{"id":"r_b11fcf038b3a0d39506fdf38","clusterId":"c_b306c8265b08f5e6e24c37a5","slug":"valve-adds-six-heroes-to-deadlock-player-peak-passes-220-000","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Valve Adds Six Heroes To Deadlock, Player Peak Passes 220,000","summary":"Valve released the \"City Never Sleeps\" update for Deadlock, adding six heroes, a reworked map, neutral creep changes, and a merchant NPC called The Broker. SteamDB recorded a peak concurrent player count above 220,000 after the update. The heroes arrive on a schedule: the first on October 2, then two every Tuesday and Friday at 2 PM Pacific Time, bringing the roster to 44.","whyItMatters":"Deadlock is invite-only and early in development, so a 220,000 concurrent peak after a content update is a measure of how much demand sits behind a game Valve has not opened up.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe six new heroes are NURSE HARROW, RATKING, SOLOMON, DEADMAN DANNY, BABA, and VIOLET. Their implementation order is decided by player votes cast in-game, with votes from the winning team counted double and the day\u0026#39;s first win also doubling votes. Players earn priority tokens based on their play.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe map, The Cursed Apple, takes New York City as its basis. Uptown, Times Square, Downtown, Central Park, the Stock Exchange, and Seaport Dock were reworked, and four explorable districts sit between the main streets.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNURSE HARROW\u003c/strong\u003e: wields a syringe-like gun\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRATKING\u003c/strong\u003e: a giant rat wearing a crown\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSOLOMON\u003c/strong\u003e: a strategist holding chess pieces\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDEADMAN DANNY\u003c/strong\u003e: a corpse who handles explosives\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBABA\u003c/strong\u003e: an old woman who uses curses\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVIOLET\u003c/strong\u003e: fights with a paintbrush\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","blueskyPost":"Valve is pacing Deadlock's six new heroes across two weeks instead of shipping the batch at once, which spreads the update's peak across multiple patch days and gives each hero its own lab window before the roster reaches 44.","twitterPost":"Valve is releasing Deadlock's six heroes on a two-week schedule, not all at once, so the 220,000 peak may repeat on each patch day.","threadsPost":"Valve is rolling Deadlock's six new heroes out one at a time, then two every Tuesday and Friday at 2 PM Pacific, rather than dropping all six with the update. Stretching the release means the 220,000 peak isn't a single spike, it's a floor Valve can test against for two weeks as the roster climbs to 44.","newsletterBlurb":"Valve shipped \"City Never Sleeps\" for Deadlock, adding six heroes, a map overhaul, neutral creep changes, and a merchant NPC. SteamDB recorded a peak above 220,000 concurrent players. Hero rollout runs October 2, then two every Tuesday and Friday at 2 PM PT, up to 44 total.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/260930p\",\"title\":\"Valve's TPS Deadlock Hits a Major Peak of 220,000 Concurrent Players; Large Update \\\"City Never Sleeps\\\" Adds 6 New Heroes\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4532,"outputTokens":743,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791162869,"createdAt":"2026-10-05T01:12:31.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-05T01:13:24.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T01:13:24.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_b306c8265b08f5e6e24c37a5","canonicalTitle":"ValveのTPS『Deadlock』の最大同接が「22万人」を記録する大きな盛り上がり。6体の新ヒーローが追加される大型アプデ「City Never Sleeps」が配信","representativeArticleId":"a_cce44056dcd91fd5eddcf0cd","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Deadlock\"],\"studios\":[\"Valve\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-30T01:59:53.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-30T01:59:53.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T01:13:25.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/260930p","title":"ValveのTPS『Deadlock』の最大同接が「22万人」を記録する大きな盛り上がり。6体の新ヒーローが追加される大型アプデ「City Never Sleeps」が配信"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Deadlock"],"studios":["Valve"],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}