As cheating in Deadlock rears its head, Valve goes, yeah, maybe anti-cheat for its new hero shooter is a good idea

Valve's upcoming multiplayer shooter Deadlock is still in development, but that hasn't stopped cheaters from already appearing. Thankfully, the developers seem to be working on a solution.

Whispers about Deadlock have been in the air for some time now, with player counts suspiciously climbing behind the scenes even before Valve acknowledged that it was a game that existed. It now has a Steam page, but currently, it seems that the only surefire way to get into the playtest is to get an invite from another playtester. With that in mind, you'd think it'd limit the number of cheaters who could actually get access to the game in the first place, but last week, a clip that appeared to show players using aimbots surfaced online.

Obviously, as in any multiplayer game, this is far from ideal, but it sounds like Valve is already trying to sort it out. As the Twitter account @IntelDeadlock highlights, Deadlock dev 'Yoshi' simply writes on Discord: "Yeah, we are working on anti-cheat."

ANTICHEAT IS IN THE WORKS