Curious what the Half-Life and Dota 2 maker’s been up to?
Damn this sounds great, can’t wait to give it a try someday!
We played Valve’s secret new shooter, Deadlock
Submitted 4 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to gaming@lemmy.zip
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/12/24219016/valve-deadlock-hands-on-secret-new-game
GabeMoralesVR@mastodon.gamedev.place 4 months ago
@BrikoX lol at the writer being immediately banned for his dumb "I totally didn't click ok on the TOS telling me not to talk about this, I pressed esc" schtick, then blaming it on him saying bad things instead of breaking the terms of the beta.
Cyth@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I think Valve banning him in this case is reasonable. It’s an invite only free to play game. That said, clicking ok on some random text box is not a binding contract. Companies like to frame it like it is, but it’s not.
fartripper@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
Clickwrap (Wikipedia)
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
I can agree with you that it’s a douche move to leak all the info, but at the same time it’s his job and there were no binding terms. Valve could have easily prevented this if that were their goal, they just want the info to leak far and wide.
GabeMoralesVR@mastodon.gamedev.place 4 months ago
@BrikoX The invitation to the beta says don't discuss it with anybody or you'll have your access revoked. It then tells you a second time when you boot the game "don't discuss this with anybody," which the guy took a screenshot of and claimed it wasn't binding since he hit escape, not ok. Except the idiot forgot that his access isn't promised, it's provisional, and it's 100000000% in valve's right to ban the guy if he's doing the exact opposite of what they asked him *TWICE* not to do.
simple@lemm.ee 4 months ago
It’s a fantastic way to have your organization blacklisted from any press events.
Cyth@lemmy.world 4 months ago
That might be an issue for most other companies, but press events are not really Valves thing. Probably not much fear on his part there.