Valve isn't even trying to hide its worst-kept secret anymore, as unannounced hero shooter Deadlock is reportedly open to anyone and totally unrestricted by NDA

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Valve) Valve’s worst-kept shooter secret has once again surfaced online, and it doesn’t look like the developer is trying to hide it anymore as it’s alleged that players don’t even have to sign a non-disclosure agreement to stop them from talking about it. We’ve known for some time now that Valve is working onsomethingshooter-shaped, even if it’s still not announced anything. Thename ‘Deadlock’first got thrown into the conversation back in May, and since then, the game has been pulling in thousands of players in behind-the-scenes playtests. An already impressive concurrent player count ofover 12,000, which it hit over the weekend, rose even further yesterday past the 18,000-mark (thanks, SteamDB). Anyway, now things have been taken further, as The Verge’s Sean Hollister has shareda written preview– along with 24 …