League of Legends and Valorant studio shoots down bogus rumor Tencent handed it $200 million to take on Valve's hero shooter: "There's a lot cooking in R&D, but nothing like Deadlock"

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“I see lots of crazy rumors, but this is extra fake,” Hixson tweets today.

The ‘article’ also has a publication date of March 2024, predatingValve’s first private playtest in May.

I see lots of crazy rumors, but this extra fake.

“That’s not how this works… that’s not how any of this works.”

Deadlock itself has had a mysterious road to announcement.