Valve's Gambit: Deadlock's chess-playing new hero is its riskiest yet, and it's working

New Deadlock hero Solomon is a chess master who turns his own team into pawns, and it’s pushed the Valve MOBA to a new Steam player record. Valve's new Deadlock update has already pushed it into uncharted territory. The experimental blend of hero shooter and MOBA now boasts a higher all-time peak player count on Steam than Team Fortress 2, despite still being in the invite-only stage. Granted, there are factors such as the gradual growth of the platform to take into account, but that's quite the stat - and leading the charge is its most unique and ambitious character…