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Deadlock’s City Never Sleeps update overhauls its map and adds characters
Deadlock is a multiplayer game from Valve that is still in beta.
Its City Never Sleeps update has overhauled the game’s map, set in a supernatural version of 1950s New York.
The update gives existing areas more detail and distinct identities, including a neon-lit Broadway and an occult take on Central Park.
It also adds new districts with their own settings and neutral monsters, which players can encounter on the map.
New characters and more dialogue are part of the update as well.
The changes give the game world more variety and character, according to the review.
The update’s release is the next development described.
Deadlock’s City Never Sleeps update completely overhauls the game’s map, adding new neutral monsters and redesigned districts.
The update gives areas including Broadway, Greenwich and York distinct visual themes.
New characters and a large amount of new dialogue are also part of the update.
PC Gamer praised the map’s design and described its setting as a supernatural take on 1950s New York.
- Who
- Valve made the update for Deadlock.
- What
- City Never Sleeps overhauls the map and adds new characters, neutral monsters and dialogue.
- When
- PC Gamer published its article on October 11, 2026; the update’s release date is not stated.
- Where
- In Deadlock, a game set in the Cursed Apple.
- Why
- Not stated.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
It's all very, very pretty.
I am astonished that the map—which is by all accounts actually relatively small, able to be crossed in a minute or two of efficient movement—manages to feel so sprawling and varied.
This story does not have a timeline yet.
- Update
- City Never Sleeps
- Map
- The Cursed Apple
- Broadway
- Redesigned as a neon metropolis
- Greenwich
- Reimagined as an occult version of Central Park
- York
- Walker arenas turned into a stock exchange and factory ground
- Characters
- New roster includes an art student named Violet and Deadman Danny











