Valve's new Deadlock character places doors on walls to teleport across the map, and yes, it's also reminding me a bunch of Portal

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The Doorman uses doors, not portals, but still

Key art for Deadlock.
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A new Deadlock character called The Doorman can create two interconnected doors on basically any flat wall on a map and then use them to teleport. You enter one door and exit out the other. And if the concept reminds you of another Valve classic, you're not alone.

The very Portal-esque character was added to Deadlock late last night as part of Valve's promise to gradually introduce six new heroes over the next two weeks or so.

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Valve says the next hero will debut on Monday, August 25, so players should keep voting over the weekend to decide who'll come first.

Deadlock updates will be "a little bit more spaced out" so Valve can "improve our development process," but you can expect bigger major patches when they arrive

Kaan Serin
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Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that's vaguely silly. Also has an English Literature and Film Studies degree that he'll soon forget.

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