News & announcements
Official announcements and hero spotlights, newest first.
2026
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Paint the Town
Brush in hand, Violet approaches the ritual with the same precision she does her art, wielding Living Ink that both empowers her bullets, and draws mere inspiration into reality. When entering Flow State, her ink glides easily, weaving towards danger to deal damage, or away from it to make a quick getaway.
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Fairfax Industries Employee Spotlight
Today, Fairfax Industries is proud to introduce their most valuable salesman: Deadman Danny.
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Make Your Move.
Solomon remains calm and collected when facing a new challenger, so when the Patrons come calling, he approaches the city as if it's one giant chessboard. With Setup Bishop he advances, planting his loyal damage dealers ahead of him and sliding them across the streets with ease.
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Mind the Birds!
It was a close contest, but today we find New York's notorious pigeon lady leaving her favorite perch in Central Park and joining the fight on the city streets.
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Listen up, Crumbums! Your King is here.
Out of the sewers and into the streets, the rightful King of the Rats is here at last. Rodent-hating citizens of Manhattan won't be prepared to see his Scrap Grenade bouncing down Broadway, nor for his Swarm of Rats biting at their heels.
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City Never Sleeps
The Cursed Apple is ever changing, and these streets are nothing like you remember. A massive visual update to the map and neutrals, six new heroes, HUD updates, numerous quality-of-life additions, accessibility options, and more.
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Apollo - A Cut Above
Apollo After weeks of waiting, Apollo finally graces us with his presence. With Flawless Advance the fencer begins his approach, timing his strikes perfectly to inflict more damage.
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Introducing The Dazzling Celeste
Celeste It's not every day that Coney Island's biggest star, The Dazzling Celeste, performs on the streets of Manhattan. Her show begins with Light Eater, where a deep breath lit by her blazing baton coats enemies in front of her, and grants increased damage against them.
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Some Are Merciful, The Venator Is Not
Evil stirs in New York, and the Venator is here to answer. Venator Venator doesn't walk the righteous path, he blazes the trail so that others may do so safely.
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The Curse Beckons for Silver
The votes are in and today's addition to the Cursed Apple is... Silver Silver makes her living tracking down lowlifes, but today New York’s misanthrope lycanthrope plans on summoning a god.
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Graves Prefers The Dead
Today's bone-chilling addition to the Cursed Apple is none other than... Graves The dead have been making a whole lot of demands lately, and only Graves has the courage to oblige.
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Rem Enters The City That Never Sleeps
The people have spoken, and the first new addition from the Old Gods, New Blood update is... Rem An accidental stowaway from the world of dreams, Rem has found himself stranded in the city that never sleeps.
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Old Gods, New Blood
Overhauled Patrons and bases, six new heroes, a fast-paced game mode 'Street Brawl', HUD updates, many quality-of-life additions, revamped postgame with an MVP screen and more. View the Old Gods, New Blood update page.
2025
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You Can't Kill Victor
Hero Spotlight: Victor A man who walks the line between life and death. Victor has learned to harness pain into power, shocking himself with Jumpstart to get his adrenaline rushing and his faulty heart pumping.
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Drifter Emerges from the Shadows
Hero Spotlight: Drifter Something ancient has arrived in New York... a nameless horror known only as the Drifter. Relentless as time, as certain as death, once Drifter sets his eyes on a victim there's nothing they can do to stop him.
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Paige Writes Her Own Story
It's Monday, and today we're excited to announce the next hero joining us in the Cursed Apple is... Hero Spotlight: Paige Citizens of Manhattan will learn to appreciate the power of the written word when Paige joins the fight.
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The Doorman, at your Service
Hero Spotlight: The Doorman He's proper, he's polite, but the humble Doorman of The Baroness Hotel is more than meets the eye. A brisk ring of his Call Bell leaves nearby enemies disoriented, and his high-speed Luggage Cart knocks them right off their feet.
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Billy Comes in Swinging
Today we are excited to announce that the next hero joining us in the Cursed Apple is... Billy!
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Holliday, Vyper, Calico, and The Magnificent Sinclair
Today's update adds four new heroes to matchmaking: Holliday, Vyper, Calico, and The Magnificent Sinclair. Expanding our roster is one of our major goals in 2025.
2024
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12-17-2024 Update
Today's winter-themed visual update will be our last patch for the year, but we'll continue to ship bug fixes and any urgent balance adjustments as needed throughout the break.
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08-23-2024 Update
We are lifting the rules for public conversation about Deadlock to allow for things like streaming, community websites and discussions. Nothing else is changing with our state of development.