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The Dramatic Half-Life Deal That Altered The Fate Of Valve Forever
The terms of the deal, Harrington said, was that Valve would fund all but $1 million of the development costs of Half-Life's ...
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Valve founder Gabe Newell is so into Stalker 2, he’s already found the fourth ending
Half-Life and Steam creator Gabe Newell has been playing so much Stalker 2, he's already found all four endings.
Gabe Newell's cult of personality is intense, but a Valve exec who worked with him says his superpower is how he 'delighted in people on the team just being really go…
I'm not sure there's any single figure in the games industry that people are more intrigued by than Gabe Newell. He has a ...
Gabe Newell had his eyes on a social network in the '90s that 'was not in a games context at all'—meaning Valve-owned social media could've been a very real thing
While this is interesting in itself—another fascinating snippet she shared was about how Gabe Newell, circa 1998 to the early ...
Steam's DRM was inspired by an exec's nephew and his trusty CD burner
Harrington has a somewhat contentious relationship with Valve's origin story. In 2024, she said that her name had been erased ...
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OG Half-Life publisher Sierra planned to “abandon” the game before Valve threatened them
The original Half-Life was almost abandoned by publisher Sierra On-Line before Valve threatened to reveal their unsavoury ...
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“The developers just didn’t know it yet”: Valve’s Own Devs Thought Half-Life’s Jaw-Dropping E3 Demo Was Too Ambitious to Be Real
Before Half-Life changed gaming forever, its own developers weren’t sure they could pull it off but Gabe Newell had faith.
Road to VR6d
‘Half-Life: Alyx’ is Now Five Years Old. What’s Next for Valve in VR?
Alyx reshaped expectations for VR gaming, Valve remains a quiet yet critical force in the industry. Despite little fanfare, ...
Helldivers 2 players "became obsessed" with Malevolon Creek, but it was Gabe Newell who really kicked off one of Super Earth's bloodiest battles
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Laurel Gabe
Beloved wife of 58 years to Chuck Gabe. Cherished mother of Matthew (Melissa) Gabe and Rich (Susan) Gabe. Loving grandmother of Aaron Gabe. Special sister of Raymond (Norma) Jacobs and Barry ...