Valve leads considered making a "mediocre" game before Half-Life to build the team up, but original marketing exec said "if you do that, the company will fail"
"I told Gabe that I thought the only way that Half-Life was really going to work was if it was named Game of the Year" ...
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Valve Confirms: Chinese-Speaking Steam Users Surpass English-Speaking Users in 2024
Valve confirmed an important piece of information about Steam: as of 2024, Chinese has overtaken English as the most used ...
Over half of all Steam users still rely on Windows 10
Although the end of support is approaching, Windows 10 is strong in the Steam survey. Nvidia's GeForce RTX 4060 is the most ...
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Valve Used ‘Game of the Year’ Sticker to Turn Half-Life into a Success
Monica Harrington from Valve shared some interesting facts about the company during her talk at the GDC 2025. One of the most surprising stories was about how Valve struggled to sell Half-Life due ...
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Valve Says the 'Future is Bright' for Steam Deck in 2024 Recap
Valve's 2024 recap for the Steam platform includes a reassuring update about the future of the Steam Deck, as well as other ...
How a nephew’s CD burner inspired early Valve to embrace DRM
PC Gamer pulled that interesting tidbit from a talk Harrington gave at last week's Game Developers Conference. In her ...
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Valve's DRM Origins Include An Exec's 19-Year-Old Pirate Nephew
A fun myth to hear about relates to a friend's uncle working at Nintendo to get the scoop on secrets. But what if your ...