Valve Corporation
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Valve Corporation is an American video game developer and digital distributor company in Bellevue, Washington. It was started in 1996 by Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington, two Microsoft employees in the past. The company is widely known for Steam and its popular first-person shooter series, Half-Life, with the first being released in 1998. Also, the company develops the SteamOS,[2] which their all-in-one handheld hardware, called Steam Deck, uses.[3]
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Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 2 offices |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Gabe Newell (CEO) |
Number of employees | ~330[1] (2013) |
Subsidiaries | Valve S.a.r.l. |
Website | www |
Games developed
Valve Corporation Media
Gabe Newell (foreground) and Doug Lombardi (background), 2007
Designer Robin Walker at Steam Dev Days 2014
References
- ↑ Dudley, Brier (2013-11-04). "A glimpse of Valve's Steam Machine, controller design and hardware plans". Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 2017-07-06. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
- ↑ What is SteamOS? Tom's Guide
- ↑ Everything we know about Valve's new handheld gaming device