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Valve Corporation, also known as Valve Software, is an American video game developer, publisher, and digital distribution company headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.It is the developer of the software distribution platform Steam and the game franchises Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Portal, Day of Defeat, Team Fortress, Left 4 Dead and Dota.
[295] [296] Valve developed a full video homage to Apple's 1984 Macintosh commercial to announce the availability of Half-Life 2 on the service; some concept images for the video had previously been used to tease the Mac Steam client. [297] Steam for Mac OS X was originally planned for release in April 2010 before being pushed back to May 12, 2010.
The Steam Deck is a handheld gaming computer produced by Valve, designed to run the large library of games available on the Steam storefront client. Built upon the experiences gained from Valve's earlier ventures with Steam Machine and the Steam Controller, the Steam Deck integrates a custom AMD APU and SteamOS 3.0, a Linux-based operating system.
SteamOS is a Linux distribution developed by Valve.It incorporates Valve's popular namesake Steam video game storefront and is the primary operating system for the Steam Deck, Valve's portable gaming device, as well as Valve's earlier Steam Machines.
Valve continued their trend of developing predominantly first-person video games in the 2000s with a number of critically successful releases. In 2004, they released the highly anticipated sequel Half-Life 2 through their own digital distribution service Steam. The game sold over 10 million copies and was met with acclaim.
Deadlock is an upcoming Multiplayer action game developed and published by Valve. It combines elements of the hero shooter and MOBA genres and is played from a Third-person perspective. Deadlock has been in playtesting since 2023, and players with access can invite their friends using Steam's playtesting functionality.
On June 27, 2012, SFM became available on a limited basis through Steam, the same day the final Meet the Team video "Meet the Pyro" was released. [20] The open beta for Windows was released as of July 11, 2012. [21] [22] From 2011 to 2018, Valve operated a competition known as the Saxxy Awards for community-made SFM animations.
Mike Harrington (born 1964) is an American programmer and businessman. He is the co-founder of the video game company Valve.After the success of the first Valve product, Half-Life (1998), Harrington left Valve in 2000.