Valve is an American video game developer and publisher founded in 1996 by Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington. The company is based in Bellevue, Washington. [1] Valve's first game was Half-Life, a first-person shooter released in 1998. [2] It sold over nine million retail copies.

Gabe Logan Newell (born November 3, 1962), also known by his nickname Gaben, is an American video game developer and businessman. He is the president and co-founder of the video game company Valve Corporation .

2024年9月26日 · Valve Co-Founder Gabe Newell, has steered the helm for Steam, the best online distribution platform for video games, and several groundbreaking classic game series such as Team Fortress, Half-Life, Portal, and DotA.

Gabe Logan Newell[2] (born November 3, 1962) is the co-founder and current managing director of the independent game development company Valve Software. Newell was educated at Davis Senior High...

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2025年3月10日 · Gabe Newell is not only a world class game developer, but has changed the way to distribute video games. See where he got his start, his amazing impact on gaming, and what he’s up to now

5 天之前 · Games; FPS Games "Valve would never ship another game": Former exec forced Half-Life publisher's hand by saying Gabe Newell and the team would pivot away from game dev

2024年10月21日 · Here’s the inside story of how one former Microsoft staffer turned Half-Life, a single best-selling game, into a nearly $10 billion fortune — and what he's working on next.

2025年3月16日 · Gabe Newell has been playing a lot of STALKER 2 as of late. As of early March 2025, Newell was close to unlocking all four of the game's endings, which is something that few players have managed ...

5 天之前 · It's a bittersweet full-circle moment: Gabe is playing the long-awaited sequel to a legacy Eastern European dystopia while rumours bubble about Valve preparing to do the same.But there's also a lot of history between Half-Life and GSC Game World beyond parallels.