Tag Archives: gabe newell
Fri, Feb 10, 2012 | 19:16 GMT
Valve releases update on last year’s Steam database intrusion
Valve has sent out an email, letting Steam forum and service users know, that it has still found no evidence that the intrusion last year resulted in any data theft.
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Posted in: Steam, Valve
Tags: gabe newell
Fri, Jan 06, 2012 | 16:50 GMT
Steam posts seventh year of over 100% sales growth
Valve has announced 2011 growth data for its Steam service, citing a year-over-year unit sales increase of over 100% for the seventh straight year.
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Posted in: Financials, Mac, PC, Retail, Steam, Trade, Valve
Tags: gabe newell, steam sales, steamworks
Mon, Nov 28, 2011 | 00:44 GMT
Newell: Piracy is a “non-issue” for Valve
Gabe Newell feels Steam no longer has to compete with pirates thanks to the quality of its service.
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Posted in: Piracy, Steam, Valve
Tags: gabe newell
Sat, Nov 12, 2011 | 13:45 GMT
Steam forums back online after security breach
Steam’s forums are back online after a November 6 attack potentially exposed users’ private information stored in the company’s database.
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Posted in: Mac, PC, Steam, Valve
Tags: gabe newell, hacking, Steam hack
Mon, Oct 24, 2011 | 22:59 BST
Valve: Piracy is not related to price
Gabe Newell believes rising game prices isn’t what drives would-be customers to piracy.
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Posted in: Piracy, Steam, Valve
Tags: gabe newell
Wed, Oct 12, 2011 | 04:34 BST
Newell dobs in Apple for “ominous” trend of closed platforms
Valve leader Gabe Newell has said the growing popularity and success of closed platforms is likely to squash innovation.
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Posted in: Apple, Trade, Valve
Tags: gabe newell
Thu, Oct 06, 2011 | 22:02 BST
Quick Quotes: Newell on why PC games matter in a console-obsessed world
“People like their PCs. There are huge numbers of them and each person gets to have the one that they like rather than the one that someone else has defined for them. There were 350 million PCs sold last year so the economies of scale are tremendous so you get great value for money.” – Valve’s Gabe Newell in the latest issue of PC Gamer UK (via CVG).
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Posted in: PC, Quick Quotes, Valve
Tags: gabe newell
Fri, Sep 30, 2011 | 09:49 BST
Newell: Origin “does some things well”
Gabe Newell, taking a potshot at a rival? Never. No, really, never.
Tue, Sep 06, 2011 | 20:23 BST
Valve and Blizzard would like to see online unification between consoles
Gabe Newell and Frank Pearce, co-founders of Valve and Blizzard, respectively, are of the opinion that a “unified online community” would be ideal.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Development, PC, PS3, Steam, Valve, Wii U, Xbox 360
Tags: frank pearce, gabe newell
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 | 02:42 BST
Newell: Steam will “seem very primitive” in a few years
Valve co-founder Gabe Newell says other companies should look to the future rather than try to copy what Steam does – before the digital distribution platform is outdated.
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Posted in: Steam, Valve
Tags: gabe newell
Tue, Aug 30, 2011 | 20:40 BST
Valve concerned with getting DotA 2 right, will worry about monetization later
Valve’s Gabe Newell And Erik Johnson have said the studio is more concerned with getting DotA 2 working right and making it fun than how it will be monetized.
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Posted in: Action, Mac, PC, Strategy, Valve
Tags: DotA, DOTA 2, erik johnson, gabe newell
Sat, Aug 27, 2011 | 15:44 BST
Newell discusses whether Steam will ever allow used game trade-ins
Valve’s Gabe Newell has discussed with Eurogamer whether or not digital trade-ins will eventually be possible with Steam – something which has been a topic of discussion on the internet since the beta for Steam Trading launched.
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Posted in: Development, Steam, Valve
Tags: gabe newell, Steam Trading
Thu, Aug 25, 2011 | 09:29 BST
Valve: MS needs to be “comfortable” in opening up Xbox Live
Valve had Gabe Newell has said that the company still wants to bring Steamworks to Xbox Live, but admitted that Microsoft needs to relax the rules on what publishers can and can’t do with the service.
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Posted in: Gamescom 2011, Shooter, Steam, Valve, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Counter-strike: Global Offensive, gabe newell, steamworks
Sat, Aug 20, 2011 | 20:25 BST
Cross-platform play with CS: Global Offensive is “certainly our goal”, says Newell
Gabe Newell has said one of the goals Valve has set with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is the inclusion of cross-platform play.
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Posted in: Gamescom 2011, Mac, PC, PS3, Shooter, Steam, Valve, Xbox 360
Tags: Counter-Strike, Counter-strike: Global Offensive, CSGO, gabe newell, Global Offensive
Fri, Aug 19, 2011 | 16:31 BST
Newell: Sony should be rewarded for allowing third-party PSN integration
Valve’s Gabe Newell has said Sony should be commended for allowing third-parties to integrate services through its PlayStation Network.
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Posted in: Gamescom 2011, PS3, PSN, Sony, Steam, Valve
Tags: gabe newell
Wed, Aug 17, 2011 | 18:08 BST
Newell: “We really want to show [EA] there’s a lot of value titles on Steam”
Valve’s Gabe Newell has EA pulled its larger-named games from Steam due to “a whole complicated set of issues,” and regardless of the reason, it is not beyond reconcilable.
Wed, Jun 22, 2011 | 21:10 BST
Valve says it is interested in Wii U
Gabe Newell has said Valve is interested in Wii U as it “fits better” into the firm’s “scalability model,” than the original Wii.
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Posted in: Development, Valve, Wii U, hardware
Tags: gabe newell, Games for Change Festival
Wed, Jun 22, 2011 | 19:09 BST
Valve: Portal 2 has sold 3 million copies since launch
During the Games For Change event going on New York City today, Valve’s Gabe Newell mentioned that Portal 2 has sold 3 million copies since April 18.
Wed, May 18, 2011 | 15:17 BST
Newell: Valve “late” looking at social games
Valve boss Gabe Newell has said that the company could be late in possibly looking at the social games market.
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Posted in: PC, Valve
Tags: gabe newell, steam
Mon, May 16, 2011 | 01:29 BST
Valve headhunting pays off with three top hires
Gabe Newell has finally secured the services of his musch wooed ex-id Software buddy, Michael Abrash, along with two more high-profile hires.
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Posted in: Jobs, Trade, Valve
Tags: gabe newell, Michael Abrash, Mike Sartain, Scott Ludwig
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