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Valve Corporation is an American video game developer, publisher, and digital distribution company founded in 1996 by Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington. It is the developer of Steam, Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Portal, Dota and other popular games and platforms. Its net worth is estimated at US$10 billion as of 2019.
Gabe Newell is an American businessman and the president of Valve Corporation, the video game company behind Half-Life and Steam. He dropped out of Harvard to join Microsoft, where he helped create Windows, and left in 1996 to found Valve. He is one of the wealthiest people in the US and the richest in the video game industry.
A comprehensive list of video games developed and published by Valve Corporation, an American company founded in 1996. The list includes popular titles such as Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Portal, Left 4 Dead, Dota 2, and more.
Steam is a digital distribution service and storefront for PC games, launched by Valve in 2003. It offers various features, such as game updates, matchmaking, social networking, and game streaming, and has over 34,000 games and 132 million monthly active users.
The Steam Deck is a handheld gaming computer developed by Valve and released on February 25, 2022. It runs SteamOS, a Linux distribution that supports Windows applications and games, and can be connected to a TV or monitor via a docking station.
Mike Harrington is an American programmer and businessman who co-founded Valve with Gabe Newell in 1996. He left Valve in 2000 and founded other companies such as Picnik, Catnip Labs, and Amplion.
Half-Life is a critically acclaimed game by Valve Corporation that features combat, exploration and puzzles in a sci-fi setting. The player controls Gordon Freeman, a scientist who must escape from an alien-infested research facility after a disastrous experiment.
Counter-Strike (CS1) is the first game in the multiplayer tactical shooter series by Valve. Learn about its development, gameplay, and the sequels and spin-offs that followed, such as Counter-Strike 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and Counter-Strike Online.