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Joshua Wolens

Gabe Newell acquires yacht company building the $400 million ocean-fortress he'll pick up later this year, because he 'respects the sea'

Gabe Newell in a Valve promotional video, on a yacht.

Gabe Newell is the Kilroy of videogames, constantly popping up in strange corners where you least expect to find him. He owns Valve, he's doing weird brain science, he's at the bottom of the ocean, he's chatting with a YouTuber with a double-digit number of subscribers. Where will he pop up next? Right behind you? Yes.

Today, Newell's popping up to acquire a yacht company. In a press release hot out of Alblasserdam, Netherlands (via Knoebel), it was announced that "Oceanco, one of the world's leading custom yacht builders, is entering a new chapter with Gabe Newell." Sure. Why not? Maybe Half-Life 3 is a boat.

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