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Rich Stanton

Garry Newman says companies have tried to buy Facepunch but the only reason to sell it would be for money 'and I feel like I've got enough money'

G-Man’s Wobbly Walk from Garry's Mod.

Garry Newman, creator of Garry's Mod and CEO of Facepunch Studios, sat down at GDC with PC Gamer's Chris Livingston to discuss… well, loads of things, from the history of Gmod to Rust to the imminent release of the studio's new game creation platform, s&box (which will apparently carry a similar price tag to Gmod).

Despite the enormous popularity of its various creations, Facepunch remains independent: which is pretty unusual in an industry where it seems like anything that gets huge eventually gets bought out (Minecraft, PUBG, the list goes on). Surely Newman has had offers for the studio, or even just for things like Rust?

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