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Former Valve writer says PlayStation killing physical discs is no conspiracy: "You, the consumer, have made your choice, and the choice is for digital"

But what if I don't like the consequences of my actions?

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Valve veteran worries for Bungie's future following Destiny 2's final update: "I don't think Sony cares anymore"

"These games, once they find an audience, can live forever, and that's what these publishers are chasing."

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Valve veteran's suggestion for Krafton CEO as Subnautica 2 goes to the moon: "Maybe they should ChatGPT, 'What happens if Subnautica 2 is a super big hit? How are we screwed?"

It worked out so well the last time

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Former Valve writer Chet Faliszek has no interest in writing Half-Life 3: 'I don't want to touch that with a 10-foot pole'

"Or even a grav gun separating me from that 10-foot pole."

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Erik Wolpaw, co-writer of Portal and Portal 2 adores Burnout Paradise and has 1,500 hours in Slay the Spire: 'This is the perfect level of strategy'

"It's the exact, perfect level of decision making and cognitive load for my brain."

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Gamers obsess over Valve boss Gabe Newell telling critically ill Half-Life and Portal writer Erik Wolpaw to "get better" instead of resigning, but the full story is even better

Portal 2's development was especially wild

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Xbox adding Copilot AI to consoles is "horrible in so many different ways," says former Valve dev who worked on Half-Life and Left 4 Dead

"Do you hate yellow paint in games telling you where to go? Hang on, Xbox has something for you"

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Former Half-Life 2 writer calls out Epic CEO Tim Sweeney over layoffs, says Valve boss Gabe Newell is "better" than him at making "as much money as possible," anyway

Sweeney's reply is likely imminent

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Valve veteran slams Tim Sweeney and Epic Games for laying off 1000 people while making 'as much money as possible… and hey Tim, Gabe's better at that than you'

"I worked my ass off at Valve, and I could retire today. I made more money than I'll ever make."

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Valve veteran imperiously scorns reports that it's secretly finished Half-Life 3 and moving devs to other projects: 'They've been done for months! They just sit on the game! They're just relaxing!'

Chet Faliszek, who's previously worked on the series, doesn't have much time for the latest rumour.

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Valve was going to ship The Orange Box in a white box before staff 'destroyed' the idea, and yes they saw you all doubting Portal before release: 'You guys are gonna eat those words'

"A great example of how Valve dysfunctionally works but works well."

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Left 4 Dead's writer explains why he'll never launch a game in Early Access again

Left 4 Dead's writer Chet Faliszek has explained why he'll never launch a game in early access ever again.

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Left 4 Dead creator says he'll never do Early Access again: "SteamDB will say we have 1 player yesterday - we have 10,000"

Chet Faliszek says stats are "synthesized on bad data and always amazingly low"

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Left 4 Dead could've had player classes—but the game's co-lead put his foot down: 'no, that is the wrong way to go'

"I don’t know how many times where I was told to make [Left 4 Dead] more like Alien Swarm."

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Left 4 Dead had such a rocky start that Gabe Newell wanted to play Counter-Strike instead

Left 4 Dead co-lead recalls when Gabe Newell asked him, "why don't I just play Counter-Strike instead."

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Left 4 Dead writer says he ended up leading the project by accident: "No one ever told me I'm running it!"

Chet Faliszek never signed up to head up production on the original Left 4 Dead

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The reason we got Left 4 Dead 2 as a standalone game was because the first one 'was such a broken thing that nobody wanted to touch it'

The first Left 4 Dead was more delicate than it first appeared.

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Left 4 Dead was so busted at launch that it forced a sequel barely 12 months later: "such a broken thing that nobody wanted to touch it"

Valve built up such a technological debt that it had to start over

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Left 4 Dead's first internal playtest was so disastrous, Gabe Newell asked its lead: 'Why don't I just play Counter-Strike instead?' then 'made me watch him play it'

The game was originally built around four vs. four PvP, but it was "a mess."

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Left 4 Dead creator says they got it right in the end because 'Gabe dragged it out of me'

"[The game] was college rock bands and getting too drunk so that you’d puke off the side, and it's the greatest time anyone ever had. And I was scared to say that."

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The versions of TF2 that never were (and that Gabe Newell hated)

"Gabe just put his head down in his hands, and I think he started crying"

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Left 4 Dead almost didn’t have zombies

Valve president Gabe Newell apparently didn't want 'cheesy' undead vibes.

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