The Latest Breaking News from Gabe Newell

Valve only wants to make new Half-Life games if they push the medium forward, but what could it push forward next?

If Half-Life 3 ever happens, what big innovation would justify it in Gabe Newell's eyes?

PC Gamer · May 3, 2025

Valve considered making a 'B title' before Half-Life, until an exec told Gabe Newell 'that's just not gonna work… the company will fail'

Valve considered making a 'B title' before Half-Life, until an exec told Gabe Newell 'that's just not gonna work… the company will fail'

PC Gamer · Mar 31, 2025

Valve leads considered making a "mediocre" game before Half-Life to build the team up, but original marketing exec said "if you do that, the company will fail"

"I told Gabe that I thought the only way that Half-Life was really going to work was if it was named Game of the Year"

GamesRadar · Mar 30, 2025

Valve CMO threatened the company would walk away from games if it didn't own the rights to Half-Life—'It wasn't an idle threat—we weren't going to take on all of the risk to make other people rich'

"Gabe had interesting ideas that had nothing to do with games."

PC Gamer · Mar 21, 2025

Marketing guy invents the concept of 'Real Steam' to explain why 'magic' games, AKA good games, end up selling: 'Don't tell Valve'

The return of the Ministry of the Bleeding Obvious.

PC Gamer · Mar 20, 2025

"Valve would never ship another game": Former exec forced Half-Life publisher's hand by saying Gabe Newell and the team would pivot away from game dev

"I knew Gabe had interesting ideas that had nothing to do with games"

GamesRadar · Mar 20, 2025

Go ahead and complain the discounts aren't as steep as they used to be, but Steam just had its biggest year ever for seasonal sales

Themed sales too.

PC Gamer · Mar 14, 2025

Valve's Deckard VR headset sounds like a Steam Deck with a head strap, and that's a very good thing

Valve is rumored to be releasing a new VR headset in 2025, and despite a high asking price, if it's half the product that the Steam Deck is, I'm all in.

Laptop · Mar 4, 2025

'Half-Life 3': Release Date, Development Status, Leaks and Rumors

'Half-Life 3' has been anticipated so long it seems destined to never launch. But rumors over the past year make it more likely than ever that the next Half-Life game is actually on the way.

Inverse · Jan 9, 2025

We learned just how small Valve really is this year, but also how good it is at raking in the cash: It's making more money per employee than Apple

Valve is actually smaller than Larian, but in terms of pure money-making efficiency there's nobody bigger.

PC Gamer · Dec 25, 2024