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Gabe Newell had his eyes on a social network in the '90s that 'was not in a games context at all'—meaning Valve-owned social media could've been a very real thing
By Harvey Randall published
News "It probably wouldn't have looked anything like Facebook."

Shadow of Mordor's beloved nemesis system exists because the publisher threw a tantrum about second-hand sales
By Jody Macgregor published
News An unexpected knock-on effect.

'Google must divest the Chrome browser:' DOJ renews call for Google to sell Chrome, and Android could be next
By Stevie Bonifield published
news Google is in hot water ahead of hearings for its landmark antitrust case.

'The dream of the tech industry is to sell off your company at an overinflated price and retire,' says actor behind Baldur's Gate 3's Karlach, 'And I feel that's being done with game studios right now'
By Ted Litchfield published
news Actor Samantha Béart had particularly harsh words for how they're pushing AI.

Gabe Newell is hooked on Stalker 2 and once he's got the fourth ending (!) will 'figure out what I'm going to play next'
By Rich Stanton published
News Taking a break from buying megayachts.

Valve's DRM was inspired by an exec's nephew, who 'used a $500 check I'd sent him for school expenses and bought himself a CD-ROM replicator… he sent me a lovely thank you note'
By Rich Stanton published
News "I knew he wasn't a bad kid, but there'd been this generational shift."

'We all got laid off', says former Deck Nine narrative designer, after no-one was around to pick up Life is Strange: Double Exposure's GDC Awards win
By Harvey Randall published
News Bleak.

Microsoft crawls back to Steam ahead of schedule by leaking a screenshot of an app where you can launch Steam games through Xbox
By Harvey Randall published
News Maybe it'll be good? Maybe?
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