Valve Corporation
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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer software |
| When it was created | Kirkland, Washington, USA (1996) |
| Headquarters | Bellevue, Washington, USA |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | Gabe Newell, managing director and co-founder |
| Employees | 250 |
| Website | www.valvesoftware.com |
Valve Corporation is an American video game developer and digital distributor company in Bellevue, Washington. It was founded in 1996 by Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington, two Microsoft employees. The company is widely known for its critically acclaimed first-person shooter series, Half-Life, with the first being released in 1998.
Games developed by Valve[change | edit source]
- Half-Life (1998)
- Team Fortress Classic (1999)
- Counter-Strike (1999)
- Deathmatch Classic (1999)
- Day of Defeat (2000)
- Ricochet (2000)
- Counter-Strike: Condition Zero (2004)
- Half-Life: Source (2004)
- Half-Life 2 (2004)
- Half-Life 2: Deathmatch (2004)
- Counter-Strike: Source (2004)
- Day of Defeat: Source (2005)
- Half-Life 2: Episode One (2006)
- The Orange Box (2007) A retail package consisting of:
- Left 4 Dead (2008)
- Left 4 Dead 2 (2009)
- Alien Swarm (2010)
- Portal 2 (2011)
- Dota 2 (2012)
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (2012)
Games in development[change | edit source]
Episode Three is planned to be the last episode in the Half-Life 2: Episodes series. There are no details about release dates or new features, only some concept art has been shown.[1]
