NowGamer: Valve's Gabe Newell on 3am DotA sessions, working with IceFrog and making Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
Fan projects Team Fortress: Source 2 and Portal 64 have shut down after Valve intervened in their development.
First they open Steam up to more AI, now they are shutting down fan projects when at one time they used to support or even give the fans jobs.
Wonder what's going on with Valve at the minute.
I mean, that might explain the Team Fortress 2 thing, because Valve might bring that to Source 2 (though I'm not sure I'd bet on that), but I can't see how Portal 64 hurts them. If anything, it's more attention to the Portal and therefore Valve/Steam.
There's potential that Valve had already planned to bring Source 2 to TF2 officially after Counter Strike 2. It's been getting some renewed attention lately.
You got Nintendo to thank for Portal64 being taken down. As for TF2, most likely it's due to the probability of Valve working on a source 2 port themselves. It's sucks but Nintendo are the biggest pricks in the business and not letting this drag out into a huge court drama is the best decision.
Valve has updated its stance on AI games on the Steam storefront, allowing creators to publish AI-created games.
Hell no. I want games that have been made by creative minds who have a passion for their craft, not a bot with a penchant for plagiarism.
So instead of paying for an engine and assets to create a game they are paying for an engine and assets to create a game.
From beefy tanks to powerful carries, these are the best Strength heroes in Dota 2's Turbo Mode.
That pic of Gabe is actually quite scary! Counter Strike for consoles confirmed!
Getting bored of valve sometimes.
I don't care much about dota or CS, give the damn HL !
Man, there's a reason why Valve are at the top of their game. Unlike other developers who seem to be only fixated on PROFIT and NOTHING more, these guys seem generally concerned about their audiences reaction and whether they are having fun with the game they are making or not. It is just awesome that they find talented people and share their ideas on building a better game.
So the new Counter Strike will be cross platform.
FRESH MEAT
Nice picture