Valve Corporation
Overview
Valve is an entertainment software company founded in 1996 by Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington and based in Kirkland, Washington. Valve's debut product, Half-Life, released in November, 1998, has won more than 50 Game of the Year honors worldwide and has been called "a smash hit" by the Wall Street Journal. Half-Life was named "Best PC Game Ever" in the November 1999 issue of PC Gamer, the world's best-selling PC games magazine. Half-Life is published by Sierra Studios.
Today, Valve comprises over 50 of the industry's leading artists, programmers, and writers. In the company's six-year history, it has risen from "unlikely new entry" to industry leader - producing a string of best-selling, critically-acclaimed PC entertainment products.
Also Known As
- Valve L.L.C. (from 1996 to 2003)
Trivia
Address in 2003:
Valve, LLC
520 Kirkland Way, Ste 201
Kirkland, WA 98033
Postal address:
P. O. Box 1688
Bellevue WA 98009
Related Web-Sites
- Valve Corporation -- The Official homepage
- Steam Community -- Valve's fledgling social network built around the Steam and its Friends & Groups functionality. Also includes Steam and game statistics.
- Valve Developer Community -- A wiki for people developing games or mods using Valve's Source engine.
- Welcome to Steam -- Official Steam website, Valve's online content delivery system
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