Gabe Newell

Developer BIO

Gabe Newell is the Founder and Managing Director of Valve. He held a number of positions in the Systems, Applications, and Advanced Technology divisions during his 13 years at Microsoft. His responsibilities included running program management for the first two releases of Windows, starting the company's multimedia division, and, most recently, leading the company's efforts on the Information Highway PC. His most significant contribution to Half-Life was his statement "C'mon, people, you can't show the player a really big bomb and not let them blow it up."

Websites

• Valve's Gabe Newell -- Eurogamer interview (Aug. 29, 2007)

Games Credited

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (2012), Valve Corporation
• Dino D-Day (2011), 800 North LLC, Digital Ranch Productions
• Portal 2 (2011), Valve Corporation
• Alien Swarm (2010), Valve Corporation
• Limbo (2010), Playdead ApS
• Left 4 Dead 2 (2009), Akella
• Defense Grid: The Awakening (2008), Hidden Path Entertainment, Inc.
• Left 4 Dead (2008), Valve Corporation
• Portal: Still Alive (2008), Valve Corporation
• Half-Life 2: Episode Two (2007), Buka Entertainment
• The Orange Box (2007), Valve Corporation
• Portal (2007), Buka Entertainment
• Dark Messiah: Might and Magic (2006), Ubisoft, Inc.
• Half-Life 2: Episode One (2006), Valve Corporation
• SiN Episodes: Emergence (2006), Valve Corporation
• Counter-Strike: Condition Zero (2004), Sierra Entertainment, Inc.
• Counter-Strike: Source (2004), Valve Corporation
• Half-Life 2 (2004), Valve Corporation
• Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (2004), Activision Publishing, Inc.
• Homeworld 2 (2003), Sierra Entertainment, Inc., Vivendi Universal Games, Inc.
• Deus Ex (Game of the Year Edition) (2001), Eidos Interactive, Inc.
• Half-Life (2001), Sierra On-Line, Inc.
• Half-Life: Blue Shift (2001), Sierra On-Line, Inc.
• Deus Ex (2000), Eidos Interactive Ltd.
• Gunman Chronicles (2000), Sierra On-Line, Inc.
• Half-Life: Counter-Strike (2000), Sierra On-Line, Inc.
• Half-Life (Game of the Year Edition) (1999), Sierra On-Line, Inc.
• Half-Life: Opposing Force (1999), Sierra On-Line, Inc.
• Half-Life (1998), Sierra On-Line, Inc.