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

Defense Grid: The Awakening (2008), Hidden Path Entertainment, Inc.
Left 4 Dead (2008), Valve Corporation
Half-Life 2: Episode Two (2007), Buka Entertainment
The Orange Box (2007), Valve Corporation
Portal (2007), Buka Entertainment
Dark Messiah of 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.