Valve, the development studio behind the critically acclaimed Half Life series has had its foundation shaken.
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.
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.
Valve has officially warned against inhaling the Steam Deck vent fumes in an official response due to potential health hazards.
Wow people will huff anything nowadays some people just have way too much time on their hands.
Another reason to love the PlayStation Portal, no chance of breathing in noxious vapors.
Get a Steam Deck they said, to which I reply, what are you high?
How can you fire/let go the character designer that did TF2 and Half life 2. Did Gaben go nuts?
May be gabe see steam as valve's future and he can out source game development?
I generally regard Valve positively but I think they're too cowardly to produce Half Life 3.
The legacy of Half Life 2 and insurmountable expectations for HL3, which increases as time progresses has made Half Life 3 a guaranteed disappointment which would decrease their brand value.
Nothing would ever match the hype for HL3 and Valve knows it, they waited too long.
They gotta make left 4 dead 3. I love the L4D franchise, Its been my fave game this gen by far.
I actually think this more or less has to do with the lack of productivity among these certain individuals. As scathing as that sounds, it doesn't sound too far fetched. Working at place like Valve must be extremely demanding, and if you're no pulling your own weight, especially in a flat management structure, you're out the door. Simple as that.