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| name    = Valve Corporation
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| locale  = [[w:Bellevue, Washington|Bellevue, Washington, USA]]
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|Private
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| ceo    = [[Gabe Newell]]
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| website = [https://www.valvesoftware.com/en/ Valve Corporation’s Website]
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|Kirkland, Washington, USA (1996)
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| ''[[w:Valve Corporation|Valve Corporation]]'' on [[w:Main Page|Wikipedia]]
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'''Valve Corporation''' or '''Valve''' is a game development studio and software distribution company, known for developing such franchises as ''[[Half-Life]]'', ''[[Team Fortress]]'', ''[[Left 4 Dead 2|Left 4 Dead]]'', and ''[[Portal]]''. It was founded by former Microsoft employees [[Gabe Newell]] and Mike Harrington in 1996. The company is based in [[w:Bellevue, Washington|Bellevue, Washington, USA]].
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The Valve headquarters' opening times are:
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:Monday: 9:00 - 17:00
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:Tuesday: 9:00 - 17:00
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|Worldwide
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:Wednesday: 9:00 - 17:00
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:Thursday: 9:00 - 17:00
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:Friday: 9:00 - 17:00
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|Gabe Newell, co-founder and managing director
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:Saturday and Sunday: CLOSED
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Within the background of the ''Team Fortress 2'' [[Storyline]], Valve Corporation is [https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/440/manuals/SentryManual_web.pdf?t=1592263852 represented as a division] of [[TF Industries]]. In this capacity, Valve Corporation provides publishing and copyright control and defines the Terms of Use.
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|Computer software, Interactive entertainment
 
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*Half-Life series
 
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*Counter-Strike series
 
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*Day of Defeat series
 
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*Left 4 Dead series
 
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*Portal series
 
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*[[Team Fortress]] series
 
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*[[Source]]
 
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*[[Steam]]
 
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*[[Valve Anti-Cheat]]
 
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|$70million USD (2007)
 
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|225+
 
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|[http://www.valvesoftware.com/ http://www.valvesoftware.com/]
 
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'''Valve Corporation''' is an American video game development company based in Bellevue, Washington, USA that was founded in 1996, and made famous by its first product, ''Half-Life'', which was released in November 1998.
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Valve was originally an L.L.C., based in Kirkland, Washington.  After the company became a corporation in 2003 it moved away from its original location to Bellevue, Washington.  The city of Bellevue, Washington also served as the homebase for their original publisher Sierra On-Line, Inc.
 
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''Half-Life''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> success was followed by developing mods, spin-offs, and sequels including ''Half-Life 2''. Only two fully produced games, ''Half-Life'' and ''Half Life 2'', have been released by Valve, along with a number of episodic, multiplayer, expansion, and campaign titles including ''Portal'', ''[[Team Fortress Classic]]'', ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'', ''Counter-Strike'' and ''Day of Defeat''.
 
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On January 10, 2008, Valve Corporation announced that they had acquired Turtle Rock Studios, adding the Californian technology company to its portfolio.
 
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==''Half-Life''==
 
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Long-time Microsoft employees Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington founded Valve on August 24th, 1996. After securing a license to the ''Quake'' engine (through the help of friend Michael Abrash of id Software) in late 1996, they commenced working on ''Half-Life''. Originally planned for release in late 1997, ''Half-Life'' launched on November 19 1998. Valve acquired TF Software PTY Ltd. in May 1998, the makers of the ''[[Team Fortress]]'' mod for ''Quake'' with the intent to create a standalone ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' game.  The ''[[Team Fortress Classic]]'' mod, essentially a port of the original ''Team Fortress'' mod for ''Quake'', was released for ''Half-Life'' in 1999.  ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' was released October 10 2007, bundled with ''Half-Life 2: Episode Two'' along with ''Portal''.
 
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Valve continued work on ''Half-Life'', releasing several more extensions to the game and collaborated with other developers to port it to other platforms. They also took on-board the development of the highly popular ''Counter-Strike'' and ''Day of Defeat'' ''Half-Life'' mods.
 
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==Steam Content Delivery Service==
 
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''See [[Steam]]''
 
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==See also==
 
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*[[Valve anti-cheat]]
 
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*[[Source engine]]
 
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==External links==
 
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*[http://www.valvesoftware.com/ Official Homepage of Valve Corporation]
 
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*[http://www.steampowered.com Official Steam Site]
 
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*[http://www.mobygames.com/company/valve-corporation/history Valve Corporation History]
 
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Latest revision as of 18:20, 24 September 2023

Valve Corporation
Valve
Information
Sphere of activity: Game development
Software distribution
Hardware production
Locale: Bellevue, Washington, USA
Chief Executive Officer: Gabe Newell
Website: Valve Corporation’s Website
For the item quality, see Valve (quality).
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Valve Corporation or Valve is a game development studio and software distribution company, known for developing such franchises as Half-Life, Team Fortress, Left 4 Dead, and Portal. It was founded by former Microsoft employees Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington in 1996. The company is based in Bellevue, Washington, USA. The Valve headquarters' opening times are:

Monday: 9:00 - 17:00
Tuesday: 9:00 - 17:00
Wednesday: 9:00 - 17:00
Thursday: 9:00 - 17:00
Friday: 9:00 - 17:00
Saturday and Sunday: CLOSED

Within the background of the Team Fortress 2 Storyline, Valve Corporation is represented as a division of TF Industries. In this capacity, Valve Corporation provides publishing and copyright control and defines the Terms of Use.

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