Valve
| Valve Corporation | |
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| Sphere of activity: | Game development Software distribution |
| Locale: | Bellevue, Washington |
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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 Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington in 1996. The company is based in Bellevue, Washington.
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 Terms of Use.
