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The creator of Minecraft and the head of Valve now rank among the world’s most wealthy individuals. That’s according to Forbes’ 2015 list of the world’s billionaries. Microsoft founder Bill Gates is back at the top of the list, his pockets lined with a plush net worth of $79.2 billion. …
Read More »Newell on Xbox One threat: "It’d take a while for them to catch up with Steam"
Xbox One has already sold 3m machines. But Valve founder Gabe Newell isn’t worried. Kotaku reports that when Newell was asked about the potential threat posed by Microsoft’s machine at CES yesterday, he responded: Well, it’d take a while for them to catch up. I mean, we’re at 65m.” He …
Read More »Steambox will face stiffest competition from Apple, not next-gen consoles
If Gabe Newell is to believed, the biggest threat facing the living room PC is Apple. The founder and head of PC gaming icon Valve spoke of his company’s plans to introduce its "Steam Box" to what was once the domain of game consoles at the University of Texas’ LBJ …
Read More »Piston is ‘a’ Steam Box, not ‘the’ Steam Box
Yesterday’s reveal of the long-awaited Steam Box wasn’t quite what it seemed. Yes, Xi3’s Piston is certainly going to be ‘a’ notable Steam Box. But it’s not ‘the’ Steam Box, the details of which Valve boss Gabe Newell has revealed to The Verge. We’ll come out with our own [hardware] …
Read More »Gabe Newell confirms Steam Living Room PC plans
A Steam-centric PC designed to live under consumers’ TVs will likely be launched in 2013, according to Valve boss Gabe Newell. Speaking to Kotaku, Newell revealed that the reaction to its recently released TV-friendly Big Picture mode for Steam has been stronger than he expected. As a result, plans to …
Read More »Newell issues damning assessment of EA’s Origin
Valve and Steam boss Gabe Newell has slammed EA’s rival Origin download service, saying that he "doesn’t think EA are doing anything super-well yet”. "They have a bunch of smart people working on it but I think they’re still playing catch up to a lot of people who have been …
Read More »Newell seemingly admits to Half-Life 3 dev issues
Valve has remained silent about the Half-Life 3 project due to significant unexpected occurrences during the game’s development, the company’s managing director Gabe Newell has explained. Newell, who co-founded the company in 1996, discussed the unannounced Half-Life project without mentioning it by name. He instead spoke at length about ‘Ricochet …
Read More »Valve would consider own-brand hardware
Steam owner and digital PC giant Valve has said that it would consider entering the games hardware race. Well, if we have to sell hardware we will,” co-founder and Valve MD Gabe Newell told Penny Arcade. We have no reason to believe we’re any good at it, it’s more we …
Read More »Valve: Piracy is not a pricing issue
The common consensus is that pirated games are popular because they’re free. But not so, according to Valve co-founder Gabe Newell. One thing that we have learned is that piracy is not a pricing issue. It’s a service issue,” Newell told a conference audience in Seattle, as reported by GeekWire. …
Read More »Valve attacks aggressive DRM
Valve’s Gabe Newell has criticised publishers that implement the likes of ‘always-on’ digital rights management to monetise their games and tackle piracy, claiming they are making a backwards step. "We’re a broken record on this," said the company president of the studio behind Steam, in an interview with Kotaku. "This …
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