<p>The <a href="http://www.dicesummit.org/">2013 DICE Summit</a> kicked off today and it started off with bang (of the figurative kind). <a class="zem_slink" title="J. J. Abrams" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._Abrams" target="_blank" rel="wikipedia noopener noreferrer">JJ Abrams</a>, current director of the upcoming <em>Star Trek Into Darkness</em> and <em>Star Wars Ep. 7,</em> and <a class="zem_slink" title="Gabe Newell" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabe_Newell" target="_blank" rel="wikipedia noopener noreferrer">Gabe Newell</a>, who really shouldn&#8217;t need any introduction, took to the stage and had a talk, of sorts, regarding storytelling.</p>
<p>Throughout the course of the talk, both JJ Abrams and Gabe Newell both referred to the other&#8217;s work as they talked about different aspects of storytelling; with Abrams coming from the Film/TV side and Newell coming from games.</p>
<p>Near the end of the talk, however, both creators revealed that their current talk at DICE was a result of many previous discussions they&#8217;ve had. And at this point, they&#8217;re ready to do more than talk. In fact, Abrams stated that he and his company Bad Robot have an idea for a game they&#8217;d like to work on with <a class="zem_slink" title="Valve Corporation" href="http://www.valvesoftware.com/" target="_blank" rel="homepage noopener noreferrer">Valve</a>, with Newell following up with the news that a <em>Portal</em> or <em><a class="zem_slink" title="Half-Life (video game)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Life_%28video_game%29" target="_blank" rel="wikipedia noopener noreferrer">Half-Life</a></em> movie could come from their teaming up.</p>
<p>More info on the matter, as well as the talk itself, can be found at <a href="http://www.polygon.com/2013/2/6/3960102/half-life-portal-movies-jj-abrams-valve">Polygon</a> or <a href="http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/02/06/jj-abrams-game-newell-partnering-for-game-movies?abthid=51129cc7795886db4c000010">IGN</a>, while a video of the event will make its way online later (hopefully later today).</p>
<p>Did anyone expect this kind of partnership between JJ Abrams and Gabe Newelll when they woke up this morning? I certainly didn&#8217;t.</p>
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JJ Abrams and Gabe Newell Are Partnering to Create Games, Movies
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By Kyree Leary
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