Valve President Hints At More Console Games

Gabe Newell hints that more Valve games may be coming to consoles

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<p>Valve founder Gabe Newell seems to be hinting the company is releasing more games for consoles&period; When asked during a speech at a New Zealand public school about whether Valve would put any games on consoles or stick to Steam&comma; Gabe Newell had the following to say&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;You will… uh… get a better idea of that by the end of this year&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>While the question may seem a bit broad&comma; it is safe to assume Newell was referring to Valve IPs when answering&period; Games such as Left 4 Dead&comma; Counter-Strike&comma; Portal&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;valve-adds-tribute-to-rick-may-in-team-fortress-2-update&sol;">Team Fortress<&sol;a>&comma; DOTA 2&comma; and the legendary Half-Life franchise fall under Valve&&num;8217&semi;s ownership&period; The last game that Valve released for consoles was Counter-Strike&colon; Global Offensive in 2012&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"edYCtaNueQY" title&equals;"Counter-Strike&colon; Global Offensive Trailer"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;edYCtaNueQY"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;edYCtaNueQY&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"Counter-Strike&colon; Global Offensive Trailer"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Half-Life Alyx To Consoles<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Valve is known for being frustratingly tight-lipped regarding their game releases&period; But if their plans include a console version of their new VR title <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;do-we-even-care-half-life-3-anymore&sol;">Half-Life Alyx<&sol;a>&comma; it could mean a lot for console gamers&period; The game has so far been VR exclusive and only available on PC via Steam&period; A version of the game for PSVR&comma; for instance&comma; could mean a lot to spread the game to non PC gamers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Half-Life Alyx was a pretty big success for the company&period; The game has so far been called a killer app for VR&comma; a must-play game for fans of Valve&&num;8217&semi;s beloved Half-Life franchise&period; It might even be a showcase of what we can expect in the future from Valve&period; Especially considering it would be a waste to only use their upgraded Source engine for one game&period; There are also some <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vzones&period;com&sol;">amazing online chat and virtual world games<&sol;a> online where you can explore and make new friends so check those out if you like the sound of that&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"O2W0N3uKXmo" title&equals;"Half-Life&colon; Alyx Announcement Trailer"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;O2W0N3uKXmo"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;O2W0N3uKXmo&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"Half-Life&colon; Alyx Announcement Trailer"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Many Possibilities<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Gabe Newell&&num;8217&semi;s statement is a bit vague as usual&comma; but hopefully&comma; it means a change happening at the company&period; Valve has so far been content being a content distributor rather than a game developer&period; Their output since the late 2000s has been lacking&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The release of Half-Life Alyx showcased that there might be some life coming back to the development side of things&period; The team has expressed interest in doing more games in the universe&period; So hopefully we will see more Valve games not just on PC&comma; but also on consoles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>What do you think about this&quest; Do you want to see more Valve titles such as Half-Life Alyx on consoles&quest; Let us know in the comments&excl;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Source&colon; <&sol;em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;reddit&period;com&sol;r&sol;HalfLife&sol;comments&sol;n9rlb6&sol;steam&lowbar;might&lowbar;be&lowbar;expanding&lowbar;to&lowbar;console&lowbar;i&lowbar;shot&lowbar;this&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><em>Reddit<&sol;em><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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