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VALVe, founded in Kirkland, Washington in 1996
Founded by Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington, who previously worked at Microsoft. Gabe Newell was credited with making the first three Microsoft programs. -
THE SNACK BAR
This helps keep the industry going; brings energy to the creators to keep them going all day. The most popular snack there, is the big pink cookie. -
Half-Life was launched
Half-Life is the first game that VALVe has published and made VALVe well known. -
Counter Strike was released
The second major game the VALVe has released. This game paved the way to VALVe's multibillion dollar success. -
Mike Harrington leaves VALVe
Mike gives full control of VALVe to Gabe Newell so he can go on an extended vacation with his wife. -
Steam was announced to the public
Steam first started as a platform that will automatically update the game, Counter Strike, for them because when ever VALVe would update it manually, the game would crash for everyone. Little did they know that this platform would soon grow into one of the most well known and widely used platform. -
Source Engine was debuted
Source engine is a engine that VALVe created for all of their games. It is still used today and VALVe gives all of their credit to this engine, for without it, they would not have most of their games today. -
Mike Harrington returnes to VALVe
Mike Harrington co-founded Picnik. -
Team Fortress is released
Team Fortress is a first person shooter game released by VALVe. -
Team Fortress 2 becomes free-to-play
Team Fortress becomes free to play; this was endanger of becoming extinct. It rejuvinated the game, and made it one of the most well known free-to-play game now. They also added a new feature called the mann-conomy, where people could buy items like weapons, keys, and more importantly, hats. This has gave VALVe more than half of their daily income, even though it's completely free-to-play!
