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Gabe Newell talks Steam Deck, crypto risks and why the PC industry “won’t tolerate” closed platforms

February 25, 2022RockPaperShotgun

I recently had the chance to grill Gabe Newell – Valve president and co-founder, plus brain tech enthusiast – about the Steam Deck. What followed did indeed start with a look at Valve’s portable PC, including the lessons learned from the company’s past hardware attempts, but it soon swerved into a wider-ranging discussion on cryptocurrency, NFTs, consolidation issues affecting the games industry and whether there might be whole new Steam Decks in the future. Come and read the full Q&A below. Read more

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Valve’s Newell feels bad for CD Projekt over Cyberpunk 2077’s troubled launch

January 20, 2021VG247

Gaben says the studio should ignore the vitriol and focus on making the game better.The founder of PC giant Valve Gabe Newell has said that he has “a lot of sympathy” for Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt.Speaking to New Zealand publication TVNZ.com, the exec said that he felt that some aspects of the recently-launched sci-fi RPG are “just brilliant.” He went on to say that people shouldn’t throw stones at CD Projekt because what the studio has achieved is “pretty amazing.”“I have a lot of sympathy with a situation that every game developer finds themselves in,” he said.“All I know…

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Valve’s Gabe Newell will launch a garden gnome into space for charity

November 3, 2020VG247

By Stephany Nunneley, Tuesday, 3 November 2020 20:30 GMT Valve’s Gabe Newell is going to launch a garden gnome into space for charity.The gnome is a homage to the Half-Life 2: Episode 2’s Little Rocket Man achievement, where you had to carry a garden gnome in the game, Gnome Chompski, to deposit it in a rocket ship.Newell is doing this to raise money for the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit of children’s hospital Starship, located in Auckland, New Zealand.Rocket Lab will be using Electron’s Kick Stage to deliver the 150mm titanium garden gnome into orbit, according to PCgamesN.  The little fella was created…

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Gabe Newell is shooting a real Gnome Chompski into space for charity

November 2, 2020RockPaperShotgun

Do you suppose Gabe Newell himself has earned the Half-Life 2: Episode 2 achievement for carrying a garden gnome to the end of the game? He’s planning to snag a real-life achievement, apparently, and has partnered up with Rocket Lab to blast a real Gnome Chompski into space. Not for nothing, Newell is planning to donate to Starship Children’s Hospital based on the number of folks to tune in to watch the launch. (more…)

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