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'''Valve time''' is an industry term used jokingly with game/software/update releases from Valve, used to acknowledge the difference between the "promised" date for released content stated by Valve and the "actual" release date.
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==Valve Time==
==Valve Time==
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| November 1997, April 1998, Summer 1998
| November 1997, April 1998, Summer 1998
| November 19, 1998
| November 19, 1998
| Release of Half-Life
| Release of {{hl1|1}}
|-
|-
| "Soon" (1998), [http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/teamfortress2boa/news.html?sid=2652476&mode=previews&tag=stitialclk;gamespace way before 2005]
| "Soon" (1998), [https://www.gamespot.com/articles/team-fortress-2-qanda/1100-2652476/ way before 2005]
| [http://store.steampowered.com/app/440/ October 10, 2007]
| [http://store.steampowered.com/app/440/ October 10, 2007]
| Release of Team Fortress 2
| Release of {{tf2|1}}
|-
|-
| [http://archive.gamespy.com/e32003/preview/pc/1002433/ September 30, 2003]  
| [http://web.archive.org/web/20100726125640/http://archive.gamespy.com/e32003/preview/pc/1002433/ September 30, 2003], [https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/07/30/half-life-2-not-in-september Holidays 2003], [https://money.cnn.com/2003/10/07/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/index.htm April 2004]
| [http://store.steampowered.com/app/220/ November 16, 2004]
| [http://store.steampowered.com/app/220/ November 16, 2004]
| Release of Half-Life 2
| Release of {{hl2|1}}
|-
|-
| [http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/halflife2episode2ob/news.html?sid=6151796 June 1, 2006]
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGJZ56CnByc&t=173 "First half of the summer" 2005]
| [http://store.steampowered.com/app/340/ October 27th, 2005]
| Release of {{hl2lc|1}}
|-
| [https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/news230505aftermathretail September 2005], [http://web.archive.org/web/20060115111654/http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=95627 February/March 2006], [http://web.archive.org/web/20060518121246/http://www.mod-hq.com/index.php?page=viewpost&topic_id=163 April 24th 2006]
| [http://store.steampowered.com/app/380/ June 1st, 2006]
| Release of {{hl2ep1|1}}
|-
| [https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/news190606halflife2ep2 Christmas 2006], [https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/i_douglombardi_gcdc Q1 2007], [http://web.archive.org/web/20061118113518/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=148950&skip=yes Summer 2007]
| [http://store.steampowered.com/app/420/ October 10, 2007]
| [http://store.steampowered.com/app/420/ October 10, 2007]
| Release of Half-Life 2: Episode Two
| Release of {{hl2ep2|1}}
|-
|-
| [http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/halflife2episode2ob/news.html?sid=6151796 Christmas of 2007]     
| [https://www.gamespot.com/articles/half-life-2-episode-one-gold-two-dated-three-announced/1100-6151796/ Christmas of 2007]     
| Coincident with the {{wiki|Rapture}}
| [http://web.archive.org/web/20220526211151/http://www.marclaidlaw.com/epistle-3/ August 25th, 2017 (as script)] (Archived link, Epistle 3 removed in 2022) <br> [https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/my-personal-failure-was-being-stumped-gabe-newell-says-finishing-half-life-2-episode-3-just-to-conclude-the-story-wouldve-been-copping-out-of-valves-obligation-to-gamers/ Officially confirmed cancelled] on November 16, 2024 (20th anniversary of Half-Life 2)
| Release of Half-Life 2: Episode Three
| Release of {{hl2ep3|1}}
|-
|-
| [http://www.teamfortress.com/macupdate/earbuds/ Four days]
| [http://www.teamfortress.com/macupdate/earbuds/ Four days]
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| [http://twitpic.com/2ls1nz Every 3 months]
| [http://twitpic.com/2ls1nz Every 3 months]
| Every few years
| Every few years
| Half-Life 2 Episodes
| Release of each Half-Life 2 Episodes
|-
|-
| [http://storefront.steampowered.com/Steam/Marketing/message/1346/ In the coming weeks]
| [http://web.archive.org/web/20171014143202/http://storefront.steampowered.com/Steam/Marketing/message/1346/ In the coming weeks]
| [http://tf2.com/history.php In large updates starting in five months and continuing over the next four years]
| [http://tf2.com/history.php In large updates starting in five months and continuing over the next seven years]
|TF2 Class Achievements
|TF2 Class Achievements
|-
|-
| [http://store.steampowered.com/news/1440/ Coming tomorrow at 11 AM]
| [http://store.steampowered.com/oldnews/1440/ Coming tomorrow at 11 AM]
| [http://store.steampowered.com/news/1443/ Coming tomorrow at 2 PM]
| [http://store.steampowered.com/oldnews/1443/ Coming tomorrow at 2 PM]
| Team Fortress 2 Update
| {{tf2|1}} Update
|-
|-
| Today
| Today
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| Time TF2 beta went live
| Time TF2 beta went live
|-
|-
| [http://www.gamespot.com/news/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=25127637 Q1]       
| [https://www.gamespot.com/articles/half-life-2-ep-2-delayed-til-summer-07/1100-6236136/ Q1]       
| The third week of Q2       
| The third week of Q2       
|-
|-
| [http://www.teamfortress.com/119/comingsoon.html Coming "Soon"]
| [http://www.teamfortress.com/119/comingsoon.html Coming "Soon"]
| [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=4048&p= Coming in over two months]
| [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=4048 Coming in over two months]
| Team Fortress 2, Engineer Update.
| Team Fortress 2, Engineer Update.
|-
|-
| [[The Steam Community|Beginning in (next month)...]]
| [[The Steam Community|Beginning in (next month)...]]
| Beginning in the month after the stated one
| Beginning in the month after the stated one
|-
| [http://xbox.joystiq.com/2008/08/22/team-fortress-2-updates-on-360-this-year-for-a-price/ "Before] [http://www.gamespot.com/news/6234471.html the end] [http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/54351 of] [http://xbox.joystiq.com/2008/12/12/valve-actively-working-on-360-team-fortress-2-update-still-no/ 2008."]
| Valve have now said they can't due to memory limitations on the 360. Both consoles port of TF2 no longer receives any updates.
| TF2 class updates on the Xbox 360
|-
|-
| [http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/left-4-dead-live-interview-live-q-and-a Shortly]
| [http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/left-4-dead-live-interview-live-q-and-a Shortly]
| [http://developer.valvesoftware.com/w/index.php?title=Authoring_Tools/SDK_(Left_4_Dead)&oldid=116999 In six months]
| [http://developer.valvesoftware.com/w/index.php?title=Authoring_Tools/SDK_(Left_4_Dead)&oldid=116999 In six months]
| {{l4d|1}} SDK
|-
|-
| [[Gabe FAQ#Jan 2006|We're finishing this feature up now]]
| [[Gabe FAQ#Jan 2006|We're finishing this feature up now]]
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| Steam Friends
| Steam Friends
|-
|-
| '''[http://storefront.steampowered.com/Steam/Marketing/message/1426/ "within the month" ''(Feb 1st)'']'''<br />
| '''[http://web.archive.org/web/20160729030111/http://storefront.steampowered.com/Steam/Marketing/message/1426/ "within the month" ''(Feb 1st)'']'''<br />
[http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=185631&site=cvg "just after" April 15th]<br />
[http://web.archive.org/web/20141011193436/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/185631/valve-major-tf2-update-just-after-april-15/?site=cvg "just after" April 15th]<br />
[http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/51941 "the week of April 20th"]
[http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/51941 "the week of April 20th"]
| [http://store.steampowered.com/news/1552/ April 29th]
| [http://store.steampowered.com/oldnews/1552/ April 29th]
| TF2 Gold Rush Update
| TF2 Gold Rush Update
|-
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=7097740&postcount=149 January] or maybe even [http://www.enemydown.co.uk/forumreplies.php?id=117371 March]
| [http://web.archive.org/web/20090724081510/http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=7097740&postcount=149 January] or maybe even [http://web.archive.org/web/20141011193605/http://www.enemydown.co.uk/forumreplies.php?id=117371 March]
| [http://store.steampowered.com/news/1594/ May 23]
| [http://store.steampowered.com/oldnews/1594/ May 23]
| Day of Defeat Source Steamworks beta
| Day of Defeat Source Steamworks beta
|-
|-
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|-
| '''Early 2008:'''
| '''Early 2008:'''
[http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/50710 Late summer, 2008]''':'''
[https://www.shacknews.com/article/50710/left-4-dead-rising-in  Late summer, 2008]''':'''


[http://www.gamespot.com/news/6192872.html Early November, 2008]
[https://www.gamespot.com/articles/left-4-dead-arises-november-4/1100-6192872/ Early November, 2008]
| [http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/54372 November 18, 2008]
| [http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/54372 November 18, 2008]
| Release of Left 4 Dead
| Release of {{l4d|1}}
|-
|-
| [http://steamgames.com/tf2/heavy/images/bg_home_day4.jpg Monday]
| [https://www.teamfortress.com/heavy/images/bg_home_day4.jpg Monday]
| [http://steamgames.com/tf2/heavy/images/bg_home_day5_temp.jpg Monday-ish]
| [https://www.teamfortress.com/heavy/images/bg_home_day5_temp.jpg Monday-ish]
| Arena Mode announcement date on http://steamgames.com/tf2/heavy/ before going live late Monday night PST
| Arena Mode announcement date on http://steamgames.com/tf2/heavy/ before going live late Monday night PST
|-
|-
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| [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=2477 22 years ago] ''(putting the date 11 years before the initial release of Team Fortress)''
| [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=2477 22 years ago] ''(putting the date 11 years before the initial release of Team Fortress)''
|-
|-
| [http://store.steampowered.com/news/2989/ October 27, 1 PM, PST ''(8 PM, UTC)'']<br />
| [http://store.steampowered.com/oldnews/2989/ October 27, 1 PM, PST ''(8 PM, UTC)'']<br />
October 27, 11 PM PST ''(October 28, 6 AM, UTC)''<br />
October 27, 11 PM PST ''(October 28, 6 AM, UTC)''<br />
October 28, 1 PM, PST ''(8 PM, UTC)''<br />
October 28, 1 PM, PST ''(8 PM, UTC)''<br />
October 28, 2 PM, PST ''(9 PM, UTC)''<br />
October 28, 2 PM, PST ''(9 PM, UTC)''<br />
[http://steamcommunity.com/games/L4D2/events/55327883716288366 October 28, 3 PM, PST ''(10 PM, UTC)'']
[http://web.archive.org/web/20091028004857/http://steamcommunity.com/games/L4D2/events/55327883716288366 October 28, 3 PM, PST ''(10 PM, UTC)'']
| October 28, 5:08 PM, PST ''(October 29, 0:08 AM, UTC)''
| October 28, 5:08 PM, PST ''(October 29, 0:08 AM, UTC)''
| [[Left 4 Dead 2]] early access demo
| {{l4d2|1}} early access demo
|-
|-
| [http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=226676 ...any minute now]
| [http://web.archive.org/web/20141211003643/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/226676/interviews/valves-chet-faliszek-part-1/?site=cvg ...any minute now]
| [http://store.steampowered.com/news/3085/ 5 days later]
| [http://store.steampowered.com/oldnews/3085/ 5 days later]
| Nov 9, 2009 Left 4 Dead update
| Nov 9, 2009 Left 4 Dead update
|-
|-
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| Release of The Passing for L4D2
| Release of The Passing for L4D2
|-
|-
| [http://store.steampowered.com/news/3569/ In April]
| [http://store.steampowered.com/oldnews/3569/ In April]
| [http://store.steampowered.com/news/3808/ May] |[http://store.steampowered.com/news/3818/ May 12th]
| [http://store.steampowered.com/oldnews/3808/ May] |[http://store.steampowered.com/news/3818/ May 12th]
| Steam for Mac
| Steam for Mac
|-
| [http://cdn.steampowered.com/v/gfx/clusters/browse_mac/week_3__cloud_support/promo_image_english.jpg?t=1274896827 Each Wednesday for the next few weeks]
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1292222 Each Wednesday for three weeks, then when we feel like it]
| Release of new Mac games
|-
|-
| [http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/64185 This coming holiday season! 2010]<br />
| [http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/64185 This coming holiday season! 2010]<br />
[http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=260632 Next coming year. February 9th, 2011]
[http://web.archive.org/web/20141224114241/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/260632/portal-2-release-date-confirmed/ Next coming year. February 9th, 2011]
| [http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/66536 April 18th, 2011.]
| [http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/66536 April 18th, 2011.]
| [[Portal 2]] release date
| {{portal2|1}} release date
|-
|-
| July 12th
| July 12th
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|-
|-
| [http://www.l4d.com/blog/post.php?id=3570 Later this Spring]
| [http://www.l4d.com/blog/post.php?id=3570 Later this Spring]
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1364553 Fall]
| [http://web.archive.org/web/20110123085303/http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1364553 Fall]
| Release of L4D on Mac
| Release of L4D on Mac
|-
|-
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| The release of Alien Swarm
| The release of Alien Swarm
|-
|-
| [http://www.shacknews.com/docs/press/032102_steam.x "Working with Developers"]
| [http://web.archive.org/web/20050129014738/http://www.shacknews.com/docs/press/032102_steam.x "Working with Developers"]
| 8 years, 6 months 25 days
| 8 years, 6 months 25 days
| Downloadable drivers via Steam
| Downloadable drivers via Steam
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| Release of "The Sacrifice"
| Release of "The Sacrifice"
|-
|-
| [http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae258/Borg184/HEREHAVESOMEPROOF.jpg?t=1298527375 "Next update"]
| [http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae258/Borg184/HEREHAVESOMEPROOF.jpg?t=1298527375 "Next update"] (January 2011)
| TBA, it's been too many updates to count since then. (Then was January 2011)
| Too many updates to count since then.
| Team Fortress 2 Jigglebone fix
| Team Fortress 2 Jigglebone fix
|-
|-
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| [http://www.dota2.com/tournaments/international/ The International Dota 2 Tournament]
| [http://www.dota2.com/tournaments/international/ The International Dota 2 Tournament]
|-
|-
| [http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/34403/Valve_Offering_Free_Portal_2_DLC_On_All_Platforms_This_Summer.php Summer]<br />
| [http://web.archive.org/web/20211026152744/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/34403/Valve_Offering_Free_Portal_2_DLC_On_All_Platforms_This_Summer.php Summer]<br />
[http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/18/portal-2-dlc-coming-in-mid-september/ Mid-September]<br />
[http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/18/portal-2-dlc-coming-in-mid-september/ Mid-September]<br />
[http://store.steampowered.com/news/6174/ This September]
[http://store.steampowered.com/oldnews/6174/ This September]
| [http://store.steampowered.com/news/6427/ October 4th]
| [http://store.steampowered.com/oldnews/6427/ October 4th]
| Portal 2 DLC
| Portal 2 DLC
|-
|-
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|-
|Limited Time Only
|Limited Time Only
|Still going strong
|Still going strong (2010 - Present)
|Mann Co. Store promotion item
|[https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Mann_Co._Cap Mann Co. Store promotion item]
|-
|-
|Early October
|Early October
|[http://twitter.com/#!/csgo_dev/status/137701378389843968 November 30th]
|[http://twitter.com/csgo_dev/status/137701378389843968 November 30th 2011]
|Counter-Strike: Global Offensive CBT
|{{csgo|1}} closed beta testing
|-
|-
| [http://blog.dota2.com/2012/02/its-not-you-its-us/ 24 hours]
| [http://blog.dota2.com/2012/02/its-not-you-its-us/ 24 hours]
| [http://dev.dota2.com/showthread.php?t=21881&page=3&p=122291&viewfull=1#post122291 28 Hours and 45 Minutes]
| [http://web.archive.org/web/20200606023316/https://dev.dota2.com/showthread.php?t=21881&page=3&p=122291&viewfull=1 28 Hours and 45 Minutes]
| Dota 2 server maintenance
| Dota 2 server maintenance
|-
| [http://www.teamfortress.com/saxxyawards/ Annual]
| May 2011, November 2012
| TF2 Saxxy Awards
|-
|-
| [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/October_2,_2007_Patch Today's update]
| [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/October_2,_2007_Patch Today's update]
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| Fix a critical security bug in the L4D2/ASW/P2/CS:GO engines.
| Fix a critical security bug in the L4D2/ASW/P2/CS:GO engines.
|-
|-
| September 5th 2012 [http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/08/08/steam-expanding-beyond-games.aspx] [http://store.steampowered.com/news/8584/]
| September 5th 2012 [https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/08/08/steam-expanding-beyond-games.aspx] [http://store.steampowered.com/news/8584/]
| [http://store.steampowered.com/news/8993/ October 3rd 2012]
| [http://store.steampowered.com/oldnews/8993/ October 3rd 2012]
| Expanding Steam to non-game software
| Expanding Steam to non-game software
|
|
|-
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=28804972&postcount=7 Hopefully Next Week]
| [http://web.archive.org/web/20170525032038/http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=28804972&postcount=7 Hopefully Next Week]
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=33109168&postcount=1 9 Months Later]
| [http://web.archive.org/web/20170602200757/http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=33109168&postcount=1 9 Months Later]
| iOS Steam Update
| iOS Steam Update
|-
|-
| [http://www.geek.com/articles/games/steam-for-linux-will-launch-in-2012-2012065/ Before the end of 2012]<br />
| [http://web.archive.org/web/20181101160733/https://www.geek.com/games/steam-for-linux-will-launch-in-2012-1494229/ Before the end of 2012]<br />
[http://www.gametrailers.com/full-episodes/ncis3o/gt-tv-valve Fairly quickly] (8/17/2012)
[http://www.gametrailers.com/full-episodes/ncis3o/gt-tv-valve Fairly quickly] (8/17/2012)
| [http://steamcommunity.com/games/221410/announcements/detail/1767931535340321485 February 15th 2013]
| [http://steamcommunity.com/games/221410/announcements/detail/1767931535340321485 February 15th 2013]
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|-
| [http://www.mail-archive.com/hlds@list.valvesoftware.com/msg52022.html "We’re going to release new SDK’s within the next week or two."] (April 17th 2013)
| [http://www.mail-archive.com/hlds@list.valvesoftware.com/msg52022.html "We’re going to release new SDK’s within the next week or two."] (April 17th 2013)
| [http://store.steampowered.com/news/10962/ June 27th 2013]
| [http://store.steampowered.com/oldnews/10962/ June 27th 2013]
| Source SDK 2013
| [[Source SDK 2013]]
|-
|-
| Later this year (2011). Then delayed to Q1 of 2012.
| Later this year (2011). Then delayed to Q1 of 2012.
| July 9th 2013
| July 9th 2013
| Dota 2
| {{dota2|1}}
|-
|-
| August 24th 2013
| August 24th 2013
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| Team Fortress's Birthday
| Team Fortress's Birthday
|-
|-
| October 27th 2013/ Middle of September
| October 27th 2013/Middle of September
| December 4th
| December 4th
| Part two of the "bi monthly" comics
| Part two of the "bi monthly" comics
|-
| By the end of August (2014)
| 4th September, 2014
| Goblin Techies for Dota2
|-
| [http://blog.dota2.com/2014/09/the-rekindling-soul-update/ "Early next year"] (September 2014)
| [http://blog.dota2.com/2015/06/dota-2-reborn-the-beta-begins/ June 18, 2015]
| Source 2 Dota 2 Beta
|-
| July 31 at 8 am <br /> July 31 at 12 pm
| July 31 at 12:45
| Pre-order pickup at TI5
|-
| [https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/3gm3w3/performance_open_letter_to_valve_employees/cu1cddf/ "In the next few weeks"] (August 13, 2015)
| [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=19733 exactly 18 weeks]
| TF2 performance update
|-
| [http://www.teamfortress.com/meetyourmatch/war.php "Update Notes Coming Soon"] (July 7, 2016)
| [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=22759 About 5 hours later.]
| TF2 Meet Your Match patch notes.
|-
| [http://www.dota2.com/international/battlepass Some weekend in June]
| [http://blog.dota2.com/2016/07/the-weekend-battle-cup/ Week 45 (July 15, 2016)]
| Dota 2 Battle cup
|
|-
| [http://blog.dota2.com/2016/10/true-sight-a-new-documentary-series/ 4:00 PM PDT]
| [https://twitter.com/dota2/status/786700165352656896 2 Hours later]
| Dota 2 True Sight Episode 1
|-
| [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=18229 "a little quicker" than 11 months]
| [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=26763 1 year, 4 months, 10 days]
| TF Comics #6
|-
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJqo7XzwJd0&t=8m48s "next year"] ([https://steamdb.info/blog/steam-dev-days-2016-day-one/ October 12, 2016])
| [https://twitter.com/valvesoftware/status/1196566870360387584 First announcement November 18, 2019]
| Big product announcements for Valve VR content
|-
| Later this month (May 2017)
| May 39th, 2017 (June 8th, 2017)
| Dota 2 Siltbreaker Campaign Act I
|-
| [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=24805 "Next week, as always"] (October 11, 2016)
| [https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Scream_Fortress_2016 October 21st 2016]
| Scream Fortress 2016
|-
| [http://www.pcgamer.com/valve-announce-monkey-king-the-first-dota-2-hero-that-isnt-a-port-from-dota/ "This fall"]
| [http://www.dota2.com/700 12/12/2016]
| Dota 7.00 "The New Journey"
|-
| [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=23536/ "to be shipped in a future update"] (August 15, 2016)
| [http://www.teamfortress.com/jungleinferno/ October 16th 2017]
| TF2 Jungle Inferno Update
|-
| [https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Gaben/comments/5olhj4/hi_im_gabe_newell_ama/dck9pdo/ "Priority for 2017"]
| [http://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/2018/06/20482/ June 19th 2018]
| CSGO Panorama UI
|-
| [http://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/2018/07/20673/ "... before the end of the month"] (July 2018)
| [https://twitter.com/csgo_dev/status/1025175130199089152 July 33rd]
| CSGO Panorama UI enabled for everyone by default
|-
| [http://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/2018/08/20937/ "Later today"]
| [https://steamdb.info/sub/303386/history/?changeid=U:7101932 The next day.]
| CSGO Free Availability
|-
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVGy0NEQIkk "...and you're all in the beta starting in October"] (August 20th, 2018)
| November 19th, 2018
| Start of {{artifact|1}} Closed Beta
|-
| [https://twitter.com/csgo_dev/status/1069718158464868352 "What are you doing Wednesday?"] (December 5th, 2018)
| [https://twitter.com/csgo_dev/status/1070467738726916096 "Thursday?"] (December 6th, 2018)
| Major CS:GO Update
|-
| [https://www.pcgamer.com/valve-vr-game/ "Later this year"] (2019) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SI_3jlAV9M&t=1156][https://www.roadtovr.com/valve-to-launch-a-flagship-vr-game-later-this-year-on-index-and-other-steamvr-headsets/][https://uploadvr.com/valve-vr-game/]
| [https://twitter.com/valvesoftware/status/1197578955944890369 "ships March 2020"]
| "Flagship VR game" release ({{hla|1}})
|-
| [https://twitter.com/DotaUnderlords/status/1153035411528114176 "Early next week"]
| [https://twitter.com/DotaUnderlords/status/1154094190353010688 Wednesday the next week]
| {{dul|2}} Gameplay Update (#210)
|-
| [https://twitter.com/TeamFortress/status/1154901584108670976 "After the weekend"]
| [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=53025 Friday of the following week]
| Statement on TF2's unusual drop rate bug
|-
| [https://twitter.com/geoffkeighley/status/1197576007848538114 The Game Awards, 12 December 2019]
| [https://twitter.com/valvesoftware/status/1205249752868089856 Canceled]
| {{hla|1}} information
|-
| [https://www.half-life.com/en/alyx Steam page and website claimed it would ship with the game on March 23rd, 2020.]
| [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/546560/view/3758762298552654077 May 15th, 2020]
| Half Life Alyx: Hammer Editor & Workshop
|-
| Soon
| [https://www.thinkwithportals.com/blog.php?id=81067&p=1 Canceled after 10 years]
| Portal 2 Trading
|-
| [https://www.polygon.com/22578782/steam-deck-handheld-valve-release-date-price December 2021]
| [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675180/view/3117055056380003048 February 25th 2022]
| [[Steam Deck]] Release Date
|-
| [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675180/view/3113680526234449023 "Late Spring"]
| [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/view/3276955672625890259 October 6th, 2022]
| Steam Deck Dock Release Date
|-
| [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/400/view/6553323236862769523 November 2022]
| [https://store.steampowered.com/app/2012840/Portal_with_RTX/ December 8th, 2022]
| {{portalrtx|1}} Release Date
|-
| [https://www.vg247.com/2017/04/13/counter-strike-global-offensive-will-be-moved-to-source-2-new-operation-coming-this-summer/ "Summer 2017"] <br> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDDnvAr6gGI "Summer 2023"] <br> [https://twitter.com/CounterStrike/status/1704541038633959492 "What are you doing next Wednesday?"] (September 27th, 2023)
| September 27th, 2023, 23:40
| {{cs2|1}} Release Date
|-
| [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamworks/announcements/detail/1697229969000435735 Looking Ahead to 2020]
| [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/250820/view/3666547477701338587 September 25, 2023]
| Release of SteamVR 2.0 (beta)
|-
| [https://www.esports.net/news/dota/crownfall-act-3-release-date/ Late June 2024], later delayed to [https://dotesports.com/dota-2/news/dota-2s-next-crownfall-act-delayed-to-june-39-no-thats-not-a-typo "June 39th"]
| [https://www.dota2.com/newsentry/4238531900078333321 July 9, 2024 (dated "June 39, 2024")]
| Release of Crownfall Act III
|-
| [https://www.half-life.com/en/halflife25 "Full SDK update will come later"] (November 17, 2023)
| [https://github.com/ValveSoftware/halflife/commit/0fc8913c542d6ba129ca8bede1505e7d2e8b4b4b August 20, 2024]
| SDK update for Half-Life's 25th Anniversary
|-
| [https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/4784-4F2B-1321-800A January 1, 2024]
| [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593110/view/4472730495692571024 November 5, 2024]
| End of support for [[Steam]] on {{win7|1|nt=Windows 7}} to {{win8|1|nt=8.1}}, as well as {{macOS|2|addtext={{nbsp}}10.13 and 10.14}}.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20170223212513/https://valvesoftware.github.io/steam-audio/ "Coming Soon"] (February 23, 2017)
| [http://steamcommunity.com/games/596420/announcements/detail/544469629578249477 December 17, 2024]
| Wwise plugin for [https://valvesoftware.github.io/steam-audio/ Steam Audio]
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20170111034648/http://www.teamfortress.com/comics.php "Coming Soon"] (January 10, 2017)
| [https://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=235677 December 20, 2024]
| 7th Issue of Team Fortress Comics: The Days Have Worn Away
|}
|}


==Reverse Valve Time==
==Reverse Valve Time==
Note that these outliers may be the results of an undiscovered 'Greenlight Savings Time'.
Note that these outliers may be the results of an undiscovered "[[Steam Greenlight|Greenlight]] Savings Time".
:{| class=standard-table
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!Valve Time
!Valve Time
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| December 11, 2008 TF2 update
| December 11, 2008 TF2 update
|-
|-
| [http://storefront.steampowered.com/Steam/Marketing/message/1608/ We're wrapping things up...]
| [http://web.archive.org/web/20161117204403/http://storefront.steampowered.com/Steam/Marketing/message/1608/ We're wrapping things up...]
| [http://www.steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=posts&id=1635 2 Weeks]
| [https://store.steampowered.com/oldnews/1635 2 Weeks]
| Pyro update
| Pyro update
|-
|-
| [http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=218758 "before the end of the summer"]
| [http://web.archive.org/web/20150206080352/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/218758/left-4-dead-dlc-announcement-soon/ "before the end of the summer"]
| [http://kotaku.com/5618352/new-left-4-dead-expansion-lets-you-choose-who-will-live-or-die August 20th]
| [http://kotaku.com/5618352/new-left-4-dead-expansion-lets-you-choose-who-will-live-or-die August 20th]
| New Left 4 Dead DLC Announcement
| New Left 4 Dead DLC Announcement
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|-
|-
| [http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/66536 April 20th, 2011.] 7AM PDT
| [http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/66536 April 20th, 2011.] 7AM PDT
| [http://www.1up.com/news/release-portal-2-early-playing-indie-games If and when enough] [http://store.steampowered.com/sub/7586/ Potato Sack] [http://www.aperturescience.com/glados@home games are played.]
| [http://web.archive.org/web/20160528125945/http://www.1up.com/news/release-portal-2-early-playing-indie-games If and when enough] [http://web.archive.org/web/20110419032857/http://store.steampowered.com/sub/7586/ Potato Sack] [http://web.archive.org/web/20110427034129/http://www.aperturescience.com/glados@home/ games are played.]
| Portal 2 release date
| Portal 2 release date
|-
|-
| [http://www.l4d.com/blog/post.php?id=5803 "July 22nd at the latest"]
| [http://www.l4d.com/blog/post.php?id=5803 "July 22nd at the latest"]
| [http://www.l4d.com/blog/post.php?id=5901 "July 21st"]
| [http://www.l4d.com/blog/post.php?id=5901 July 21st]
| Dead Air Beta in Left 4 Dead 2
| Dead Air Beta in Left 4 Dead 2
|-
|-
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| Portal 2 DLC release
| Portal 2 DLC release
|-
|-
| "When the community Says its ready"
| "When the community says it's ready"
| August 21, 2012
| August 21, 2012
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Release
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Release
|-
|-
| [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=8830 50 days after September 11th] (October 31th)
| [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=8830 50 days after September 11th] (October 31st)
| [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/October_26,_2012_Patch October 26]
| [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/October_26,_2012_Patch October 26]
| TF2 Halloween
| TF2 Halloween
|-
|-
| The three days around Full Moon in December 2013 (December 16th-18th)
| The three days around Full Moon in December 2013 (December 16th-18th)
| December 13th-15th
| [http://en.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/1t5fei/full_moon_started_and_ended_early/ December 13th-15th]
| Team Fortress 2 monthly Full Moon event
| Team Fortress 2 monthly Full Moon event
|-
| April 2, 2015
| [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=14566 October 2, 2014]
| 4th issue of Team Fortress Comics: Blood in the Water
|-
| [http://www.dota2.com/reborn/part3/ In the coming weeks]
| [http://www.dota2.com/reborn/updates 5 days later]
| Linux and OS X clients for Dota 2 Reborn Beta
|-
| [http://gyazo.com/569777837c9acfe1c6164a0ccfdb1892 Monday, August 31, 2015]<br>([https://twitter.com/jaypinkerton/status/635994268734132224 link] [https://twitter.com/jaypinkerton/status/635994354222432256 to] [https://twitter.com/jaypinkerton/status/635994147053178880 Tweets])
| [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=18229 Monday, August 31, 2015]
| TF Comics #5
|-
| [http://blog.dota2.com/2016/04/new-gameplay-update/ A day or two]
| [https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/4ggtoq/dota_2_update_main_client_april_25_2016_analysis/ 9 hours]
| Dota 6.87
|-
| November 1, 2017
| [https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/79zami/dota_2_update_main_client_october_31_2017/ October 31, 2017]
| Dota 2 Dueling Fates Update
|-
| [https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/8l4fow/m4a1s_and_usps_audio_deadzone_bug/dzcu5ix/?context=2/ We will work on getting it fixed]
| [https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/8lf8sp/counterstrike_global_offensive_update_for_52318/ 26 hours and 26 minutes]
| CSGO sound bug fix
|-
| [https://i.imgur.com/rxfpcui.png/ November 19, 2018]
| [http://web.archive.org/web/20210205064333/https://playartifact.com/news/2535985526495756390/ November 18, 2018]
| Artifact Key-holder Beta goes live
|-
| [https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/1/18291013/valve-index-vr-headset-product-page-early-launch-date May 1st, 2019]
| [https://www.valvesoftware.com/en/index/headset April 30th, 2019]
| Full announcement of Valve Index headset
|-
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2W0N3uKXmo March 23, 2020] @ [https://twitter.com/valvesoftware/status/1240053356745244674 10am PT]
| [https://twitter.com/valvesoftware/status/1242133182943653889?s=20 March 23, 2020 @ 9:56am PT]
| Half-Life: Alyx Release
<!-- The actual time Valve pressed the button to "release" the package is 5 minutes earlier however I am citing Valve's official Release Tweet here. -->
|}
|}


<!-- Unreleased items go on Valve Time Tracker (no predictions unless you work for Valve, please) -->
<!-- Unreleased items go on Valve Time Tracker (no predictions unless you work for Valve, please) -->


== See Also ==
== See also ==
*[[Valve Time Tracker]]
*[[Valve Time Tracker]]
*[[Wikipedia:Hofstadter's law]]
*[[Wikipedia:Hofstadter's law]]

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Such material may not necessarily be meant to be taken seriously.

Valve time is an industry term used jokingly with game/software/update releases from Valve, used to acknowledge the difference between the "promised" date for released content stated by Valve and the "actual" release date.

Valve Time

Valve Time Actual Time Item
October 1997 September 1, 1998 Release of Half-Life demo
November 1997, April 1998, Summer 1998 November 19, 1998 Release of Half-Life
"Soon" (1998), way before 2005 October 10, 2007 Release of Team Fortress 2
September 30, 2003, Holidays 2003, April 2004 November 16, 2004 Release of Half-Life 2
"First half of the summer" 2005 October 27th, 2005 Release of Half-Life 2: Lost Coast
September 2005, February/March 2006, April 24th 2006 June 1st, 2006 Release of Half-Life 2: Episode One
Christmas 2006, Q1 2007, Summer 2007 October 10, 2007 Release of Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Christmas of 2007 August 25th, 2017 (as script) (Archived link, Epistle 3 removed in 2022)
Officially confirmed cancelled on November 16, 2024 (20th anniversary of Half-Life 2) 		Release of Half-Life 2: Episode Three
Four days Two months and six days Availability of the Earbuds in TF2
Every 3 months Every few years Release of each Half-Life 2 Episodes
In the coming weeks In large updates starting in five months and continuing over the next seven years TF2 Class Achievements
Coming tomorrow at 11 AM Coming tomorrow at 2 PM Team Fortress 2 Update
Today Tonight at 11:49 PM, Pacific time Time TF2 beta went live
Q1 The third week of Q2
Coming "Soon" Coming in over two months Team Fortress 2, Engineer Update.
Beginning in (next month)... Beginning in the month after the stated one
"Before the end of 2008." Valve have now said they can't due to memory limitations on the 360. Both consoles port of TF2 no longer receives any updates. TF2 class updates on the Xbox 360
Shortly In six months Left 4 Dead SDK
We're finishing this feature up now We've just finished the concept and we'll start working on it in the coming weeks (see below) Steam Friends
"within the month" (Feb 1st)

"just after" April 15th
"the week of April 20th"

April 29th TF2 Gold Rush Update
January or maybe even March May 23 Day of Defeat Source Steamworks beta
Until the problem is fixed with an SDK update For the engine after the engine after this (where everything but our tools have changed)
Early 2008:

Late summer, 2008:

Early November, 2008

November 18, 2008 Release of Left 4 Dead
Monday Monday-ish Arena Mode announcement date on http://steamgames.com/tf2/heavy/ before going live late Monday night PST
When we started working on TF2 22 years ago (putting the date 11 years before the initial release of Team Fortress)
October 27, 1 PM, PST (8 PM, UTC)

October 27, 11 PM PST (October 28, 6 AM, UTC)
October 28, 1 PM, PST (8 PM, UTC)
October 28, 2 PM, PST (9 PM, UTC)
October 28, 3 PM, PST (10 PM, UTC)

October 28, 5:08 PM, PST (October 29, 0:08 AM, UTC) Left 4 Dead 2 early access demo
...any minute now 5 days later Nov 9, 2009 Left 4 Dead update
Late March Late April Release of The Passing for L4D2
In April May 12th Steam for Mac
This coming holiday season! 2010

Next coming year. February 9th, 2011

April 18th, 2011. Portal 2 release date
July 12th July 15th TF2 Polycount Pack Contest winner selection
Later this Spring Fall Release of L4D on Mac
In one hour In two hours and 15 minutes The release of Alien Swarm
"Working with Developers" 8 years, 6 months 25 days Downloadable drivers via Steam
By the end of August or early September September 30th Release of Polycount update
"about a month" after the "March" release date of The Passing October 5, 2010 Release of "The Sacrifice"
"Next update" (January 2011) Too many updates to count since then. Team Fortress 2 Jigglebone fix
Next week 1 week and 3 days Fix for the matchmaking menu on Team Fortress 2 not fully darkening the background
20 minutes 40 minutes The International Dota 2 Tournament
Summer

Mid-September
This September

October 4th Portal 2 DLC
Early August September 14th Rubles in Steam Store
Limited Time Only Still going strong (2010 - Present) Mann Co. Store promotion item
Early October November 30th 2011 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive closed beta testing
24 hours 28 Hours and 45 Minutes Dota 2 server maintenance
Today's update An update 4 years, 8 months, 18 days later Orange Box listdeaths removal
No later than June 30th. July 12th. 2012 International Ticket Information (Dota 2 Championships)
30 Minutes 1-2 Hours Playing a Mann vs Machine game
An update tomorrow or early next week 22/08/2012 (3 months later) Fix a critical security bug in the L4D2/ASW/P2/CS:GO engines.
September 5th 2012 [1] [2] October 3rd 2012 Expanding Steam to non-game software
Hopefully Next Week 9 Months Later iOS Steam Update
Before the end of 2012

Fairly quickly (8/17/2012)

February 15th 2013 Steam for Linux
April 23rd 2013 May 1st 2013 GCF to VPK conversion for Team Fortress 2
"Later this year" (2012)

Middle of next month (October 2012)

 May 2013 Left 4 Dead Linux builds
"Shortly after release" of OS X support (2010) June 26th 2013 Mac OS X support for Source SDK Code
"We’re going to release new SDK’s within the next week or two." (April 17th 2013) June 27th 2013 Source SDK 2013
Later this year (2011). Then delayed to Q1 of 2012. July 9th 2013 Dota 2
August 24th 2013 August 27th 2013 Team Fortress's Birthday
October 27th 2013/Middle of September December 4th Part two of the "bi monthly" comics
By the end of August (2014) 4th September, 2014 Goblin Techies for Dota2
"Early next year" (September 2014) June 18, 2015 Source 2 Dota 2 Beta
July 31 at 8 am
July 31 at 12 pm 		July 31 at 12:45 Pre-order pickup at TI5
"In the next few weeks" (August 13, 2015) exactly 18 weeks TF2 performance update
"Update Notes Coming Soon" (July 7, 2016) About 5 hours later. TF2 Meet Your Match patch notes.
Some weekend in June Week 45 (July 15, 2016) Dota 2 Battle cup
4:00 PM PDT 2 Hours later Dota 2 True Sight Episode 1
"a little quicker" than 11 months 1 year, 4 months, 10 days TF Comics #6
"next year" (October 12, 2016) First announcement November 18, 2019 Big product announcements for Valve VR content
Later this month (May 2017) May 39th, 2017 (June 8th, 2017) Dota 2 Siltbreaker Campaign Act I
"Next week, as always" (October 11, 2016) October 21st 2016 Scream Fortress 2016
"This fall" 12/12/2016 Dota 7.00 "The New Journey"
"to be shipped in a future update" (August 15, 2016) October 16th 2017 TF2 Jungle Inferno Update
"Priority for 2017" June 19th 2018 CSGO Panorama UI
"... before the end of the month" (July 2018) July 33rd CSGO Panorama UI enabled for everyone by default
"Later today" The next day. CSGO Free Availability
"...and you're all in the beta starting in October" (August 20th, 2018) November 19th, 2018 Start of Artifact Closed Beta
"What are you doing Wednesday?" (December 5th, 2018) "Thursday?" (December 6th, 2018) Major CS:GO Update
"Later this year" (2019) [3][4][5] "ships March 2020" "Flagship VR game" release (Half-Life: Alyx)
"Early next week" Wednesday the next week Dota Underlords Dota Underlords Gameplay Update (#210)
"After the weekend" Friday of the following week Statement on TF2's unusual drop rate bug
The Game Awards, 12 December 2019 Canceled Half-Life: Alyx information
Steam page and website claimed it would ship with the game on March 23rd, 2020. May 15th, 2020 Half Life Alyx: Hammer Editor & Workshop
Soon Canceled after 10 years Portal 2 Trading
December 2021 February 25th 2022 Steam Deck Release Date
"Late Spring" October 6th, 2022 Steam Deck Dock Release Date
November 2022 December 8th, 2022 Portal with RTX Release Date
"Summer 2017"
"Summer 2023"
"What are you doing next Wednesday?" (September 27th, 2023) 		September 27th, 2023, 23:40 Counter-Strike 2 Release Date
Looking Ahead to 2020 September 25, 2023 Release of SteamVR 2.0 (beta)
Late June 2024, later delayed to "June 39th" July 9, 2024 (dated "June 39, 2024") Release of Crownfall Act III
"Full SDK update will come later" (November 17, 2023) August 20, 2024 SDK update for Half-Life's 25th Anniversary
January 1, 2024 November 5, 2024 End of support for Steam on Windows 7 to 8.1, as well as macOS macOS 10.13 and 10.14.
"Coming Soon" (February 23, 2017) December 17, 2024 Wwise plugin for Steam Audio
"Coming Soon" (January 10, 2017) December 20, 2024 7th Issue of Team Fortress Comics: The Days Have Worn Away

Reverse Valve Time

Note that these outliers may be the results of an undiscovered "Greenlight Savings Time".

Valve Time Actual Time Item
At 4PM pdt At 1:30 pdt (L4D2 50% off sale)
This week The next day May 19, 2010 Team Fortress 2 update
In a few days Within 24 hours December 11, 2008 TF2 update
We're wrapping things up... 2 Weeks Pyro update
"before the end of the summer" August 20th New Left 4 Dead DLC Announcement
"in time to celebrate Halloween" October 27 Left 4 Dead on OSX
On 11/8/2010 11/7/2010 11PM (GMT -8) (TF2 Halloween Event ends)
April 20th, 2011. 7AM PDT If and when enough Potato Sack games are played. Portal 2 release date
"July 22nd at the latest" July 21st Dead Air Beta in Left 4 Dead 2
"Wednesday" (October 5) October 4 Portal 2 DLC release
"When the community says it's ready" August 21, 2012 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Release
50 days after September 11th (October 31st) October 26 TF2 Halloween
The three days around Full Moon in December 2013 (December 16th-18th) December 13th-15th Team Fortress 2 monthly Full Moon event
April 2, 2015 October 2, 2014 4th issue of Team Fortress Comics: Blood in the Water
In the coming weeks 5 days later Linux and OS X clients for Dota 2 Reborn Beta
Monday, August 31, 2015
(link to Tweets) 		Monday, August 31, 2015 TF Comics #5
A day or two 9 hours Dota 6.87
November 1, 2017 October 31, 2017 Dota 2 Dueling Fates Update
We will work on getting it fixed 26 hours and 26 minutes CSGO sound bug fix
November 19, 2018 November 18, 2018 Artifact Key-holder Beta goes live
May 1st, 2019 April 30th, 2019 Full announcement of Valve Index headset
March 23, 2020 @ 10am PT March 23, 2020 @ 9:56am PT Half-Life: Alyx Release


See also

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