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As well as producing best-selling entertainment titles, Valve is a developer of cutting-edge technologies such as the {{src|4}} game engine and {{steamicon|4}}, a broadband platform for the delivery and management of digital content.
As well as producing best-selling entertainment titles, Valve is a developer of cutting-edge technologies such as the {{src|4}} game engine and {{steamicon|4}}, a broadband platform for the delivery and management of digital content.


Today, Valve is made up of more than 70 of the industry's leading artists, programmers and writers. In its twenty-year history, the company has gone from “unlikely new entrant” to industry leader, producing a range of best-selling and critically acclaimed PC entertainment products and technologies.
Today, Valve is made up of more than 70 of the industry's leading artists, programmers and writers. In its 25-year history, the company has gone from “unlikely new entrant” to industry leader, producing a range of best-selling and critically acclaimed PC entertainment products and technologies.
'''You can see what's happening to you'''.
'''You can see what's happening to you'''.


== Products ==
== Products ==
 
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| <h3>Media</h3>
| <h3>Media</h3>
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| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n13LqEIYXT8 Zombie Movie] <br>- (created by 2Chums Moving Pictures - basically two Valve employees at the time)
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n13LqEIYXT8 Zombie Movie] <br>- (created by 2Chums Moving Pictures - basically two Valve employees at the time)
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| {{ep1}} [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL_mPw7KEU8 Half-Life 2: Episode One trailer]
| {{ep1}} [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL_mPw7KEU8 Half-Life 2: Episode One trailer]
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| {{ep1}} [https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/912/movie_max.webm HL2:EP1 - Launch Trailer 1]
| {{ep1}} HL2: Episode One Launch Trailer ([https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/912/movie_max.webm 1] [https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/913/movie_max.webm 2] [https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/914/movie_max.webm 3] [https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/915/movie_max.webm 4])
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| {{ep1}} [https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/913/movie_max.webm HL2:EP1 - Launch Trailer 2]
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| {{ep1}} [https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/914/movie_max.webm HL2:EP1 - Launch Trailer 3]
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| {{ep1}} [https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/915/movie_max.webm HL2:EP1 - Launch Trailer 4]
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| {{ep2}} [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIsbi4hLDuU Half-Life 2: Episode Two Trailer]
| {{ep2}} [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIsbi4hLDuU Half-Life 2: Episode Two Trailer]
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| {{artifact}} [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnVuzZYdwIQ Introducing Artifact]
| {{artifact}} [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnVuzZYdwIQ Introducing Artifact]
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| [[Source_Filmmaker#Official_Valve_Shorts|Veja more media in the SFM - Official Valve Shorts section]]
| {{hla}} Half-Life: Alyx ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2W0N3uKXmo Announcement Trailer], Gameplay Video - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTLotwKpLgk 1] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFjtVmka54E 2] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qspam8ftpIc 3])
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| {{cs2}} [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSE38xjMLqE Counter-Strike 2 - Launch Trailer]
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| {{sfm}} [[Source_Filmmaker#Official_Valve_Shorts|View all official Source Filmmaker videos from Valve]]
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| <h3>Hardware</h3>
| <h3>Hardware</h3>
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== Business ==
== Business ==
[[File:Open your eyes.png|right|thumb|Open Your Eyes.]]
[[File:Open your eyes.png|right|thumb|Open Your Eyes.]]
* {{gldsrc|1}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090203194033/https://source.valvesoftware.com/ Source Engine] (See [[Source#Features|Features]])
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090203194033/https://source.valvesoftware.com/ Source Engine] (See [[Source#Features|Features]])
* {{Src2|1}}
* {{Src2|1}}
* [mailto:sourceengine@valvesoftware.com Source and Source 2 engine licensing]
* [[Source_Engine_Features#Licensing_&_Distributing_Source_Engine_games_/_mods|Source and Source 2 engine licensing]]
* [mailto:jasonh@valvesoftware.com Steam publication]
* [mailto:jasonh@valvesoftware.com Steam publication]
* [https://partner.steamgames.com/ Steamworks]
* [https://partner.steamgames.com/ Steamworks]
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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
* {{valve|ico.nolink}} [https://www.valvesoftware.com Site oficial]
* {{valve|ico.nolink}} [https://www.valvesoftware.com Official website]
* {{Wiki|Valve Corporation|Valve Corporation's Wikipedia entry}}
* {{Wiki|Valve Corporation|Valve Corporation's Wikipedia entry}}
* {{youtube|@Valve|Official YouTube channel}} - @Valve
* {{youtube|@Valve|Official YouTube channel}} - @Valve
* {{x|valvesoftware|Official X account (formerly Twitter)}} - @valvesoftware
* {{x|valvesoftware|Official X (Twitter) account}} - @valvesoftware
* {{github|ValveSoftware|Valve's GitHub page}}
* {{github|ValveSoftware|Valve's GitHub page}}


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Company logo for Valve Corporation.
Open your mind.

Valve (sometimes stylized VALVE; officially Valve Corporation and previously Valve Software) is an entertainment software and technology company founded in 1996 and headquartered in Wikipedia icon Bellevue, Washington. The company's debut title, Half-Life, won more than 50 Wikipedia icon Game of the Year awards and was named “Best PC Game of All Time” in the November 1999, October 2001 and April 2005 issues of Wikipedia icon PC Gamer, the world's best-selling PC gaming magazine.

The company's portfolio of entertainment properties includes Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Portal, Left 4 Dead, Day of Defeat and Team Fortress. Valve's product catalog is responsible for more than 20 million retail units sold worldwide and more than 80% of the PC online action market.

As well as producing best-selling entertainment titles, Valve is a developer of cutting-edge technologies such as the Source Source game engine and Steam Steam, a broadband platform for the delivery and management of digital content.

Today, Valve is made up of more than 70 of the industry's leading artists, programmers and writers. In its 25-year history, the company has gone from “unlikely new entrant” to industry leader, producing a range of best-selling and critically acclaimed PC entertainment products and technologies. You can see what's happening to you.

Products

GoldSrc GoldSrc games

Counter-Strike Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
Condition Zero Deleted Scenes Condition Zero Deleted Scenes
Deathmatch Classic Deathmatch Classic
Day of Defeat Day of Defeat
Half-Life Half-Life
Half-Life: Opposing Force Half-Life: Opposing Force
Half-Life: Blue Shift Half-Life: Blue Shift
Ricochet Ricochet
Team Fortress Classic Team Fortress Classic

Source Source games

Alien Swarm Alien Swarm
Counter-Strike: Source Counter-Strike: Source
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Day of Defeat: Source Day of Defeat: Source
Half-Life: Source Half-Life: Source
Half-Life Deathmatch: Source Half-Life Deathmatch: Source
Half-Life 2 Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
Half-Life 2: Episode One Half-Life 2: Episode One
Half-Life 2: Episode Two Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast Half-Life 2: Lost Coast
Left 4 Dead Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead 2 Left 4 Dead 2
Portal Portal
Portal 2 Portal 2
Team Fortress 2 Team Fortress 2

Source 2 Source 2 games

Artifact Artifact
Counter-Strike 2 Counter-Strike 2
Deadlock Deadlock
Dota Underlords Dota Underlords
Dota 2 Dota 2 - Previously, it ran on Source
Half-Life: Alyx Half-Life: Alyx
The Lab Robot Repair - Included in The Lab
SteamVR Home SteamVR Home

Console Ports

Half-Life (PS2) Half-Life (PS2)
Half-Life: Decay Half-Life: Decay (PS2)
Counter-Strike (Xbox) Counter-Strike (Xbox)
Half-Life 2 (Xbox) Half-Life 2 (Xbox)
The Orange Box (Console) The Orange Box (Console)
- A package containing Half-Life 2, Episode One,
Episode Two, Portal and Team Fortress 2. Also available for PC.
Left 4 Dead Left 4 Dead (Xbox 360)
Left 4 Dead 2 Left 4 Dead 2 (Xbox 360)
Portal 2 (Console) Portal 2 (Console) (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Console) Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Console) (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
Portal Companion Collection Portal Companion Collection (Nintendo Switch)

Media

Zombie Movie
- (created by 2Chums Moving Pictures - basically two Valve employees at the time)
Day of Defeat: Source Day of Defeat: Prelude to Victory
Half-Life 2 Half-Life 2 trailer
Half-Life 2: Episode One Half-Life 2: Episode One trailer
Half-Life 2: Episode One HL2: Episode One Launch Trailer (1 2 3 4)
Half-Life 2: Episode Two Half-Life 2: Episode Two Trailer
Day of Defeat: Source DoD Jagd Trailer
Day of Defeat: Source DoD Colmar Trailer
Portal Portal Trailer
Team Fortress 2 Team Fortress 2 Trailer
Artifact Introducing Artifact
Half-Life: Alyx Half-Life: Alyx (Announcement Trailer, Gameplay Video - 1 2 3)
Counter-Strike 2 Counter-Strike 2 - Launch Trailer
Source Filmmaker View all official Source Filmmaker videos from Valve

Hardware

Steam Controller
SteamOS Steam Machines
Steam Link
Valve Index Valve Index
Steam Deck Steam Deck

Software

Steam Steam
Source Filmmaker Source Filmmaker
Source 2 Filmmaker Source 2 Filmmaker
SteamOS SteamOS
Wikipedia icon Proton

Business

Open Your Eyes.

External Links

See also

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