All You History Are Belong To Us: Valve

Valve Software Game Development History

Valve Episode 1: Unlikely Heroes


From Half-Life to Left 4 Dead 2, Valve has been one of the trailblazers in the video game industry. In this first episode of our retrospective, watch and see how two guys from Microsoft, with no entertainment experience, founded a gaming company at huge personal risk -- and ended up with one of the defining games of the medium Gabe Newell.

Valve Episode 2: Half-Life's Afterlife


In this second episode of our retrospective, watch and see how Valve's decision to open their code to the modding community led to a wealth of creativity and popularity, which in turn, made a successful game a smash hit.

Valve Episode 3: The Trouble with Sequels

In this third episode of our retrospective, watch and see how Half-Life's popularity led to an incredibly rocky development cycle, fraught with a lawsuit and one of the biggest hacks in gaming history.

Valve Episode 4: Half Times Two

In this fourth episode of our retrospective, watch and see how Valve's long-delayed Half-Life 2 is finally unleashed onto the world next to Steam, its digital distribution service. Both were incredible gambles for the independent company -- both of which paid off in spades

Valve Episode 5: Game Changer

In this fifth episode of our retrospective, watch and see how Valve shook up the typical game production cycle by first releasing the short and quick Episode One, and then delivered the deal of the century with The Orange Box.

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