Author Topic: Valve making a console...Steam press accounts mysteriously reapearing (Read 36497 times)

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #240 on:** February 13, 2013, 01:31:09 PM »

More like Half Life NON-maker, amirite

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #241 on:** February 13, 2013, 01:34:11 PM »

Still don't understand the market logic of a steambox where it makes business sense but whatevs.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #242 on:** February 13, 2013, 01:35:28 PM »

me neither. it was intriguing because Valve was making it, but if anyone else was trying, I'd lol. And the end result was sounding (and looking) pretty janky.

That's without mentioning the problems people will have when they start buying and trying to run shit they have no business trying on that hardware. Valve would need to open a full fledged technical service department to support it. Or find some way to limit what people can buy on any Steam box...but how do you do that?

I'm a bit surprised the idea managed to get such a strong foot hold in the company. It was surreal seeing Valve discuss it like it was something they were releasing to the public soon.

I don't think they're a small, cute homey company like Internet dreg think it is, but the Steam box would have to be taken as seriously and require as much attention as Steam itself to be a worthwhile endeavor, which they aren't big enough for as a software company.

maxy · « **Reply #243 on:** February 13, 2013, 03:09:34 PM »

http://www.develop-online.net/news/43261/Jason-Holtman-leaves-Valve

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Jason Holtman has left Valve, Develop understands.

A reliable source has told us Valve's director of business has departed the company, although it is currently unclear as to the reasons for his exit.
The news follows the studio's decision to also fire hardware engineer Jeri Ellsworth, who had been working on prototype controllers for the upcoming Steam Box.
Gamasutra has also reported up to 25 employees have been let go from the company, mainly in the hardware and Android development divisions.
Holtman acted as one of the company's primary points of contact for devs using Valve's digital distribution platform Steam, playing a key role in developer relations at the studio, and has worked at the development giant since 2005.

The news of his departure will come as a shock to many, given has important role at the firm and the continued success of Steam, a platform driving the success of the PC games market.

Develop has contacted Valve for more details on the matter and we will update the story as soon as we learn anything.

What is going on?

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #244 on:** February 13, 2013, 03:15:59 PM »

oh shit, what's next, Gabe Newell caught on tape calling his internet fans "a bunch of sad little nerds with nothing better to spend their money on"

Purple Filth · « **Reply #245 on:** February 13, 2013, 03:18:12 PM »

deciding to not release hardware after all?

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #246 on:** February 13, 2013, 03:28:16 PM »

It's a good thing andrex isn't here anymore, this would kill him :'(

maxy · « **Reply #247 on:** February 13, 2013, 03:32:53 PM »

gaf

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been just informed from a friend of mine who knows them:

Moby Francke, the art lead of TF2, is gone
Bay Raitt (lead of SFM) is gone too

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #248 on:** February 13, 2013, 03:46:04 PM »

Sex scandal?

bork · « **Reply #249 on:** February 13, 2013, 03:54:17 PM »

Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on February 13, 2013, 03:28:16 PM

It's a good thing andrex isn't here anymore, this would kill him :'(

He's just lurking.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #250 on:** February 13, 2013, 04:00:00 PM »

buyout

this year is gonna be fucking insane in the industry

maxy · « **Reply #251 on:** February 13, 2013, 04:03:56 PM »

Sony buying them?

How much is Valve worth these days,does Sony have enough money?

benjipwns · « **Reply #252 on:** February 13, 2013, 04:06:10 PM »

Always knew Valve was suspicious and here they are proving it!

These brave souls probably spoke up against Gabe's plot to monopolize the entire game industry and then shut it down running off with the loot.

hampster · « **Reply #253 on:** February 13, 2013, 04:20:49 PM »

I wonder if 2012 wasn't as good as they hoped. The digital distribution market is getting rough, might be better for them to double down on what they do well and fight off competition there rather than enter the crowded console/hardware market

In other words - Gaben on blast!

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #254 on:** February 13, 2013, 04:35:06 PM »

wow @ this decision

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #255 on:** February 13, 2013, 04:36:52 PM »

I think Valve should focus on what they are strong at. The Digital Distribution stuff and actual software development. I respect a lot of the good things they have done for the PC market but a lot of their behavior in recent years has been odd to me. The weird paranoia about windows 8 and apple. All this stuff about steamboxes, Wearable computing which sounds like the dumbest idea ever outside of niche stuff like the oculus rift and other niche stuff.

Just seems like too nuch focus on things outside of their core.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #256 on:** February 13, 2013, 04:38:20 PM »

They're getting rid of some extra people now that Half-Life 3 has gone gold.

archie4208 · « **Reply #257 on:** February 13, 2013, 04:39:25 PM »

Time to short my hat futures.

Vertigo · « **Reply #258 on:** February 13, 2013, 04:49:13 PM »

Good. Maybe they can go back to actually making games I want to play again.

And not HL something new please.

benjipwns · « **Reply #259 on:** February 13, 2013, 05:21:08 PM »

Some more of the changes:

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Garry’s Mod creator Garry Newman tweets the appearance of a number of differences on Valve’s staff page seen through Diff Checker. The comparison tool indicates the removal of nine employee bios from the People section of Valve’s company page, listed below:

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Moby Francke, Half-Life 2 character designer and Team Fortress 2 art lead
Jason Holtman, director of business development for Steam and Steamworks
Keith Huggins, character animator and animator for Team Fortress 2 “Meet the” video series
Tom Leonard, software engineer for Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead
Realm Lovejoy, artist for Half-Life 2, Portal, and Left 4 Dead. She was also part of the original DigiPen-turned-Valve team that created Narbacular Drop, the inspiration for Portal
Marc Nagel, test lead for Half-Life, Counter-Strike, and patch updates
Bay Raitt, animator for Half-Life 2, Team Fortress 2, and Portal
Elan Ruskin, engine programmer for Left 4 Dead, Portal 2, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Matthew Russell, animator for Team Fortress 2 “Meet the” video series

Just shows how suspicious everything Valve does is. Ubisoft is having employee riots over providing games to gamers and nobody is fired, meanwhile at Valve people are working hard on classic franchises and are thrown out on the street.

This is what Linux does to companies.

etiolate · « **Reply #260 on:** February 13, 2013, 05:41:27 PM »

strange

I guess they felt they were overreaching into too may things.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #261 on:** February 13, 2013, 07:02:09 PM »

Seems like a prime opportunity for Nintendo to purchase them. Reggie needs to cut the check.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #262 on:** February 13, 2013, 07:18:38 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on February 13, 2013, 07:02:09 PM

Seems like a prime opportunity for Nintendo to purchase them. Reggie needs to cut the check.

Gaben's making way too much money off of hats to want to sell Valve.

Purple Filth · « **Reply #263 on:** February 13, 2013, 07:44:17 PM »

Gabe reponds

http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/13/valve-gabe-newell-layoffs-statement/

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"We don't usually talk about personnel matters for a number of reasons. There seems to be an unusual amount of speculation about some recent changes here, so I thought I'd take the unusual step of addressing them. No, we aren't canceling any projects. No, we aren't changing any priorities or projects we've been discussing. No, this isn't about Steam or Linux or hardware or [insert game name here]. We're not going to discuss why anyone in particular is or isn't working here."

Basically "nothing to see here"

chronovore · « **Reply #264 on:** February 18, 2013, 04:44:07 AM »

What a weird statement: It's unusual for us to say anything, but this situation has elicited a lot of speculation, so... we're still not saying anything.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #265 on:** February 18, 2013, 07:57:58 AM »

My tinfoil hat theory is that Microsoft paid off Valve not to release the steambox and that there will be a Steam client on the Durango. So Gabe will have to keep his mouth shut (except for when he eats amirite) until E3, which explains his comment.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #266 on:** February 18, 2013, 09:06:01 AM »

PROBABLY

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #267 on:** February 18, 2013, 10:15:42 AM »

I was listening to Giant Bomb the other day, and someone mentioned that Valve doesn't owe the people waiting for HL3 anything, and while that is technically true, it's still pretty bullshit. Everyone seems to have forgotten Gabe shooting his mouth off about "episodic gaming" (lol), and every episode of HL2 ends on a cliffhanger. So yeah, as someone who bought the episodes under the assumption that I'd get an Episode 3 and the end of the story someday, I do think they owe me a bit of closure. I'm not asking for the world or anything, just for them to deliver what Gabe himself promised (again, people tend to forget this) - an end to the story. I give you money, you give me an ending, everybody's happy. I don't understand what's so hard about that. I was a bit invested in the world and the characters, and I want to put a straight fucking to those assholes who killed kindly old Benson. You're not painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel*, motherfuckers, you're just making a pretty cool science fiction action game.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

* that only took four years, btw

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Joe Molotov · « **Reply #268 on:** February 18, 2013, 10:27:29 AM »

Damn straight.

archie4208 · « **Reply #269 on:** February 18, 2013, 10:41:54 AM »

I'd rather have hats and #ESPORTS over another scripted shooter.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #270 on:** February 18, 2013, 10:45:18 AM »

don't you want the special golden headcrab hat you'll get from preordering half-life 3

pilonv1 · « **Reply #271 on:** February 18, 2013, 06:25:46 PM »

After stuffing around with installing Ubuntu and Steam/TF2 last weekend I can't imagine this ever working.

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #272 on:** February 18, 2013, 06:34:50 PM »

Make HL3 a motion comic

Problem solved

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #273 on:** February 18, 2013, 06:41:34 PM »

I am glad that there are a tiny handful of quality game companies that get to not rush out shit when the publisher says so. True, I don't know why it's taking so long but on the other hand, Aliens: Colonial Marines. Whenever the next Half-Life game hits, I will buy the shit out of it and have a great time, then expect nothing for 5 years minimum. If they want to burn through cash and time and employees to make me an incrementally better game and push the industry forward as well, I guess I'm OK with that!

chronovore · « **Reply #274 on:** February 18, 2013, 08:01:33 PM »

Quote from: Sho Nuff on February 18, 2013, 06:34:50 PM

Make HL3 a motion comic

Problem solved

Who needs Half-Life 3 when you've already got that Half-Fife: Full Consequences movie?

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #275 on:** February 18, 2013, 08:12:47 PM »

Quote from: Sho Nuff on February 18, 2013, 06:34:50 PM

Make HL3 a motion comic

Problem solved

Mr T is very available

maxy · « **Reply #276 on:** February 25, 2013, 11:48:57 AM »

Gaf found this

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Originally Posted by LinkedIn:
Doug Lombardi

Previous: Valve corporation, Sierra Online, CNET Networks

Experience

Valve corporation
VP of Marketing
Valve corporation
January 2000 – February 2013 (13 years 2 months)

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #277 on:** February 25, 2013, 11:49:54 AM »

kids, download your steam libraries and stock up on campbell's soup

maxy · « **Reply #278 on:** February 25, 2013, 12:13:54 PM »

Crisis averted, apparently

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #279 on:** February 25, 2013, 12:16:53 PM »

I was just about to post that the right troll in light of this news could turn GAF against Gaben, which would be funny.

"anonymous" blog post about gabe secretly being a control freak ala Lance Armstrong
and you're done. could prob still do it with the rest of the exodus

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #280 on:** February 25, 2013, 12:27:26 PM »

The Nintendo rumbling are sounding more and more true

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #281 on:** March 06, 2013, 01:33:07 AM »

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Talking about the procedural-generated horror series Left 4 Dead, Newell said, "you need to actually be able to directly measure how aroused the player is - what their heart rate is, things like that - in order to offer them a new experience each time they play." This would certainly open up potentially fascinating feedback loops between games and their players.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-03-05-valve-expects-steam-box-prototypes-to-be-ready-within-four-months

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #282 on:** March 06, 2013, 01:43:30 AM »

i suggest, humbly, that some sort of Tanita scale be employed for feedback on game-induced physiques

Himu · « **Reply #283 on:** March 06, 2013, 01:44:23 AM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on March 06, 2013, 01:33:07 AM

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Talking about the procedural-generated horror series Left 4 Dead, Newell said, "you need to actually be able to directly measure how aroused the player is - what their heart rate is, things like that - in order to offer them a new experience each time they play." This would certainly open up potentially fascinating feedback loops between games and their players.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-03-05-valve-expects-steam-box-prototypes-to-be-ready-within-four-months

Yes this has nothing to do with E3.

benjipwns · « **Reply #284 on:** March 06, 2013, 01:54:51 AM »

Vitality Sensor saved.

What if Nintendo packs in the upgrade dongle with it and a Valve exclusive.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #285 on:** March 06, 2013, 02:06:46 AM »

Maybe I'm just an unimaginative old stick in the mud but this idea of biometric data outside of anything related to fitness software just strikes me as a loser of a concept.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #286 on:** March 06, 2013, 03:08:20 AM »

How about the game companies just make me as excited and aroused as they possibly can

i mean, who wants 75%

maxy · « **Reply #287 on:** March 06, 2013, 03:44:58 AM »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21677119

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"We're working with partners trying to nail down how fast we can make it," Mr Newell told the BBC.

"We'll be giving out some prototypes to customers to gauge their reactions, I guess, in the next three to four months.

"There are noise issues and heat issues and being able to [deal with] that while still offering a powerful enough gaming experience is the challenge in building it."

chronovore · « **Reply #288 on:** March 06, 2013, 05:18:26 AM »

Valve releases powerful SteamEngine.

System is so powerful that players can use any loading screen to play in the world's largest drop-in/drop-out TeamFortress Ultra game.

Valve makes a fortune on Hats.

Our gaming future is safe until the distributed network forms SkyNet and kills us all.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #289 on:** March 06, 2013, 09:51:10 AM »

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Mr Newell told the BBC.

ManaByte · « **Reply #290 on:** March 06, 2013, 10:31:06 AM »

If I can play my 300+ steam games on this, I'm sold.

maxy · « **Reply #291 on:** March 20, 2013, 04:24:50 PM »

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Steam press accounts gone?
Following a bunch of games press mention it on Twitter. What's going on? New policy or error?

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I know for a fact Phil Kollar, Matt Kessler and Arthur Gies just lost theirs. I don't think this is isolated to them, though.

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #292 on:** March 20, 2013, 04:35:24 PM »

Bubububu~

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #293 on:** March 20, 2013, 04:36:58 PM »

Steam does not need the gaming press. If it isn't a mistake, then it probably isn't for a bad reason.

If it is for real, gaming press is gonna get exposed hardcore. I feel like that's been happening a lot recently.

maxy · « **Reply #294 on:** March 20, 2013, 04:50:57 PM »

Looks like false alarm.

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #295 on:** March 20, 2013, 05:12:22 PM »

Thank god, I can't take that much sodium in one day

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #296 on:** March 20, 2013, 07:57:55 PM »

Valve should make them tweet "Valve is awesome! #Gabeismydaddy" to get their accounts back.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #297 on:** March 20, 2013, 08:54:57 PM »

hey, if it wasn't for Rock Paper Shotgun having a Steam press account, they'd never report on half the weird shit they do. It just lets them do their actual jobs, free of bias and needless expense

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