Valve Corporation facts for kids
Entrance to the offices of Valve
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Private company | |
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Headquarters | , |
Number of locations
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2 offices |
Area served
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Worldwide |
Key people
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Gabe Newell (CEO) |
Number of employees
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~330 (2013) |
Subsidiaries | Valve S.a.r.l. |
Valve Corporation is an American video game developer and digital distributor company in Bellevue, Washington. It was founded in 1996 by Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington, two Microsoft employees. The company is widely known for Steam and its critically acclaimed first-person shooter series, Half-Life, with the first being released in 1998.
Games developed by Valve
Images for kids
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Gabe Newell (foreground) and Doug Lombardi (background), 2007
See also
In Spanish: Valve Corporation para niños
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