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Valve Corporation is an American video game developer and publisher founded in 1996 by former Microsoft employees Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington and currently based in Bellevue, Washington. The studio is known for their first-person shooter series, including Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Team Fortress, and Day of Defeat. All games released by Valve use one of two engines of their own creation - the Quake-based GoldSRC or its successor, Source.

Half-Life

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1998 – Microsoft Windows
2001 – PlayStation 2
2013 – Linux, OS X
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1999 – Microsoft Windows
2013 – Linux, OS X
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2001 – Microsoft Windows
2013 – Linux, OS X
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  • Developed with Gearbox Software.
  • The second expansion pack for Half-Life.



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2001 – PlayStation 2
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  • included in the PS2 version of Half-Life

Promotional releases

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1998
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1998 – Microsoft Windows
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  • Demo for Half-Life packaged with certain graphics cards.



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February 12, 1999
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1999 – Microsoft Windows
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  • Demo for Half-Life which includes levels and areas not present in the full game.

Half-Life 2

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2004 – Microsoft Windows
2005 – Xbox
2007 – PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
2010 – OS X
2013 – Linux
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  • Sequel to the original Half-Life.
  • Bundled with The Orange Box, which was released on PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 in 2007.
  • After receiving an overhaul update to the latest Source Engine build, it was released for OS X in 2010.



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2004 – Microsoft Windows
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  • Multiplayer component to Half-Life 2 released separately from the main game.



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2005 – Microsoft Windows
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2006 – Microsoft Windows
2007 – PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
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2013 – Linux
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  • The first installment in a planned trilogy of sequels to Half-Life 2.
  • Bundled with The Orange Box, which was released on PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 in 2007.



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2007 – Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
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  • The second installment in a planned trilogy of sequels to Half-Life 2.
  • Bundled with The Orange Box, which was released on PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 in 2007.

Counter-Strike

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2000 – Microsoft Windows
2004 – Xbox
2013 – Linux, OS X
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2004 – Microsoft Windows, Xbox
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2004 – Microsoft Windows
2010 – OS X
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  • Source engine remake of the original Counter-Strike.



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2012 – Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
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  • Is downloadable title on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Team Fortress

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1999 – Microsoft Windows
2013 – Linux, OS X
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2007 – Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
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2012 – Linux
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  • Sequel to Team Fortress Classic.
  • Bundled with The Orange Box, which was released on PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 in 2007.
  • Available for free on Steam as of June 23, 2011.

Day of Defeat

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2003 – Microsoft Windows
2013 – Linux, OS X
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  • World War II-based multiplayer shooter modification of the original Half-Life.



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2005 – Microsoft Windows
2010 – OS X
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  • Source engine remake of Day of Defeat.

Portal

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2007 – Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
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2011 – Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
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  • Sequel to Portal.
  • First Valve game developed for the PlayStation 3 by Valve and the first console version of a Valve game to feature Steam and Steamworks.

Left 4 Dead

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2008 – Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360
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2009 – Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360
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  • Sequel to Left 4 Dead.

Other games

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2000 – Microsoft Windows
2013 – Linux, OS X
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  • Multiplayer modification of the original Half-Life.



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2000 – Microsoft Windows
2013 – Linux, OS X
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  • Multiplayer modification of the original Half-Life.



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2007 – Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
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  • Not a game but a compilation including Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One and Episode Two, Team Fortress 2, and Portal.
  • PlayStation 3 version's development was outsourced to Electronic Arts due to Valve being a critic of the PS3 hardware at the time.



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2010 – Microsoft Windows
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  • A remake of the Alien Swarm mod for Unreal Tournament 2004 on the Source engine made by the developers between other projects after they were hired by Valve.
  • Released for free via Steam with access to the complete code base to help developers creating Source engine mods.



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2013 – Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux
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References

  • "Valve - Games". Valve Corporation. Retrieved 2010-01-25.