Valve recently posted a job listing looking for an industrial designer, a year after getting a patent for a controller, and after several bouts of complaining from Gabe Newell about the hardware industry. Are Valve really going to make a console?
Half-Life and Portal writer Erik Wolpaw has detailed how his team has been using Generative AI for research and development at Valve.
Valve has responded to New York Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit against the firm, stating it does not believe that lootboxes in its Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, and Team Fortress 2 games unlawfully encourage minors to gamble, adding it was "disappointed" to see the action go ahead despite efforts to "educate" the NYAG about virtual items since "early 2023."
I can't wait to see what Valve come up with, mainly because I just can't see where in the games market they could compete and succeed.
Are they building a console? And if so will it be linux or Windows, and will it use physical media? Could it be a download only set top box? (the Phantom 2???) Or just some Valve / Steam branded peripherals? Could it be the wearable computers we heard about a while ago? Could it even be an Android based gaming phone?
So many options! Good luck Valve... It sounds like a ballsy leap you're taking.