Valve have a knack for releasing consistently high quality games, whether it be Portal, Left 4 Dead, Half Life or Counter Strike. They know what makes a game good, but they also know that the most important way to get things right is by listening to your community.
After getting some hands-on with their latest game, Counter Strike: Global Offense, James O’Leary and Ray Willmott from This Is My Joystick managed to corner Chet Faliszek, writer of the Half-Life, Portal and the Left 4 Dead games, and ask him some questions.
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."
