Valve

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History

Team Fortress 2, one of Valve's flagship products, began development in 1998 but remained unreleased until 2007.

Valve was founded as an L.L.C. based in Kirkland, Washington. After incorporation in April 2003, it moved from its original location to Bellevue, Washington, the same city in which their original publisher, Template:W, Inc., was based.

After the success of Half-Life, the team worked on Template:W, Template:Ws, and Template:Ws, including Template:W. All current Valve games are built on its Template:W engine, which owes much of its success to mods and sequels. The company has produced six game series: Template:W, Template:W, Template:W, Template:W, Template:W, and Template:W. Valve is noted for its support of its games' modding community: most prominently, Counter-Strike, Team Fortress, and Day of Defeat each began as a third-party mod that Valve purchased and developed into a full game. They also distribute community mods on Template:W.

On January 10, 2008, Valve Corporation announced the acquisition of Template:W. On October 5, 2009, Template:W (DotA) developer IceFrog announced that he would be leading a team at Valve. On August 10, 2010, little under a year later, they filed a trademark for DotA. On April 8, 2010, Valve won Template:W's March Mayhem tournament for the best developer of 2010. They beat Template:W in the finale and also Template:W, the company behind Template:W, in the semi-final.

Products

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Console games Half-Life (PS2) Counter-Strike (Xbox) Half-Life 2 (Xbox) Half-Life 2: Survivor (Arcade) Half-Life 2 (Xbox 360) Half-Life 2 (PS3) Half-Life 2: Episode One (Xbox 360) Half-Life 2: Episode One (PS3) Half-Life 2: Episode Two (Xbox 360) Half-Life 2: Episode Two (PS3) Portal (Xbox 360) Portal (PS3) Team Fortress 2 (Xbox 360) Team Fortress 2 (PS3)

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External links

• Official Valve website
• About the company
• Official Steam website
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• Official YouTube Channel

Developers

• Steamworks
• Source Engine
• Valve Developer Community wiki