Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead says Valve defeated Meta and Apple in VR by building "incredible spaces for actual geniuses" instead of worrying about non-existent shareholders

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The Half-Life and Counter-Strike 2 studio has "lifted many fingers"

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Valve is getting a lot of flowers right now, as the industry reels from the announcement of the Steam Machine. One prominent figure doling out praise is Larian Studios publishing director Michael Douse, who distills how Valve has managed to outdo Meta and Apple in the VR space incredibly well on Twitter.

"They built incredible spaces for actual geniuses to cook and manufacturing right next door, focusing on the long game, unbothered by quarterly performance pantomimes," Douse posts, referencing someone's incredulity at Valve's accomplishments. "They lifted many fingers, you just didn't see because they were under no obligation to show anyone."

Notoriously secretive, nothing is announced or discussed by Valve until the company deems it necessary. Even then, access is heavily curated, with limited conversation through the press, if any occurs at all.

Look at Deadlock, the new multiplayer FPS developed by Valve that's required an invitation to play for over a year now. If that were anyone else, it'd likely be in Early Access by now, but not these devs, because they don't need to think that way.

The Steam Machine has also prompted speculation that Half-Life 3 might finally be coming out, spurred by apparent teasers in the announcement video. If that happens, it'd be the most Gabe Newell way to go about putting out one of the most anticipated and memed games ever. And all before GTA 6 to boot – classic Valve.

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Anthony McGlynn
Anthony McGlynn
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Anthony is an Irish entertainment and games journalist, now based in Glasgow. He previously served as Senior Anime Writer at Dexerto and News Editor at The Digital Fix, on top of providing work for Variety, IGN, Den of Geek, PC Gamer, and many more. Besides Studio Ghibli, horror movies, and The Muppets, he enjoys action-RPGs, heavy metal, and pro-wrestling. He interviewed Animal once, not that he won’t stop going on about it or anything.

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