Valve founder Gabe Newell is doing billionaire things again with the $300 million purchase of a ship the size of an NFL football field designed to explore the deepest parts of the ocean

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Gabe Newell's Inkfish has added the RV6000 to its fleet

Steam and Valve's Gabe Newell
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In case you needed further proof that billionaires are living in a completely different world from the rest of us, Valve founder Gabe Newell is dropping $300 million on a giant ship to explore the deep ocean.

Per Luxury Launches and Super Yacht Times, two publications which themselves further prove my point, Newell's US-based marine research organization Inkfish has partnered up with ship builder Vard to design and construct the 100-meter custom-built research vessel, RV6000. The mega ship will be the flagship of Inkfish's existing fleet of ships, which includes the RV Dagon and RV Hydra.

"Our research vessels are at the heart of what we do – they're how we get science done. We're excited to be working with Vard on the next step in that journey: a world-class vessel that will dramatically increase our capacity and broaden the support we can offer the global research community. This has been a unique opportunity to involve the researchers to collaborate with the ship builder and the operators from the first stage of the design process," said Inkfish maritime operations lead Stu Buckle.

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Jordan Gerblick
Jordan Gerblick
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After earning an English degree from ASU, I worked as a corporate copy editor while freelancing for places like SFX Magazine, Screen Rant, Game Revolution, and MMORPG on the side. I got my big break here in 2019 with a freelance news gig, and I was hired on as GamesRadar's west coast Staff Writer in 2021. That means I'm responsible for managing the site's western regional executive branch, AKA my home office, and writing about whatever horror game I'm too afraid to finish.

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