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Valve Corporation, also known as Valve Software, is an American video game developer, publisher, and digital distribution company headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.It is the developer of the software distribution platform Steam and the game franchises Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Portal, Day of Defeat, Team Fortress, Left 4 Dead and Dota.
Steam is a video game digital distribution service and storefront managed by Valve. It was launched as a software client in September 2003 to provide game updates automatically for Valve's games and expanded to distributing third-party titles in late 2005. Steam offers various features, like game server matchmaking with Valve Anti-Cheat ...
Dota 2 is a 2013 multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game by Valve. The game is a sequel to Defense of the Ancients ( DotA ), a community-created mod for Blizzard Entertainment 's Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos. Dota 2 is played in matches between two teams of five players, with each team occupying and defending their own separate base ...
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Dota 2 officially holds the record for overall concurrent players for a steam game -- an odd accomplishment given that the game isn't even officially out yet. I suppose it's a testament to the ...
Gabe Logan Newell (born November 3, 1962), also known by his nickname Gaben, is an American businessman who is the president and co-founder of the video game company Valve Corporation . Newell was born in Colorado and grew up in Davis, California. He attended Harvard University in the early 1980s but dropped out to join Microsoft, where he ...
Virtus.pro ( VP) is an international esports organization founded in 2003 in Russia and acquired by Armenian investors in 2022. [ 2] The organization has players competing in such games as Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, Rainbow Six Siege, Warface and EFT: Arena. Virtus.pro's Dota 2 team has participated in multiple Majors, winning record (tied with ...
Western free-to-play and subscription-based games like Dota 2 and World of Warcraft, poised to take advantage of this model, also became successful. [8] It also prompted Chinese developers to develop numerous clones of popular Western games that they would offer at low cost, an issue that still persists presently. [timeframe?] [8]