Being as an awsome an SERIOUS gamer, i wonder where Valve will head now that it has joined other Game Companies to avoid lawsuit. Opinions?

ipo surely

@Lunar_Aura: well yea but maybe they could start new games with a different Engine, maybe with Ubisofts AnvilNext Engine.

@Assassin17 said:

@Lunar_Aura: well yea but maybe they could start new games with a different Engine, maybe with Ubisofts AnvilNext Engine.

They won't.

Probably nowhere new. It's just a precaution to avoid losing money to frivolous lawsuits, and it's one that doesn't even hold up in court. They'll continue forward with steam, purchasing new IPs, and not making trilogies.

Valve outsource? Pffffftttt

now they will never make episode 3 and there is nothing we can do about it because we signed away our rights to FREEEEEEEEEDOOOOOOOOM!

@Mr_Skeleton said:

@Assassin17 said:

@Lunar_Aura: well yea but maybe they could start new games with a different Engine, maybe with Ubisofts AnvilNext Engine.

They won't.

Why would they do that? That doesn't make any sense. They're smart enough to make a great looking engine already.

Absolutely nothing will change.

What does avoiding lawsuits like the other companies have to do with what game engine they use? I'm not sure I get your logic.

Yeah, nothing will change. Valve will continue to sell stuff and release a new game every other 5 - 10 years.

i mean, they could use a change of pace with Engines like Ubisoft or Sony or all the other Companies, but im just sayin.

I think you're on to something here duder! Why not take a break from one of the best engines out there? I mean, it's not like Valve updates that engine every couple of days or anything so they can continue making some of the best games out there. In all seriousness though, I don't think Valve would really outsource, and I don't think they would want to put out any money for other companies engines when they already have one that they know inside and out and can easily modify at any time for their needs, rather than work against the limits of other engines and spent months learning the new one/s. Valve games already take for goddamn ever to come out, I don't really feel a need to make that time longer.

@Deusx said:

Yeah, nothing will change. Valve will continue to sell stuff and release a new game every other 5 - 10 years.

That's just the schedule for a new Half Life game. They do alright with their other stuff. I really do want a new Half Life game, though...

@Lunar_Aura said:

ipo surely

I kinda doubt this since not being tied to the expectations of investors or being slaves to quarterly profit margins is like the crux of Valve's general philosophy.

Otherwise Half Life 3 would have been out years ago in whatever form it had taken.

@pyromagnestir said:

@Deusx said:

Yeah, nothing will change. Valve will continue to sell stuff and release a new game every other 5 - 10 years.

That's just the schedule for a new Half Life game. They do alright with their other stuff. I really do want a new Half Life game, though...

That´s true. I wish they would release a new IP though. I love Portal, Counter Strike, Half LIfe, TF2, and Dota 2 but thats all stuff we´ve all been playing for at least 6 years. They need to release something new and exciting! or a new Half Life...

They will continue to head deeper into moneyland doing exactly what they are doing.

Valve will continue down their path as a successful privately owned company that doesn't make decisions based on what investors think is best for them.
 
Which is a shame..
 
We'd had Episode 3 years ago if they were a stock company..

@SomeJerk said:

Valve will continue down their path as a successful privately owned company that doesn't make decisions based on what investors think is best for them. Which is a shame.. We'd had Episode 3 years ago if they were a stock company..

I can't visualize a world where a 2/yearly scheduled release Half Life series would be as important/well made as it is in this.

Valve will continue down their path as a successful privately owned company that doesn't make decisions based on what investors think is best for them.

They will make a new Lost Vikings. Blizzard is very happy about that decision.

@pyromagnestir: true. they set up an awsome sequel end in episode two, but it doesnt have to be a Half Life 3. maybe a third episode but not named episode 3.

Valve will continue being Valve. They've yet to screw over their fans, and have the reputation for being the savior of video games, why would they start now?

@Assassin17: perhaps go to grade school and learn how to count to 3

No IPO, nothing major will change.

So they'll keep making computer sofware similar to crack cocain instead of making some video games.

So addictive, FTP multiplayer games and no half life 3.

Soon they'll rename the company to B.L.I.Z.Z.A.R.D. 2

@pyrodactyl said:

B.L.I.Z.Z.A.R.D. 2

Bifurcated Licensed Intelligent Zebra Zapping Aeronautics Registry Designs 2.

THEY MAKE VIDEO GAMES!

@SomeJerk said:

Which is a shame.. We'd had Episode 3 years ago if they were a stock company..

Yeah, and it would have been utter shit.

Valve will continue racing the office chairs around the fifth floor and getting into bidding wars on knives on eBay.

And maybe in five or six years they'll make a game.

@living4theday258 said:

@Assassin17: perhaps go to grade school and learn how to count to 3

Not a chance. The next game in the Half-Life series will be titled Half-Life 2: Episode 2: Episode 1.

They will continue to make bug ridden fun pieces of shit. I'm looking at you TF2.