We could be facing the resurgence of Valve as a video game developer.
Although it is not the most popular, and it is not the company that the general public knows the most, Valve is one of the most important companies in the video game industry. They achieved this, first of all, with the launch of great titles, some of them managing to redefine their genre, the Half Life saga being a great example of this. Even so, this company is especially known for being the creators of Steam, the most used PC video game store. All this together has placed it as one of the greats, but there will always be a thorn in the side for its users, and that is that in recent years they have stopped developing video games with assiduity.
For the latter, there is even a meme regarding the supposed fear that Valve has for the number, since a large number of its franchises have been left without a third installment, being Half Life, Portal or Left 4 Dead the three best known, although there are more. Now, luckily for these users who are waiting for new video games from the company, it seems that they will see their dreams come true.
It seems that Valve intends to continue developing video games
Valve managed to break its streak without developing video games in 2020, when it launched Half Life Alyx, a spin-off for virtual reality of one of its most beloved sagas, but since then We have not been able to know anything more about the company in this regard.
Now, thanks to an interview that Kotaku conducted with Greg Coomer, a Valve employee, we have learned information that invites us to have hope. According to Comer, “game development is very important to Valve“, further clarifying that “they have many videogames in development“Likewise, he clarified in this interview that he does not know many details, but that “there are many people involved in these projects.”
In this same interview, he was asked about the Half Life franchise, and Coomer made it clear that Valve wants to “continue exploring the Half Life universe“, as well as mentioning that “Half Life Alyx is a sign that Valve has more to say about this world“. Likewise, the Portal franchise was mentioned, saying that Valve wants to make “many” Portal gamesalthough he also clarified that at that time he had nothing to announce in this regard.
This makes it clear that Valve plans to continue developing video games in the future, already having projects underway according to Greg Coomer. For now we will have to wait for the company to decide to officially announce these projects.