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Google To Acquire Valve??? News
Online reports emerge suggesting that the search engine giant could be about to pounce on Valve...
By Jon WilcoxPosted: 17/09/2008
Movie studios, music TV channels - it seems like everyone want a piece of the videogames industry today, and online reports are today suggesting that search engine giant, Google, could be about to enter the market too.
According to The Inquirer and 'well placed sources', Google is on the verge of acquiring Half-Life and Left 4 Dead developers, Valve Software, with an potential announcement at this week's Game Developers Conference in Austin, Texas.
Google's main interest in the firm apparently rests with Valve's Steam content distribution system, which has become increasing popular with publishers in the last couple of years as a way to digitally distribute their titles. So far, the likes of 2K Games, Eidos, and Activision have all signed up to Steam, alongside indie studios such as Introversion (Darwinia) and Media Molecule (Rag Doll Kung Fu).
Neither Google nor Valve has issued a statement on the reports, but the acquisition would certainly give Google a leg up in the ongoing battle for online supremacy against Microsoft.
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Added:Mon 02nd Nov 2009 01:27, Post No: 167
how many more times left 4 dead has nothing to do with EA games so why does this site say publisher EA games im sure activision/valve arnt to happy with that.
Added:Sun 01st Nov 2009 01:18, Post No: 166
man, I watched this HD video of the full demo
bit.ly/2hkzXx
how's he got a 20min video on Youtube????!!
Added:Tue 13th Oct 2009 12:15, Post No: 165
flupen burgar mc cheese head
Added:Mon 05th Oct 2009 00:32, Post No: 164
hi early demo for l4d2 demo cumin before oct27
Added:Mon 28th Sep 2009 23:16, Post No: 163
post 159, EA may publish it, but they didnt create it, which is what freeradical was saying, obviously u dont read
Added:Wed 09th Sep 2009 22:33, Post No: 162
type back I'm waiting on your sexy ass!
Added:Wed 09th Sep 2009 16:08, Post No: 161
not at all valve is full of bs and i will tell you why. qoute:"It's not like we're [Valve is] looking at this as, 'Oh my god, we need some money, we're going to charge,' obviously, or we'd do it on the PC!!!! he says...now why would someone buy crash course for the pc when they get all sorts of maps for free already pc version has all knid of downloadable campaigns made by the comunnity. SO DUH of course you would charge PC users because why buy this 30 min campaign. it would be dumb on valve to try to charge.but xbox on the other has none of these maps period so it's a good way to hustle us outta our money
Added:Wed 09th Sep 2009 16:07, Post No: 160
not at all valve is full of bs and i will tell you why. qoute:"It's not like we're [Valve is] looking at this as, 'Oh my god, we need some money, we're going to charge,' obviously, or we'd do it on the PC!!!! he says...now why would someone buy crash course for the pc when they get all sorts of maps for free already pc version has all knid of downloadable campaigns made by the comunnity. SO DUH of course you would charge PC users because why buy this 30 min campaign. it would be dumb on valve to try to charge.but xbox on the other has none of these maps period so it's a good way to hustle us outta our money
Added:Sun 06th Sep 2009 19:50, Post No: 159
er where it says publisher it clearly says EA games but its not published by EA games at all so freeradical as you say we meaning you work for this site means sort out your mistakes.
Added:Sun 06th Sep 2009 12:29, Post No: 158
When did we say EA does have the publishing rightsfor Left 4 Dead? Clearly Valve controls the intellectual property of all the games its developed.
Left 4 Dead was distributed via the EA Partners program (similarly to Crysis and Brutal Legend), which basically allows developers to maintain creative control of their game and have it distributed by EA.
However, Gabe Newell said before Left 4 Dead was released that if a PS3 version of L4D did get developed, then it would be ported by an EA team (as was the case with The Orange Box on PS3). This does not mean that EA would take the publishing rights for that port, although it would undoubtedly take a cut of the profits.