2026-08-26T07:41:10.578073Z

Valve was founded 30 years ago — changed PC gaming forever with Half-Life, then Steam | Microsoft veterans Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington founded the company on August 24, 1996.

www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/valve-was-founded-30-years-ago-today-changed-pc-gaming-forever-with-half-life-then-steam

2026-08-27T00:08:13.259431Z

Doomsider@Doomsider@lemmy.world

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Replying to an earlier post

I remember steam when it came out. It was absolute garbage and I was like what is up with Valve trying to force me to use their stupid online platform.

Half life was fire though.

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