Valve

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digital distribution platform operator software company video game company

Valve is a prominent video game developer and digital distribution company best known for creating the Half-Life series and operating the Steam platform.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Valve Corporation	10
United States (Valve)	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	digital distribution platform operator ⓘ software company ⓘ video game company ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
developedHardware	Steam Controller NERFINISHED ⓘ Steam Deck NERFINISHED ⓘ Steam Link NERFINISHED ⓘ Steam Machine NERFINISHED ⓘ Valve Index NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedSoftware	Source 2 game engine NERFINISHED ⓘ Source game engine NERFINISHED ⓘ SteamOS NERFINISHED ⓘ
formerName	Valve, L.L.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy	Gabe Newell NERFINISHED ⓘ Mike Harrington NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedInCity	Kirkland, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName	Valve Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
headquartersLocation	Bellevue, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	1996 ⓘ
industry	digital distribution ⓘ video games ⓘ virtual reality ⓘ
keyPerson	Gabe Newell NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Counter-Strike series NERFINISHED ⓘ Dota 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Half-Life series NERFINISHED ⓘ Left 4 Dead series NERFINISHED ⓘ Portal series NERFINISHED ⓘ Steam digital distribution platform ⓘ Team Fortress series NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	Artifact NERFINISHED ⓘ Counter-Strike NERFINISHED ⓘ Counter-Strike 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Counter-Strike: Global Offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ Counter-Strike: Source NERFINISHED ⓘ Day of Defeat NERFINISHED ⓘ Day of Defeat: Source NERFINISHED ⓘ Dota 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Half-Life NERFINISHED ⓘ Half-Life 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Half-Life: Alyx NERFINISHED ⓘ Left 4 Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ Left 4 Dead 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Portal NERFINISHED ⓘ Portal 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Ricochet NERFINISHED ⓘ Team Fortress 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Team Fortress Classic NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatorOf	Steam NERFINISHED ⓘ Steam Deck Verified program NERFINISHED ⓘ Steam Workshop NERFINISHED ⓘ SteamVR NERFINISHED ⓘ
publisherOf	Dota Underlords NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

DigiPen Institute of Technology → collaboratesWith → Valve ⓘ

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive → countryOfOrigin → Valve ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States (Valve)

Half-Life franchise → creator → Valve ⓘ

Wheatley (Portal 2) → creator → Valve ⓘ

subject surface form: Wheatley