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Valve Would So Love To Make A Kids Game For The Wii

Valve might make some of the best games for grown-ups around, but that doesn't mean they're a one-trick pony. Speaking with CVG, Doug Lombardi has said that they're actually interested in making games for kids as well:

There's a lot of people at Valve who are parents and would love to make a game for kids.

We all play the Wii a lot and we think that the proper way for Valve to approach the Wii would be to make something cool designed specifically for it.

Not a concrete announcement by any stretch of the imagination, but Valve and/or Wii fans, don't let me stop you from dreaming the good dream.
Valve feels the Wii love [CVG]

8:40 PM on Thu May 1 2008
By Luke Plunkett
1,800 views, 54 comments

Latest by man_in_gauze: Hehe, no one takes the Wii seriously for "grown-up" games, not even Valve. A shame, really. more »

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Valve Would "Love" To Micro-Transaction You

Micro-transactions aren't the future, they're the now. While companies like EA are totally on board with nickel and diming players for added content, some companies aren't. Take, Valve for instance. It hasn't gone micro-transactional. But would it? Let's hear what Valve's Dough Lombardi has to say:

If we ever get a game that fits that, we'd love to do that. I'd love to have a game that we gave away saying 'however much you want to invest in this, this is yours'.

If? If?! No, Doug, you must mean when.
Left 4 Dead Interview [Play] [Pic]

6:40 AM on Thu May 1 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
1,680 views, 34 comments

Latest by Darien_Shields: It sounds like Valve's philosophy is fundamentally different. Or at least they want us to think of it as fundamentally different. Wheras EA says "Here's a £40 game, now, would you like to pay for all the bells and whistles?" more »

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Microsoft Rejected Portal For XBLA

Portal may have proven itself to be a big deal, but it's still a small game. That's why Valve's Veep of marketing Doug Lombardi would love to see it on Xbox LIVE Arcade. But Microsoft? Microsoft wasn't having it.
I'd love to sell Portal on Xbox live. [But] the platform holders aren't doing that right now. There's a size limit and all kinds of other things.
He continues: More »

10:40 AM on Mon Apr 28 2008
By Mark Wilson
9,531 views, 102 comments

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Team Fortress DLC Price Is Up To Microsoft And Sony

Recently, Valve went on record saying that they'd like their upcoming Team Fortress 2 map pack to be free on both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, but admitted that such a situation might not be possible. Many wondered if this uncertain future was the result of EA meddling or interference from the platform holders themselves.

We contacted Valve to clarify and their VP of marketing Doug Lombardi informed us that, "The platform holder owns the final call." So just as we'd suspected, whether or not we see these maps for free is indeed up to Sony and Microsoft.

12:40 PM on Fri Mar 14 2008
By Mark Wilson
5,102 views, 102 comments

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Valve Crushes Dreams Of Portal On Wii

With almost every game announcement comes the cry from at least one gamer "Why isn't this on the Wii?" Take Valve's Portal, for example. It may seem like a perfect fit, what with the game's emphasis on pointing at things and pressing buttons, but according to head marketing honcho Doug Lombardi, there's "nothing in product" at Valve. Crushing, I know.

Fortunately, Lombardi does throw himself a blue portal through which to escape, punctuating his denial to CVG with a "not yet, anyway." Consider your heartstrings toyed with, Wii owners!

No Portal on Wii, says Valve [CVG]

6:40 PM on Tue Oct 30 2007
By Michael McWhertor
3,958 views, 55 comments

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Half-Life 2 Black Box Cancelled

Valve has officially cancelled Half-Life 2: The Black Box for the PC, according to a report from IGN. Originally scheduled to ship alongside the more complete Orange Box at a reduced price, it would have contained Half-Life 2 Episode Two, Portal and Team Fortress 2. The company will now focus on a single SKU for the PC when it ships this fall. More »

8:20 PM on Fri May 18 2007
By Michael McWhertor
9,823 views, 65 comments

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In-Game Ads Coming To Counter-Strike 1.6

Attention Counter-Strike players, your game is about to become infested with in-game advertising courtesy of Valve and IGA. In an interview with Valve's Doug Lombardi, CS-Nation questioned the marketing director on how the ads would be implemented and the reasoning behind the commercial change to the seven-year old mod with a diehard community. More »

7:20 PM on Fri Dec 8 2006
By Michael McWhertor
2,559 views, 60 comments

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Half-Life 2 Episode 2 Delayed. Again.

Look I hate to keep being the bearer of bad news, but here it comes again. Valve's Doug Lombardi confirmed the Half-Life 2 Episode Two delay to Computer & Video Games, offering up a heartbreakingly vague "summer 2007" release date. And that's the "target". More »

4:40 PM on Fri Nov 10 2006
By Michael McWhertor
912 views, 23 comments