Steam boss reveals he’s working on a new game – Is it Half-Life 3?

During about March 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic was still bombarding the US, the billionaire game industry Gabe Newelland also the boss of the giant Valve selected New Zealand as a “refuge” place. At first, he planned to rest for a few days, but he did not expect the pandemic to break out so violently that he could not return home, so he “is not as good as taking advantage” and turned a 10-day vacation into a vacation lasting up to 1 day. years in this beautiful country. The longer she stays, the better, Gabe Newell loves New Zealand so much that she is planning to host two of Valve’s most important Esports tournaments here.
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Game industry billionaire Gabe Newell.​

In an interview with 1 News – a local media channel, Gabe Newell expressed the possibility of hosting two Esports tournaments: The International (Dota 2) and CS:GO Majors in New Zealand in the near future. The reason is partly because he has “fallen in love” with this beautiful country and the other part is because New Zealand is currently controlling the disease situation well, so it is capable of holding large and crowded tournaments here. . There are not many countries in the world that can control the epidemic, so it is clear that New Zealand is the first choice of this billionaire.​

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The International.

CS:GO Majors.
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Also in this interview, he happily revealed that thanks to the success of Half-Life: Alyx that he and the development team like to regain their passion for the Singleplayer series, after a long time immersed in Multiplayer or Esports games. Despite refusing to answer questions surrounding the topic of Half-Life 3 and Citadel, but Gabe Newell still confirmed that Valve has new projects in the works.

Billionaire Gabe’s general answers can hardly let us conclude that the projects in production include Half-Life 3 that many gamers are looking forward to, but this is also a positive signal, shows that Valve boss and development team are making a move to return to the game to once again become the leading Singleplayer game developer in the game industry.
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Half-Life: Alyx.​