Before there was Gabe, there was Ken Williams, and he played a significant role in bringing Half-Life into the world.

Sarah has been an editor and contributor for GameRant since 2015. She kicked off her video game journey after meeting her first Chocobo, she never looked back. After years of playing them, she decided ...

Gabe Newell, one of the most important figures in the video game industry, stopped working directly on game development after the release of Portal 2. According to Valve, this was largely because ...

Newell asked on Kojima's behalf over 7 years ago ...

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Gabe Newell remains the CEO of Valve, but it's no secret that he stepped back from actively running the company some time ago: he says himself he's been "retired for a long time." Newell now divides ...

I consider myself pretty good at MOBAs. While my primary choice will always be League of Legends, I've played (and lost) a few Dota 2 games in my time, piloting heroes like Queen of Pain, Muerta, and ...

Once upon a time, Steam didn't exist - I know, I can't believe it either. You used to have to wander into game stores to pick up plastic-wrapped videogame cases, containing colorful manuals, easily ...

John Carmack’s in there. Will Wright’s in there, too. So are Tim Sweeney, Peter Molyneux and Shigeru Miyamoto. And now Gabe Newell will be joining all of those video game luminaries in the Academy of ...

The 364-foot Leviathan was delivered to the billionaire gaming visionary in November 2025, but was recently captured cruising the Bahamas by photographer Guillaume Plisson. The images provide the ...

Interior photos of the yacht belonging to Gabe Newell, GabeN, including dive center, video game room, and more.

Ashley has been writing about video games professionally for over eight years, but her path into gaming journalism wasn't exactly a straight line. She grew up playing games and got a Nintendo 64 when ...