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Gabe Newell's Reddit Q&A: on Half-Life 3, Steam support, and more

VALVE FOUNDER GABE Newell took to Reddit recently for another hour-long AMA/Ask Me Anything (go.pcworld.com/gnewell ama) session. Among the topics broached: Is Valve still working on singleplayer games? What are its plans for the future? And the perennial “What is up with Steam support? Why is it so bad?”

The timing is pretty fortuitous. Recently published an interview with an alleged Valve insider, one who subsequently claimed would never was the topic of many dodged questions, though Newell did say “I personally believe all unidentified anonymous sources on the internet” when asked about the article. Good ol’ sarcasm.

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