Valve Software to stick with Electonic Arts
Given the sporadic negative impression on publisher Electronic Arts, it might be a surprise to some that game developers would remain under its wings. But Valve Software, oft advocates of the PC gaming platform, has developed a good relationship with the international publisher and will stick with Electronic Arts even after The Orange Box (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows PC over DVD) finally ships.
“Everybody always tells us what a horrible monster EA is supposed to be and we keep waiting for the hair to sprout out and the fangs to grow,” said Gabe Newell of Valve Corporation. Valve and Turtle Rock Studios’ Left 4 Dead (Xbox 360, Windows PC over DVD), offered back in QuakeCon 07, will also be published by EA.
“We’ve had a great relationship with them so far, and bringing more titles to that like Left 4 Dead seems to be a natural consequence of that,” he added. Whether or not another Left 4 Dead demonstration will be offered freely is definitely in Valve’s hands, but they’d like to think there’s a good chance it would happen again. Newell told Eurogamer:
What we’re finding is any time that we remind ourselves that we’re in collaboration with the community, we benefit, whether it’s guest passes to help introduce new people to our franchises, or free weekends or whatever, it’s easily the best way we have of getting people to be excited about the games that we have, so we’re going to pull out all the stops with Left 4 Dead.
Given the sporadic negative impression on publisher Electronic Arts, it might be a surprise to some that game developers would remain under its wings. But Valve Software, oft advocates of the PC gaming platform, has developed a good relationship with the international publisher and will stick with Electronic Arts even after The Orange Box (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows PC over DVD) finally ships.
“Everybody always tells us what a horrible monster EA is supposed to be and we keep waiting for the hair to sprout out and the fangs to grow,” said Gabe Newell of Valve Corporation. Valve and Turtle Rock Studios’ Left 4 Dead (Xbox 360, Windows PC over DVD), offered back in QuakeCon 07, will also be published by EA.
“We’ve had a great relationship with them so far, and bringing more titles to that like Left 4 Dead seems to be a natural consequence of that,” he added. Whether or not another Left 4 Dead demonstration will be offered freely is definitely in Valve’s hands, but they’d like to think there’s a good chance it would happen again. Newell told Eurogamer:
What we’re finding is any time that we remind ourselves that we’re in collaboration with the community, we benefit, whether it’s guest passes to help introduce new people to our franchises, or free weekends or whatever, it’s easily the best way we have of getting people to be excited about the games that we have, so we’re going to pull out all the stops with Left 4 Dead.
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