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Valve on Being Acquired
[Aug 05, 2008, 09:20 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments

A Q&A with Valve's Lombardi Gamasutra from yesterday (thanks Ant and Play.tm) makes mention of Valve's openness to being acquired, though it seems like this is more an answer to a hypothetical question, rather than an indication that a deal for the developer is in the works. On being acquired Lombardi says they are "happy to have that conversation," but adds: "By the same token, the company's doing pretty well, and we're really happy with what we're doing, So we'll see. I mean, anything is possible." The remainder of that piece concentrates on heaping praise on Electronic Arts. The main body of the Q&A is posted separately on Gamasutra, focusing on Valve's acquisition of Turtle Rock Studios and progress on Left 4 Dead.

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Aug 5, 2008, 11:30

theyarecomingforyou

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Aug 5, 2008, 11:30

theyarecomingforyou

Exactly. If EA is struggling to buy Take-Two - resorting to slander in the press - then I don't see it that likely that Valve would be bought either, especially with the success of the Steam store. At the same time Valve is already working with EA and not resistant to the idea, so it is a possibility.

I'm not one to say that EA is evil and needs to be stopped, though I would say I fear the idea of changing a company like Valve that already works very well.

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