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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, 17:20

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Aug 5, 2008, 17:20

Blue

Mr Tact has it right. The top execs at Valve are scoping the most obvious way to score a huge pile of $$ now that they are in the 40-50's age bracket. Then they'll happily leave Valve within 6 months after the buyout.

I can't say that this isn't the case, but it bears pointing out that Valve co-founders Gabe and Mike Harrington had boatloads of money before forming Valve as before that they were both low-numbered employees at Microsoft.

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