Valve has closed a small satellite office in San Francisco and parted ways with Jeff Gates and Tod Semple, the pair of former PopCap employees that were working there, reports IGN. "Jeff and I are working on indie games again," Semple told IGN. "We were working for Valve in a remote office in San Mateo. It turned out that there weren't many benefits for either side in that arrangement. Valve was super cool about it and is letting us continue to work on our game and is also giving us the office. So Jeff and I are starting up a new company called Temple Gates Games." They also have a statement on this from Valve: "We were big fans of their prior work. We worked with them during their startup phase, but they’re independent now and still working on their game. We wish them the best of luck." Thanks Joystiq.