Rumor: Bethesda Looking to Buy Valve?
Posted 10/26/09 at 11:11:29 PM by Nathan Grayson
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If you just dropped a massive chunk of change on Doom creator id Software, what would you do next? Huh? Did you just say “Buy Valve”? No? No takers? Yeah, we’re not exactly waving our hands about and shouting “called it” on this one either. But, according to the latest stink-raising piece of scuttlebutt over at Eurogamer, Bethesda could very well be in the market for the house that Gordon Freeman built.
“However, it's also worth watching closely what happens to Steam in the coming months. Unconfirmed industry scuttlebutt suggests that Zenimax - the parent company of Bethesda, which made headlines back in June when it acquired legendary PC studio id Software - is still on the acquisition trail, and has been making eyes at Half-Life creators Valve across the bar,” reads the article.
We’ve contacted both Valve and Bethesda for comment, but so far, our questions remain unanswered. We’ll be sure to let you know if we hear more.
NONONONONO dont do
Submitted by B10H4Z4RD on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 6:21am
NONONONONO dont do that!
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On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero. Chuck Palahniuk, FIght Club.
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In the year 2012, Bethesda
Submitted by n0ctis on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 5:43am
In the year 2012, Bethesda will own everyone.
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Submitted by B10H4Z4RD on Thu, 11/19/2009 - 6:19pm
but thats ok world will end late 2012
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On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero. Chuck Palahniuk, FIght Club.
Intel Q6600@3.2
ASUS P5N-D
Nvidia8800GTS 640MB
and be Powered by
Submitted by nekollx on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 8:18am
and be Powered by Goggle
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A few rhetorical questions...
Submitted by QUINTIX256 on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 5:04am
- How long has it been since id released Doom 3?
- How successful was Doom 3 in comparison to Half-Life 2 and Counterstrike back in 2005?
- How many more first party games has id released since Doom 3?
(Hint: RoE was developed by Nerve Software)You see what I am getting at? Valve is not desperate for cash.
You can have your recession. I'm not participating.
And you know what, IMO,
Submitted by Caboose on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 5:15am
And you know what, IMO, the Half-Life series has been better visually (and story wise too) than Doom. Heck, Doom 3 looked too shiny for my taste. Light reflected off of almost everything. Ya, it was ball-busting hard on systems, but I still think that some more texture or less gloss was needed. It still felt too much like a video game to me and less of an interactive story.
Anyone else here, when they finished Half-Life 2 was craving more instantly, started thinking about "what ifs" (what if this really happened), and really felt for the characters?
-= I don't want to be dead, I want to be alive! Or... a cowboy! =-
Noooooooo!
Submitted by diableri on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 10:55pm
Please leave Valve alone!
This would be crazy..
Submitted by DBsantos77 on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 10:42pm
This would be crazy..
-Santos
I'm sure many people are
Submitted by Vegan on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 10:01pm
I'm sure many people are LOOKING TO buy Valve. Of course they would love to. Doesn't mean it's going to happen. Valve strikes me as fiercely independent. They're the George Lucas of videogames: so rich they can do whatever they want (except that Valve actually puts out good product; sorry, George).
Submitted by Zachary K. on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 8:28pm
so long as they dont change steam at all, and keep producing good or better games, i am fine with this. but i will miss the neck and eyeball valve dude.
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