Game news Valve back soon? After Half-Life, Portal and Counter-Strike, a new license is talking about it
This is a studio that is particularly discreet, and it’s a shame when you see the quality of its productions. Valve, the father of Half-Life, Portal and Counter-Strike, also at the origin of Steam, briefly returns to the front of the stage with a potential new IP. Explanations.
Long Live King Gabe
Valve is pretty tight-lipped when it comes to releasing games, but let’s not forget that the studio remains behind some of the greatest gaming landmarks of all time. Half-Life, Portal, Counter-Strike, Team Fortress 2… it’s quite simple, the developers at Valve only have hits to their credit. Unfortunately for us, the studio is more the type to favor quality over quantity, especially since it already lives very well with Steam, the number one platform for PC gamers.
Gabe Newell, co-founder of Valve, creator of Steam and the studio’s main representative to the public, said last year that the studio was actively working on several as yet unreleased games, a revival spurred by the release of Half-Life : Alyx
We definitely have several games in development that have yet to be announced. (…) Alyx was great, going back to developing single player games created a real push within the studio to do more.
However, it is impossible to know if these games are sequels to the cult titles Half-Life or Portal, while the founder of the studio refuses to communicate on this subject.
So far, I’ve managed to avoid this topic for a long time and hope to avoid it as long as it remains controversial. The good thing is that by not answering these questions, I avoid having the community ask me even more complex ones.
Radio silence regarding Half-Life or Portal so, but could the studio come back with a new license? New information raises doubts.
A new IP registered by Valve?
Last September, Valve reportedly filed a new trademark with the US Patent Office. Entitled “Neon Prime”, we do not yet know exactly what this brand refers to, but it could well be a new license that is still unpublished. According to the data recorded by the bureau, Neon Prime is associated with “PC video game, video game, electronic game, video game software downloadable via the internet”. Along the same lines, the recent comment from a user It will resethaving supposedly worked for the studio, suggests a new license.
I wonder if this is finally the FTL-like ship management game (Faster than Light) that we had been working on a while ago, time will tell.
A game in the vein of Faster Than Light? We obviously expect to know more soon, especially since this comment is not official, contrary to information from the patent office. Case to follow.