Valve considered making a 'B title' before Half-Life, until an exec told Gabe Newell 'that's just not gonna work… the company will fail'
Harrington says Valve was headhunting developers in the late 90s, and one of the ideas linked to this was to work on another ...
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Valve Used ‘Game of the Year’ Sticker to Turn Half-Life into a Success
Monica Harrington from Valve shared some interesting facts about the company during her talk at the GDC 2025. One of the most surprising stories was about how Valve struggled to sell Half-Life due ...
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Steam's Digital Rights Management (DRM) was introduced after the nephew of a Valve executive copied a game without permission.
The bottom line is that the authentication system worked really well.' After Monica Harrington's speech, Mike Harrington commented, 'When I heard my nephew's story, I thought at first ...
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Valve Used This Hilarious Half-Life Trick To Boost Sales
Half-Life was apparently a trailblazer for a marketing trend that has become a staple of the video game industry, but the ...
Valve leads considered making a "mediocre" game before Half-Life to build the team up, but original marketing exec said "if you do that, the company will fail"
"I told Gabe that I thought the only way that Half-Life was really going to work was if it was named Game of the Year" ...
A$AP Rocky's spring fits are just really nice to look at
If you want to give your fits some spring, like A$AP Rocky, go simple, chill and cream – and yes, you too will look and feel ...
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Financial Support Reinstated for Muller Plaza Activities
The packed agenda included a lengthy discussion about the need to support downtown businesses and increase foot traffic on ...
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Local production company releases second movie
Author and movie producer Irene Harrington recently released the second installment of her novel series turned big screen ...
Forty Under 40: Celebrating our 680 winners over the years
Since 2008, Central Illinois Business Magazine's Forty Under 40 awards — powered by Busey Bank — have celebrated the men and women who make our community go. The first 17 classes have been a hoot to ...