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Valve president Gabe Newell recently spoke out about the metaverse, and is not entirely sold on the concept overall.Speaking to PC Gamer, when asked if he believes metaverse trends are pushing technology forward, Newell responded, “There’s a bunch of get rich quick schemes around metaverse. Most of the people who are talking about metaverse have absolutely no idea what they’re talking about, and they’ve apparently never played an MMO.

Stars Of Blood – a cancelled Valve game that Gabe Newell described as “a space pirates game” – has been revealed, showcasing what the sci-fi title would have looked like.As shared by Twitter account Obscure Game Aesthetics (thanks, VGC), artwork for Stars Of Blood has been sitting around in Valve’s archive for years.The artwork reveals a mix of environments, including a glimpse of a cluttered futuristic city that look like a mix of Half Life‘s City 17 and Cyberpunk 2077‘s Night City.

Steam Deck‘s early prototypes was apparently called the “Ugly Baby” according to a Valve developer.In an interview with IGN‘s Ryan McCaffrey, Gabe Newell and Valve developer Pierre-Loup Griffais discussed the Steam Deck and revealed some of the other names the handheld device originally had.Some early names were things like “Steam Buddy” and “Steam Pal” as Newell said in the interview, while Griffais revealed that the Steam Deck had some “pretty terrifying prototypes” so the team “gave them

Nintendo Switch OLED’s £309 price point, the newly announced Steam Deck’s starting price of £349 sounds like a significant bargain. However, Valve president Gabe Newell shared that the price has drawbacks for the company.Speaking to IGN, Newell said the company needed to be “very aggressive” in terms of pricing, citing price performance as “one of the critical factors in the mobile space”.While his immediate priority was on Steam Deck’s performance and experience, especially in the hands of PC