![]() In December 2010, Forbes named Newell as “A Name You Should Know” mainly for his work on Steam having partnerships with multiple major developers. Newell has also criticized the Xbox Live service, referring to it as “a train wreck”. Just say, ‘This was a horrible disaster and we’re sorry and we’re going to stop selling this and stop trying to convince people to develop for it’.” Nevertheless, at E3 2010, Newell appeared on stage at Sony’s keynote while acknowledging his past outspoken comments on console development, he discussed the open nature of Sony’s PlayStation 3 platform, and announced Portal 2 for the console, remarking that with Steamworks support it would be the best version for any console. In regard to the system, Newell was once quoted as claiming that developing processes for the console in general was “a waste of everybody’s time” and “a disaster on many levels … I’d say, even at this late date, they should just cancel it and do a do over. In 2007, Newell openly expressed his displeasure over developing his software for gaming consoles, particularly the PlayStation 3. To get inspiration for the design of some parts of Half-Life, Newell played a lot of Resident Evil 2 and Super Mario 64.ĭuring the production of Half-Life 2, he spent several months focusing on the development of Steam. The main goal with Half-Life was to build the most exciting and technologically advanced game possible. Harrington and Newell used their money to fund Valve through the development of Half-Life, starting with twenty-eight people. Later on, inspired by Michael Abrash (who left Microsoft to work on the video game Quake at id Software), Newell and another Microsoft employee, Mike Harrington, left Microsoft to found Valve in 1996. Newell has described himself as “producer on the first three releases of Windows”. 5 External links Contents Biography WorkĪfter dropping out of Harvard University (1980 – 1983), Newell spent thirteen years working for Microsoft Corporation (November 1983 – June 1996), ultimately becoming a “Microsoft Millionaire”.
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