Valve says no to Google buy-out rumour - bit-tech.net Forums

CardJoe · 18th Sep 2008, 10:53

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/09...y-out-rumour/1

Both Valve and Google have refuted rumours spread by The Inquirer that the internet giant was to buy-out the Half-Life developer.

alleyne · 18th Sep 2008, 11:07

nice choice with the picture..

Jordan Wise · 18th Sep 2008, 11:08

crytek on steam? AWESOME! I hope they put achievements on for crysis, there's loads to do in that game

[USRF]Obiwan · 18th Sep 2008, 11:12

Google & Valve fusion prediction:

"Goolve search: Hit link with crowbar"
"Goolve maps: Walk through your own city in full texture mapped 3D environment and kill head crabs and combines on the way!"

"Goolve portal: "Inquirer 2021: Goolve announced it will place portals all over the world. Making planes and other native transport systems obsolete"

Mister_X · 18th Sep 2008, 11:26

hurrah! This be one story i'm glad was bollocks.
Nowt against google as such, just not a pair i see working well together

The Jambo · 18th Sep 2008, 11:42

I think Google will do well with it, they've only made youtube better, and with audio indexing for videos, they've taken it much further than the founders could have.

DXR_13KE · 18th Sep 2008, 12:32

it would be rather interesting.....

wharrad · 18th Sep 2008, 13:39

Charlie, Charlie, Charlie.... Again? Really? Stop now please!

Diosjenin · 18th Sep 2008, 14:41

End of Days. It wouldn't be quite so bad if it weren't a company that currently has absolutely nothing to do with gaming in any way.

Heck, if Valve/Google was true, why wouldn't Take Two go out and sell themselves to, let's just say Symantec? That makes about as much sense.

BlackMage23 · 18th Sep 2008, 16:06

Headshot!

Arkanrais · 18th Sep 2008, 17:31

am I the only one who thinks that perhaps companies give false info to some of their employees to see if they will leak this info? it could be a good way to see which are the weakest links in your pr departments or something like that.

pendragon · 18th Sep 2008, 17:54

for some reason i'm glad this rumour is false

roshan · 20th Sep 2008, 02:49

Half life Made game industry to the top notch.Google made almost every one's faverite surch engine.Let them be seperate.Let them do more differant tasks seperatly.

Cthippo · 22nd Sep 2008, 21:06

How about this...

Vlave sells Steam to Google for a pile of money and goes back to being just a developer instead of having to be both developer and publisher and also maintain a massive pile of hardware to keep Steam going. Google could take care of the hardware and network business and let Valve do what they do best.

proxess · 23rd Sep 2008, 01:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cthippo

How about this...

Vlave sells Steam to Google for a pile of money and goes back to being just a developer instead of having to be both developer and publisher and also maintain a massive pile of hardware to keep Steam going. Google could take care of the hardware and network business and let Valve do what they do best.

now thats an idea! Valve hasn't come about with much innovation in the source engine. TF2 is really cool and all and its different... but well... we want something valvetastic!

CardJoe · 23rd Sep 2008, 07:14

Tech-wise, source is the best thing that Valve has ever done. And the only thing. They aren't id - they aren't about pushing forwards massively and the whole point of Source is to provide a platform for incremental changes with things like portals and dynamic lights or HDR - slow, constant upgrades.

18th Sep 2008, 10:53	#1
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Mister_X Chaotic Neutral Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Falkirk Posts: 113	hurrah! This be one story i'm glad was bollocks. Nowt against google as such, just not a pair i see working well together

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The Jambo Last on the scene Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 69	I think Google will do well with it, they've only made youtube better, and with audio indexing for videos, they've taken it much further than the founders could have.

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Diosjenin Thinker, Tweaker, Et Cetera Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Lost in thought Posts: 747	End of Days. It wouldn't be quite so bad if it weren't a company that currently has absolutely nothing to do with gaming in any way. Heck, if Valve/Google was true, why wouldn't Take Two go out and sell themselves to, let's just say Symantec? That makes about as much sense. __________________ Scratch Build Planning Progress 5.25" Bay: 90% \|\| 3.5" Bay: 100% \|\| HDD Bay: 70% \|\| Floor: 20% \|\| Inner Wall/Rear: 20% \|\| Outer Wall: 10% \|\| Top: 10% \|\| Overall: 35% Can't you hear them? Can't you hear the waffles?

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roshan Modder Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 62	Half life Made game industry to the top notch.Google made almost every one's faverite surch engine.Let them be seperate.Let them do more differant tasks seperatly.

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Cthippo Can't mod my way out of a paper bag Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bellingham, WA Posts: 4,456	How about this... Vlave sells Steam to Google for a pile of money and goes back to being just a developer instead of having to be both developer and publisher and also maintain a massive pile of hardware to keep Steam going. Google could take care of the hardware and network business and let Valve do what they do best. __________________ Notice: If we see you flaming we will assume you are on fire and take appropriate measures - The Bit-Tech Fire Brigade.

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CardJoe Player Character bit-tech Staff Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 7,940	Tech-wise, source is the best thing that Valve has ever done. And the only thing. They aren't id - they aren't about pushing forwards massively and the whole point of Source is to provide a platform for incremental changes with things like portals and dynamic lights or HDR - slow, constant upgrades. __________________ this is joe's non-bit-tech blog