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by winslow 4430 days ago
I'm surprised we haven't heard anything from Valve lately. Epic and Crytek have both released their engines for absurdly cheap rates and been gathering a lot of steam around their platforms. Valve is known for their community interaction and marketplace but haven't released their plans for Source 2 etc. Any ideas?

That said, this is an awesome move by Epic!
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higherpurpose 4430 days ago
Source 2: free and open source!

Wouldn't that be a great move? Not sure how they would make the money on it then, but I think it would quickly beat most other engines out there in popularity.

I don't know if that's Valve even wants, but it could be if say that would get most game developers out there to create OpenGL/Linux-compatible games by default, and since Source 2 will only support OpenGL (I think), that could be one way to do it.

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winslow 4430 days ago
Valve has stated they want to bring the community closer together for buying/selling/trading of goods. I would expect they would make their money that way.

I doubt they would dump DirectX completely. They've reworked the engine for linux to not care if it's running DirectX or OpenGL. Leaving this intact could provide a way to eventually port to Android/iOS and other mobile platforms? Valve has stated they want to get into the mobile space but have seemed to fail thus far. I recall them mentioning Linux was a natural step to go from Win Desktop -> Mac -> Linux to Mobile running Linux (Android)

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cwyers 4430 days ago
At least one Valve game will be running on Android soon, Portal is coming for the Nvidia Shield in the next few days:

http://www.polygon.com/2014/5/8/5695340/portal-nvidia-shield...

It looks like Nvidia is handling the port themselves, though, so who knows what that means for other Valve titles.

EDIT: Well, apparently Half-Life 2 is getting ported next. So Valve games are coming to Android, although only for Nvidia Shield users so far.

http://www.androidcentral.com/half-life-2-coming-nvidia-shie...

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chongli 4430 days ago
Not sure how they would make the money on it then, but I think it would quickly beat most other engines out there in popularity.

They would make money if Source 2 was designed to make Linux a premier development and gaming environment. Valve wants everyone on Linux, eventually. It's the only refuge they have from the walled garden lockdown future of Windows.

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