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Campo Santo is an independent game studio, that formed in 2013, and developed the 2016 game Firewatch. Not too long after announcing a Nintendo Switch port for their game, the company put out a press release, announcing something unexpected. Valve would be acquiring the company, including all twelve of their staff. They'll now be working for Valve, although the team will still be free to work on their upcoming game In the Valley of the Gods, which was revealed back in January. Campo Santo states that Valve will be letting them work on their own projects, while supporting them and helping them fund their games.

In Valve we found a group of folks who, to their core, feel the same way about the work that they do (this, you may be surprised to learn, doesn’t happen every day). In us, they found a group with unique experience and valuable, diverse perspectives. It quickly became an obvious match.

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[The Catboy]

Be a shame if they threw some of that extra money at Half-Life 3 and or Left 4 Dead 3

 

[Chary]

Be a shame if they threw some of that extra money at Half-Life 3 and or Left 4 Dead 3

We've already established that Valve can't count to 3!

 

[The Catboy]

We've already established that Valve can't count to 3!

But, but, they can just use some 90's styled title! Half-Life: The Final Chapter the last story reloaded + Knuckles

 

[andeers]

You're right, let's forget Firewatch 3 already.

 

[brunocar]

i hope this makes campo santo less dickish in their behaviour, but if they infect valve with their douchebagness then i'll sell my fucking steam account

 

[supergamer368]

valve please focus on shipping ganes instead of buying out tiny indie companies (sorry but i REALLY want a portal 3)

 

[VitaType]

In Valve we found a group of folks who, to their core, feel the same way about the work that they do (this, you may be surprised to learn, doesn’t happen every day).
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Oh, come on. Valve is mainly interested in making lots of money with Steam and not in game developing nowdays. There last notable game release was Dota 2, back in 2013 (The Lab is a techdemo not a game and the upcoming Artifact... A card game...)! 5 years is alot of time for such a large company to have no major game released and nothing announced. They e.g. got rid of all the important people of there Half-Life team that's telling alot about how they feel about gaming. Well, Campo Santo neither specified how they feel about making games nor what work means in this context, maybe I just misinterpret it

We've already established that Valve can't count to 3!

Then lets hope Campo Santo has access to this secret technology called "three" and is enthusiastic enough about it to spark interest in that mysterious and powerful technology all over Valve

 

[itsjch]

We've already established that Valve can't count to 3!

Half life 2.5 and left 4 dead 2.5

 

[Hells Malice]

Would've been better if Valve bought them just to bury them

 

[VitaType]

Would've been better if Valve bought them just to bury them

That would be EA.
Why do you think that would be better?

 

[gnmmarechal]

valve please focus on shipping ganes instead of buying out tiny indie companies (sorry but i REALLY want a portal 3)

Why should they? They don't need to. In fact, any such game would be overhyped so much that the end result would most likely disappoint those who boarded the hype train, regardless of how good it is.
It's far safer to work with the titles they have and Steam.

 

[Jayro]

It's probably just to insure a third title doesn't get made.

 

[NyaakoXD]

Half life 2.5 and left 4 dead 2.5

Team Fortress 2.8: HD ReMIX Final chapter Prologue

 

[ov3rkill]

Half-Life 3 confirmed! I'm telling you this is for real this time.

 

[chrisrlink]

somethnig tells me the firewatch switch port went down in flames (pun intended)

 

[guily6669]

I wish Valve would buy frostbite team from EA, on that game engine even HL3 would melt

And we would finally have crazy ass games made in it the right way where EA can't.

If EA even allowed mods hell I would love to see a realistic mod on battlefield with top performance\graphics and destructible environments, like Squad game on Steam.

 

[pedro702]

so when valve said they would do games again, they meant they will buy out indie studios that will make games for them? lol

 

[FAST6191]

"Campo Santo states that Valve will be letting them work on their own projects, while supporting them and helping them fund their games. "
Doesn't valve quite famously allow people to do more or less what they want?
http://www.valvesoftware.com/company/Valve_Handbook_LowRes.pdf

 

[emigre]

I hope Campo Santo enjoy not making games.

Yes, I'm bitter about Half Life 3.