Would be best if it was an empty chair in a gray room. Gaben comes out of the side, walking slowly, until he sits down. Looks straight at the camera. And starts to count up. 1. 2. 3. And the screen goes black, echoing the final number.
@@HammerSlammers this is true, if you email Gabe directly he will respond, a lot of people tend to email him just to say hey and he'll have whole conversations too, idk any other CEO like Gabe who would take time out their day like that, hell if OP suggests naming a new console by steam Gabe might even run with it and do the thing, you never know lmao.
@@_Trinima_ I like “Orange Box” more, honestly. The Orange Box is essentially a bundle of their old games like Half-Life and Team Fortress, and it was Valve’s intention to indulge the audience into a variety of games; like a console as well. Edit: Apparently, they decided with the name as well, because of the color’s association with Half-Life, the box of their very first game, and the color of Gordon Freeman’s HEV suit. Just noticed it as I typed it, but also 3 reasons. It would be insane for the console to be named Orange Box, and have Half-Life 3 as their first game lol
@@venuslady697 it caused zero issues, the reason why it got reverted is from the players who only see tf2 as a cash cow, got annoyed and yelled to make it get reverted.
@@kirbs_3378actually its because the cosmetics that changed scout's pants were also the wrong color and valve didn't change those, only the base pants. Maybe one day they'll fix it all but for now there's mods
Kinda pissed they did that out of the blue. Like they showed "Hey scouts actually has a different pant texture depending on the team!" And it broke so many cosmetics they had to dial it back At least have the decency to inform all cosmetic makers to update the cosmetics before releasing it
It’s dumb that it took that long we should’ve got episode 3 a long time ago hopefully they drop that then hl3 a bit after Episode 3 to the borealis then maybe going to the combine in hl3
I cracked up so hard when the streamer said: "Valve even said: there is no wrong way to play". This is like walking out of a store without paying and saying "The man on the ad said it's a steal"
Deadlock, the removal of bots in tf2, the seven tf2 comic and the chance that they are working on half life 3, valve is going to reshaape the entiraty of the gaming industry again.
Maybe. If and when their… time, comes round again. In the mean… time, this is where I get off. I’m not going to keep paying attention to what valve does.
2025: Windows 10 dies. Valve releases SteamOS for all PCs. 2025 becomes the year of the Linux desktop. Gaben solidifies his position as the lord and savior of gaming.
There is a IoT version of Windows 10, that gets supported till 2032. And still, I used Linux since 11 years, and couldn't be happier. I recommend Garuda KDE
@@carsonlatham7302 considering so much of what people are complaining about those companies, i can't really see how valve even affected them, besides if all the AAA studios really were being mogged by valve, they could all just leave and likely that would kill steam so it's clearly not the case
@@carsonlatham7302they do suck lmao. Nintendo and Sony and Playstation don't love you anymore than Valve does, they also can't provide any of the value. Epic with its infinite money still can't even make a storefront that is useful for its customers. Nintendo shop is slow, stuttery, impossible to filter and still filled with shovelware. Xbox has destroyed their UI to sell you shit. Sony demands Playstation accounts for games played on PC.
@@carsonlatham7302 Play CS2 one time and try and tell me this again with a straight face. Get your point tho, imagine if it didn't suck so Valve actually had to lock in
@@alwaysangry2232 Half-Life 1 & 2 exists because Valve wanted to innovate how games can be played and experienced. If anything, Valve didn't make Episode 3 because they didn't want to push out a sequel for the sake of a sequel with nothing new to how a game can be played. Duke Nukem Forever flopped for many other reasons. And any innovation it attempted was a result of poor execution.
Valve hasn't been nice to their customers in...over a decade??? The competition is just in full pant painting mode so people are actually this desperate.
The Steam Deck and Aperture Desk Job was them waking up at 4 30 am and going back to sleep. then actually waking up at 5 am to do Deadlock, update TF2 and HL2.
Seeing how the gaming industry is in its weakest right now, it must be the perfect moment for valve to dominate the industry once again! I really hope so. 😀
I used to be a Steam hater who thought Valve was overrated, but the last year and a half has been a journey toward fandom of both... and man, what a great time for that to happen! From all the activity and awesome stuff they did this year, to the massive amounts of leaks and rumors, I just feel like I'm "catching up" on so many years where I was an ignorant hater. Can't wait to see what they've got cooking for 2025 and beyond!
You had good reason to hate on Valve before and now. They had an outdated UI for Steam, probably still allow shovelware that promote disgusting ideas, obviously profiting off gambling directly and indirectly; obviously their inactivity was really annoying for a long time. All thing considered Valve are not as horrible as their conterparts but you know people shouldn't be blinded by their talents --- just like Nintendo in a lot of ways
I love how most things are like ''Oh yeah csgo got a new system for items, DOTA 2 got comics and new characters, Deadlock got a Ranked gamemode'' and then theres ''BLU Scout pants were fixed for 1 day but then reverted back because they conflicted with cosmetics''
Gabe even looks like he's in his "gandalf the white" final form full of wisdom. When 3 (or whatever they decide to call the next iteration) is announced, it'll be pure insanity. I'm sure some servers are going to melt from traffic overload lol
Mr.Newell saw the state of gaming in 2023 and decided to crank up the Valve machine. Is weird as it is, Valve has allways been that beacon of hope for us. When things get TRUELY bad, the Valve team work their hardest to keep the fire burning in us, and for that, i'm greatfull.
@@Renzo_Benzo all inside Half Life X, Gordon Freeman will use the portal gun he finds on the Borealis to escape the Zombie infested city of Teu Fort with the help of Father Mikhael and his minigun Sasha.
I just hope we get more Valve stuff, Valve was and is one of the gaming industries most powerful contenders and recently theyve been slowing down. This year looked promising and so does next year
Their game recording had slight issues, which partly got fixed, then suddenly there were bigger issues and then they released it out of the beta with those big issues The beta literally worked slightly better than the stable
I was wondering what the video would be about, as I didn't notice much, apart from the families function, HLX and the HL2 anniversary update. Turns out it was mostly Dota, TF, CS and all that. Makes sense.
maybe valve will wake up enough to update tf2 (the 17th most popular steam game that hasn't had a major update in forever) like valve, all we want is a source 2 version and new weapons 😭
Me and alot of my friends got acces to deadlock as trusted players for some reason.. I had barely over 2000 hours in GMOD but i bought alot of their games last year.. Or well, Half of the half-life series and L4D2.
why valve adds holiday updates to their other games but not cs2 ill never understand. cs:go used to get holiday updates and everyone liked it. though i will say i had no idea there was 111 updates this year. And all the things they have done last year were great. I hope this year they add a actual operation to cs2 or maybe they will just fully release deadlock idk man they clearly have different groups working on different things.
This. I've never seen any other videos from this channel before, does he roll out the red carpet for every breath Valve takes? He didn't even highlight any of the skins, hats, etc that might have looked good from those cases so there was anything to like about them (I doubt there was), he just celebrated the fact that cases are still coming out.
They just need to release a 1 second video of Gaben saying "three" and they'll break TH-cam
Not just TH-cam. Probably the whole industry.
It would legitimately be the #1 trending thing on the entire internet for days
and thats why they won't do it.
Would be best if it was an empty chair in a gray room. Gaben comes out of the side, walking slowly, until he sits down. Looks straight at the camera. And starts to count up.
1.
2.
3.
And the screen goes black, echoing the final number.
Probably not
Rise and shine, Mr. Newell. Rise and shine.
not to imply you've been sleeping on your job... no one is more deserving of a rest and all of the effort in the world would've gone to waste...
@@quailbingle until... well, let's just say your hour has... come again.
@@sting2death2 the right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world...
@@RetroCube so, wake up... Mr. Newell... wake up and, smell the ashes
Never seen you get on
If Valve doesn't call their new console the "Orange Box", they're fools.
send an email to valve. most likely they will reply
@@HammerSlammers this is true, if you email Gabe directly he will respond, a lot of people tend to email him just to say hey and he'll have whole conversations too, idk any other CEO like Gabe who would take time out their day like that, hell if OP suggests naming a new console by steam Gabe might even run with it and do the thing, you never know lmao.
I personally would go with Steam Engine but Orange Box is a very close 2nd.
@@_Trinima_ I like “Orange Box” more, honestly. The Orange Box is essentially a bundle of their old games like Half-Life and Team Fortress, and it was Valve’s intention to indulge the audience into a variety of games; like a console as well.
Edit: Apparently, they decided with the name as well, because of the color’s association with Half-Life, the box of their very first game, and the color of Gordon Freeman’s HEV suit. Just noticed it as I typed it, but also 3 reasons. It would be insane for the console to be named Orange Box, and have Half-Life 3 as their first game lol
Gabe Cube
The one day that scout's pants were blue was definitely a moment of TF2 history.
And then be changed back to how it was because of issues it caused.
@@venuslady697 it caused zero issues, the reason why it got reverted is from the players who only see tf2 as a cash cow, got annoyed and yelled to make it get reverted.
@@kirbs_3378actually its because the cosmetics that changed scout's pants were also the wrong color and valve didn't change those, only the base pants. Maybe one day they'll fix it all but for now there's mods
@kirbs_3378 That doesn't even make sense at all.
The valve is turning.
*Bass boosted VALVe theme starts playing*
𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗳-𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝟭 𝗩𝗔𝗟𝗩𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗼 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀
Suppose one day the Valve handle lands on it's edge.
@@AlchemistiD Is that you, Kain?
It is turning!
if Half-life 3 doesnt get annonced in 2025 , i am strapping down Gabe on a chair and make him watch 2874 hours of HL1 scientist dialogue bass boosted
LOL
*STAHP*
*NOO*
*UWEK*
What do you think he’s been doing all this time?
I dont think he would mind
I will make him listen to songs that include the number 3...
The fact Gabe himself said in the 20th Anniversary Doc that "Valve is no longer scared of Half Life" pretty much tells us everything we should know.
Kinda pissed they did that out of the blue.
Like they showed "Hey scouts actually has a different pant texture depending on the team!" And it broke so many cosmetics they had to dial it back
At least have the decency to inform all cosmetic makers to update the cosmetics before releasing it
@@deadshot_daquiri_remastered You replied to the wrong comment haha
In my opinion they should have made a separate blue pants cosmetic for Scout and call it "Fresh Laundry""@deadshot_daquiri_remastered
It’s dumb that it took that long we should’ve got episode 3 a long time ago hopefully they drop that then hl3 a bit after
Episode 3 to the borealis then maybe going to the combine in hl3
I cracked up so hard when the streamer said: "Valve even said: there is no wrong way to play".
This is like walking out of a store without paying and saying "The man on the ad said it's a steal"
Deadlock, the removal of bots in tf2, the seven tf2 comic and the chance that they are working on half life 3, valve is going to reshaape the entiraty of the gaming industry again.
They did not remove them, just reduced
@varsik289 it was a significant removal, even recently they removed over 50000 bots, I haven't seen a bot in mouths
Maybe. If and when their… time, comes round again.
In the mean… time, this is where I get off. I’m not going to keep paying attention to what valve does.
@@varsik289okay smartypants, when have you seen a bot in casual
@@iBrendan1579 Yeah there he is, get him vortibros
2025:
Windows 10 dies.
Valve releases SteamOS for all PCs.
2025 becomes the year of the Linux desktop.
Gaben solidifies his position as the lord and savior of gaming.
Would be amazing, but i dont think the boomers would survive this
@@grindfi An insignificant sacrifice, for they are relics of the old world.
This is the only thing that will make me leave windows 10.
There is a IoT version of Windows 10, that gets supported till 2032.
And still, I used Linux since 11 years, and couldn't be happier.
I recommend Garuda KDE
@ I am using 10 IoT LTSC. The issue that I see is that games may start requiring Windows 10 22H2 or higher, which would leave IoT LTSC in the dust.
Imagine if portal 3, half life 3, team fortress 3, Dota 3, all of their 3s released in one week or something.
No love for left for dead?
deadlock 2 relases in 2025 (source:filmmaker)
@dotmatrix9746 ive played and loved l4d2 but the amount of beloved sequels released by valve feels like too many to count.
you are asking for too much
In a 3 day period...
Something about Valve and waiting for the competitors to stoop so low that any bare minimum release becomes gospel
Valve mogged the competition so hard that people like you now think the competition must just suck
@@carsonlatham7302 considering so much of what people are complaining about those companies, i can't really see how valve even affected them, besides if all the AAA studios really were being mogged by valve, they could all just leave and likely that would kill steam so it's clearly not the case
@@carsonlatham7302they do suck lmao. Nintendo and Sony and Playstation don't love you anymore than Valve does, they also can't provide any of the value. Epic with its infinite money still can't even make a storefront that is useful for its customers. Nintendo shop is slow, stuttery, impossible to filter and still filled with shovelware. Xbox has destroyed their UI to sell you shit. Sony demands Playstation accounts for games played on PC.
@@carsonlatham7302 Play CS2 one time and try and tell me this again with a straight face.
Get your point tho, imagine if it didn't suck so Valve actually had to lock in
@@bearlogg7974Valve is not perfect, but as long with Fromsoftware, they're one of the best around in current times.
Valve Recap 2025: HL3 was worth the weight.
the weight of the entire gaming legacy on your shoulder
? Wait?
*Wait*
The weight gaben lost
You mean that hl3 will weight alot
Seeing Gaben this old is heartbreaking
he plans to be immortal
He looks healthier than ever what do you mean, unless some freak health issue occurs I think he'll be around for quite a while still.
he is only 62 and still holding up, im betting he's gonna live for another 20 years atleast
He only looks "older" because he's lost weight, but rest assure is healthy, he is only in his early 60's
he looks wayy better bruh look how much weight he's lost
We are getting close to HL3....
dont give me hope :C, all gaben needs to do is to make a good game, innovation for the sake of it is what killed duke nukem forever
I'm pretty sure society and maybe the human race itself will collapse if that happens
@@alwaysangry2232 Half-Life 1 & 2 exists because Valve wanted to innovate how games can be played and experienced. If anything, Valve didn't make Episode 3 because they didn't want to push out a sequel for the sake of a sequel with nothing new to how a game can be played.
Duke Nukem Forever flopped for many other reasons. And any innovation it attempted was a result of poor execution.
This quote is older than me, and I'm in college.
But not the real hl3 they envisioned many years ago.. only reason we might have a hl3 is because they reconn the story In half life alyx..
I wasn't aware of the CS2 report of a random dude storming on stage due to gambling sites... Seriously insane yet frightening.
Check out the coffee zilla exposé
@@t0m_mccno thank you
he was unironically a paid actor
Valve: Is nice to their customers.
Competition: Shoots themselves in the foot, again...
Valve hasn't been nice to their customers in...over a decade??? The competition is just in full pant painting mode so people are actually this desperate.
The Sleeping Giant awakens
we though the same thing, cool
about damn time too.
…is that a strawberry?
gman took valve out of stasis
The Steam Deck and Aperture Desk Job was them waking up at 4 30 am and going back to sleep.
then actually waking up at 5 am to do Deadlock, update TF2 and HL2.
Valve time do be strange
2025 will be valve's year
its fake bruh
Seeing how the gaming industry is in its weakest right now, it must be the perfect moment for valve to dominate the industry once again! I really hope so. 😀
@@cnekellbro ik but never lose hope lol
VALVE HANDS DOWN COOKED IN 2024 NGL
What does that even mean? Did they release TF3? Portal 3? L4D3? HL3? Or just some CS GO skins? CoOkIng!
@@jarvis911Deadlock? Hella improvements for compatibility on SteamOS and Linux? This whole video is the cool things they did throughout the year lol
still no game dropping...
@@amine.aityounes Deadlock is a game
@ oh yeah right but it’s not released yet right ?
I used to be a Steam hater who thought Valve was overrated, but the last year and a half has been a journey toward fandom of both... and man, what a great time for that to happen! From all the activity and awesome stuff they did this year, to the massive amounts of leaks and rumors, I just feel like I'm "catching up" on so many years where I was an ignorant hater.
Can't wait to see what they've got cooking for 2025 and beyond!
How could you be hating on one of the most forward thinking gaming companies?
@@Trojanceignorance like he said
Without valve we'd be stuck with EA , epic games and all the other junk companies
Who talks like this
You had good reason to hate on Valve before and now. They had an outdated UI for Steam, probably still allow shovelware that promote disgusting ideas, obviously profiting off gambling directly and indirectly; obviously their inactivity was really annoying for a long time. All thing considered Valve are not as horrible as their conterparts but you know people shouldn't be blinded by their talents --- just like Nintendo in a lot of ways
Would be funny if valve just decided to release all the third entrances to their games in a new Orange Box set lmao
that would genuinely be freaking awesome
It's insane how all of this perfectly lined up, one after the next. Valve was really eating good this year.
Just imagine we get half life 3 and then it ends on a cliff hanger again.
I hope Valve starts to stay away from Blackrock next year.
Valve is privately traded, so no Blackrock here thankfully
They will do it in 3/3/2025 (the reveal trailer for HL3) They are teasing us still hahaha.
Itll be gordon licking his crowbar
i love how notable change in october for tf2 is just scouts pants changing color xd
Every other games company: * self destructs *
Valve: "Fine... I'll do it myself"
Someone opened the valve again
Everyone says Valve can't count to 3, but VAC 3.0 does exist. And it began it's existance in 2024. Magic.
Considering the thumbnail I was wondering why I didn't hear about deadlock 2
I love how most things are like ''Oh yeah csgo got a new system for items, DOTA 2 got comics and new characters, Deadlock got a Ranked gamemode''
and then theres
''BLU Scout pants were fixed for 1 day but then reverted back because they conflicted with cosmetics''
The fucking final comic as absolutely beautiful like it’s peak fiction
did they fix the ddos attacks on the l4d2 servers yet
1:04 family sharing kinda got ruined.I cant share my games with my polish friend whos something like a smaller brother to me
Yeah fam sharing is dead tbh
It's way better for households than it used to be, but worse for international families. Which is a shame
It indeed got ruined for close friends.
But honestly? It's closer to intended use case.
I do not even mind the 1 year cooldown to change the family
Gabe even looks like he's in his "gandalf the white" final form full of wisdom. When 3 (or whatever they decide to call the next iteration) is announced, it'll be pure insanity. I'm sure some servers are going to melt from traffic overload lol
I feel like when the gaming industry lacking or in the dirt Valve wakes up from codeing hell and cooks an entire meal then goes back to development
10:21 but unfortunately many people were never informed and thus never got good guy nick. One of them were me.
Same here, slipped under my radar and I’m like NOOOOO
03.03.2030
I got good guy nick
Bro I was literally like, "oh cool it's l4d2's 15th birthday today" and had no idea this even happened and I need that achievement 😭😭
I'm just replaying HL2 and man that game is timeless. Such a well made game hope they don't screw up 3 if they ever make it.
I did the same a few days ago, it still holds up for sure
Mr.Newell saw the state of gaming in 2023 and decided to crank up the Valve machine.
Is weird as it is, Valve has allways been that beacon of hope for us. When things get TRUELY bad, the Valve team work their hardest to keep the fire burning in us, and for that, i'm greatfull.
Forget HL3 before GTA 6, it's GTA 15 before HL3
2025 we getting hl3, portal 3, tf3 and l4d3
just let me cope
@@Renzo_Benzo all inside Half Life X, Gordon Freeman will use the portal gun he finds on the Borealis to escape the Zombie infested city of Teu Fort with the help of Father Mikhael and his minigun Sasha.
I just joined tf2 this year a few months ago and man talk about perfect timing, and im addicted to it and already have like 200 hours on it, its peak
I just hope we get more Valve stuff, Valve was and is one of the gaming industries most powerful contenders and recently theyve been slowing down. This year looked promising and so does next year
Their game recording had slight issues, which partly got fixed, then suddenly there were bigger issues and then they released it out of the beta with those big issues
The beta literally worked slightly better than the stable
Crazy how valve does bare minimum and people go crazy like they changed the world xd
Valve is legit the only gaming company that can go "whelp, time to release another banger" and absolutely deliver
They may have a monopoly on the market but it's for a good reason when they put this much effort into their services.
I was wondering what the video would be about, as I didn't notice much, apart from the families function, HLX and the HL2 anniversary update. Turns out it was mostly Dota, TF, CS and all that. Makes sense.
Although as a CS player 2024 was rough, but as a Half Life fan it was an amazing year
There is always valve bringing something new to gameing community
I think a lot of long term internal projects are coming to an end. Possibly freeing up devs.
hope that valve does't sleep on tf2.
Half-life 3 before gta 6??? That'd be crazy
maybe valve will wake up enough to update tf2 (the 17th most popular steam game that hasn't had a major update in forever)
like valve, all we want is a source 2 version and new weapons 😭
yeah i reckon coffeezilla gave them a rude awakening.
Is the rest of the extra modes coming to CS2? so angry when i had found out all of war games was removed
Finishing comic 7 is literally the "3" moment of TF2. That's actually crazy.
Valve woke up after their 20 years stasis
Half life 3 will probably make big studios actually have to make good games
Thanks to all of you Valve won't release any content next year because they released enough content to make up of 5 years Valve Time.
and here I am, hopelessly waiting for L4D3
WWZ Aftermath is pretty good, first game I've played that really scratched that L4D2 itch
You could also try Darktide , after a bit of a rough launch its getting better and better.
They’ve gotten their rest, and now they’ve awoken once again
They released the legendary 7th TF2 comic as well
Now they just need to make a strange Dragon's Fury for tf2
And second banana
@teamcybr8375 that too. None of the Jungle Inferno items were given stranges.
hell has frozen over so thoroughly that it's causing weird weather patterns in heaven and purgatory.
This year has been awesome for Valve, but I seriously hope that we get some balance changes for TF2 alongside the normal stuff!
Imagine if they just released Half-Life 2: Episode Three with no warning, no marketing and entirely in the old Half-Life 2 engine and assets.
the thumbnail looks like gaben is going to start spittin like dracula flow
if there isn't a hlx announcement in 2025 im gonna get mad (it might be during hl:a's 5th anniversary
Valve is literally holding the gaming industry together solo through their steam updates and new features that other companies would have paywalled.
and many of us were expecting them to announce Half-Life 3 in the Game Awards
It took the law / court to say to Gabe: "Make 3 or go to prison, your call"
Me and alot of my friends got acces to deadlock as trusted players for some reason.. I had barely over 2000 hours in GMOD but i bought alot of their games last year.. Or well, Half of the half-life series and L4D2.
How about the DDOS issue in Left 4 Dead 2? Have they fixed it yet?
damn, Gabe looks like he's seen better days
Last year?
Gaben waking up after seeing the multiple AAA game flops and finally deciding to learn how to count to 3
showing the klax0n ban. Pure poetry, absolute cinema. Never let them live it down.
If half life 3 gets announced in 2025 it'd actually break the internet
I feel like the rainbow is finally shining
Portal 3 is now possible
why valve adds holiday updates to their other games but not cs2 ill never understand. cs:go used to get holiday updates and everyone liked it. though i will say i had no idea there was 111 updates this year. And all the things they have done last year were great. I hope this year they add a actual operation to cs2 or maybe they will just fully release deadlock idk man they clearly have different groups working on different things.
Seeing valve doing stuff again is like watching a sleeping Titan wake up.
bouta make a fire family with my 17 best bros
The title is accurate lol
Reads "Valve Woke" and gets so enraged my head turns red and explodes
including the heavy update 😃👍
the heavy update?
please.
they sure did a whole lot in 2024 of releasing new cases for you to buy and a documentary of
remember half life and when we made games?
This. I've never seen any other videos from this channel before, does he roll out the red carpet for every breath Valve takes? He didn't even highlight any of the skins, hats, etc that might have looked good from those cases so there was anything to like about them (I doubt there was), he just celebrated the fact that cases are still coming out.
gaben waking up
this is why Valve is forever my favorite game developer company
things coming together? they been quiet for a while so, makes sense
Vavle is gonna bring back the golden age of gaming once again, (hopefully)
They finally learned to count up to three?!
I sure bet 2025 is gonna be hella amazing for us valve fans man!
they've finally finished Source 2. They were making a steady base all those years. Slowly. Now they have opportunitues and resources.
Gaben looking good.