In early access to Steam, Destinations Workshop Tools from Valve appeared. The package allows you to create VR scenes.

The developers of Epic Quest of the 4 Crystals distributed free keys to games on Steam in exchange for reviews from users. Valve considered this a violation of the Steam rules and removed all reviews of the game.

The state of affairs in the game industry allows almost anyone to open their own studio. This is exactly what many artists, designers and programmers do – but some will still prefer to work for Valve if they are given the opportunity to choose.

Gabe Newell said that in the near future tablets will become powerful enough to implement the mobile version of the MOBA project from the authors of Half-Life.