Valve was founded 30 years ago today — changed PC gaming forever with Half-Life, then Steam

Tom's Hardware
Aug 24, 2026, 6:31 am129 ptsTrending
Today marks Valve’s 30th birthday. The company was founded on August 24, 1996, by Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington, both Microsoft veterans. It didn’t take long for the PC gaming world to feel Valve’s influence after it rewrote the FPS genre with Half Life (1998) and pioneered an internet-connected games…

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