Valve is an entertainment software and technology
company founded in 1996 and based in Bellevue,
Washington. The companys debut title, Half-Life®,
has won over 50 Game of the Year Awards and was
named "Best PC Game Ever" in the November 1999,
October 2001, and April 2005 issues of PC Gamer,
the world's best-selling PC games magazine.

Valves portfolio of entertainment titles also includes
Half-Life® 2, Counter-Strike®, Day of Defeat®, Team
Fortress®, Left 4 Dead™ and Portal™. This portfolio
of titles accounts for over 30 million retail units sold
worldwide, and Valve games account for over 80% of
the PC online action market.

In addition to producing best selling entertainment
titles, Valve is a developer of leading-edge
technologies including the Source® game engine and
Steam®, a leading platform for digital content with
over 15 million registered users.

Today, Valve is composed of just over 190 of the
industry's best artists, programmers, and writers. In
the company's 12-year history, it has risen from
"unlikely new entry" to industry leader, producing a
string of best selling and critically acclaimed PC
products and technologies.

For more information, please visit
www.valvesoftware.com