“We weren’t going to take on all of the risk to make other people rich.”

“It felt insane,” Harrington said, as reported byGamesRadar.

“Valve would never ship another game,” Harrington recalled of the bargaining tactic.

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“Besides, I knew Gabe had interesting ideas that had nothing to do with games.”

In the end, Valve won back control of the Half-Life series from Sierra.

Companies have attempted to buy Valve over the years, but the company remains independent.

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