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gamasutra.com - 10/7/2009

Gearbox's Pitchford: Steam Is 'Exploiting A Lot Of Small Guys'

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Randy Pitchford of Gearbox Software, one of the industry's major independent developers, thinks Valve should spin off its Steam digital distribution service into an independent company, to reduce existing "conflict of interest" issues. Pitchford, who co-founded Gearbox in 1999, told Maximum PC in an interview that while he "personally trust[s] Valve," the Seattle-area company is also a development competitor -- and in that capacity, "as a guy in this industry, I don't trust Valve." "It ...  ...

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gamasutra.com - 10/9/2009

Opinion: Tripwire, Steam, And How We're Not Getting Exploited

— gamasutra.com — [This week, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford said Valve's Steam digital distribution service is "exploiting a lot of... small guys." In a Gamasutra opinion piece, John Gibson of Tripwire Interactive, developer of successful Steam-based games Red Orchestra ... (more) Opinion: Tripwire, Steam, And How We're Not Getting ...

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maximumpc.com - 10/7/2009

Randy Pitchford Talks Borderlands, Piracy, and Why He Doesn’t Trust Valve

— maximumpc.com — Randy Pitchford Talks Borderlands, Piracy, and Why He Doesn’t Trust Valve... (more) Randy Pitchford Talks Borderlands, Piracy, and Why He ...

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store.steampowered.com - 10/2/2009

Left 4 Dead 2 Pre-Purchase On Now

— store.steampowered.com — Oct 2, 2009 - Valve, creator of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life and Counter-Strike) and leading... technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced pre-order details for its upcoming action thriller, Left 4 Dead 2 (L4D2).  ... (more) Left 4 Dead 2 Pre-Purchase On Now

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Steam Is 'Exploiting A Lot Of Small Guys'
Evil Avatar - News Items — ... Gearbox's Randy Pitchford also has some not-so-kind words for Valve Software's Steam service. Gamasutra has the news, ...