Valve focussing on virtual reality

[Kevin Lancaster]

Valve focussing on virtual reality

Valve has dedicated a sizeable portion of its staff to VR.

 

[Ninja'd]

Team Fortress 3 confirmed.

Wait that doesn't sound right.

 

[wizardofid]

Team Fortress 3 confirmed.

Wait that doesn't sound right.

Team fortress ? How about half-life 3 confirmed

 

[Fulcrum29]

Team fortress ? How about half-life 3 confirmed

Since Overwatch, there is a new online market to capitalise. Esports is where the games financially boom, with Paragon, Lawbreakers, Gigantic, Battle Cry and Paladins on the horizon, Valve will need Team Fortress 3 or a new IP to compete with. Half-Life 3 is shelved for now... VR will add to differentiate the product.

 

[Knyro]

Umad?

 

[Fulcrum29]

Umad?

Lol, Sierra.

 

[wizardofid]

I wonder how many suckers

 

[Emjay]

Team fortress ? How about half-life 3 confirmed

I saw the title, and all I could think about was my beloved HL. I need to accept we will never get closure.

Since Overwatch, there is a new online market to capitalise. Esports is where the games financially boom, with Paragon, Lawbreakers, Gigantic, Battle Cry and Paladins on the horizon, Valve will need Team Fortress 3 or a new IP to compete with. Half-Life 3 is shelved for now... VR will add to differentiate the product.

Overwatch? Don't you mean Dota 2?

Dota 2 and Valve are the two biggest driving forces behind eSports. Not Blizzard.

 

[Knyro]

Dota 2 and Valve are the two biggest driving forces behind eSports. Not Blizzard.

SC2 is huge. High prize money tournaments aplenty, it even gets televised in South Korea.

 

[wizardofid]

SC2 is huge. High prize money tournaments aplenty, it even gets televised in South Korea.

You are aware that DOTA had the largest ever price pool in the history of esports.

http://www.esportsearnings.com/games

Star craft barely has any thing on LOL and dota

 

[Knyro]

You are aware that DOTA had the largest ever price pool in the history of esports.

http://www.esportsearnings.com/games

Star craft barely has any thing on LOL and dota

So? I was pointing out that Blizzard is not to be sneered at. Also "barely has anything" is a hell of a stretch, according to that site you posted it has ~67% of the prize money LOL has.

 

[Emjay]

I don't take Blizzard seriously. The make OKish games. In the past, they were massive innovators. Not so much anymore. Dota is ftp, and is updated on a regular basis. Valve also gave players a platform on which to trade. They also put in millions of its own dollars to fund the development of eSports. Blizzard are not interested in developing eSports. If they were, they would have released a slimmed down version of Overwatch for free so it can become a competitive game.