Nginikeze umlando we-Valve
Context:Ukusungulwa kanye ne-Half-Life (1996<unk>2003)  UGabe Newell (ngaphambili) noDoug Lombardi (ngemuva), ngo-2007 I-Valve yasungulwa njenge-Valve, LLC, ngo-1996 ngabasebenzi bakaMicrosoft uGabe Newell noMike Harrington. UNewell wayechithe iminyaka engu-13 eyandulele e-Microsoft ethuthukisa iWindows, kufaka phakathi i-Windows 95 port of Doom. Befuna ukuthuthela ebhizinisini elisha besebenzisa ingcebo yabo ababelane ngayo, uNewell noHarrington basungula iValve, L.L.C. eKirkland, eWashington (cishe amamayela ayisihlanu ukusuka ekhampasi yeMicrosoft eRedmond), ngo-Agasti 24, 1996, usuku lomshado kaNewell. Amanye amagama acatshangwa nguNewell noHarrington ahlanganisa iFruitfly Ensemble neRhino Scar.  Umdlalo wokuqala we-Valve kwakuyi-Half-Life, i-first-person shooter (FPS) enezici ezesabekayo. Ukuthuthukiswa kwalekelelwa ukufinyelela injini ye-Quake yi-id Software; I-Valve iguqule le injini yaba injini yabo ye-GoldSrc. Ngemva kokulwela ukuthola umshicileli, i-Valve yagcina isisayine neSierra On-Line. I-Half-Life yakhishwa ngoNovemba 1998 futhi yaba yimpumelelo enkulu kwezentengiselwano. Ngeqiniso layo, ukulandelana okubhalwe phansi kanye nokulandisa okungenamthungo, kwaba nethonya elihlala njalo; ngokusho kwe-IGN ngo-2014, umlando wohlobo lwe-FPS "uhlukaniswa kahle kakhulu ngezikhathi zangaphambi kwe-Half-Life nangemva kwe-Half-Life".
Ukusungulwa kanye ne-Half-Life (1996<unk>2003): I-Valve yasungulwa njenge-Valve, LLC, ngo-1996 ngabasebenzi bakaMicrosoft uGabe Newell noMike Harrington eKirkland, eWashington. Umdlalo wokuqala we-Valve yi-Half-Life, i-first-person shooter (FPS) ekhishwe ngoNovemba 1998. Yakhiwa kusetshenziswa injini ye-Quake eguquliwe i-GoldSrc. Ngemva kokulwela ukuthola umshicileli, i-Valve yagcina isisayine neSierra On-Line.