What is Valve Corporation?
{{Infobox company | name = Valve Corporation | logo = Valve logo.svg | image = Valve Lobby 2016.jpg | image_caption = Entrance to the offices of Valve | type = [[Private company]] | fate = | successor = | founded = {{Unbulleted list|{{Start date and age|1996|08|24}}|[[Kirkland, Washington|Kirkland]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], United States}} | founders = {{Unbulleted list|[[Gabe Newell]]|[[Mike Harrington]]}} | defunct = | location_city = [[Bellevue, Washington|Bellevue]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]] | location_country = [[United States]] | locations = 2 offices | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = Gabe Newell<br />([[CEO]]) | industry = {{Unbulleted list|[[Video game producer|Video game industry]]|[[Digital distribution]]}} | products = | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = | assets = | equity = | equity_year = | owner = | num_employees = ~330<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.seattletimes.com/brierdudley/2013/11/04/a-glimpse-of-valves-steam-machine-controller-design-and-hardware-plans/|first=Brier|last=Dudley|title=A glimpse of Valve’s Steam Machine, controller design and hardware plans|publisher=Seattle Times|date=2013-11-04|accessdate=2013-11-04|archive-date=2017-07-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706134531/http://blogs.seattletimes.com/brierdudley/2013/11/04/a-glimpse-of-valves-steam-machine-controller-design-and-hardware-plans/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | num_employees_year = 2013 | divisions = | subsid = Valve S.a.r.l. | homepage = {{url|http://www.valvesoftware.com/}} }} '''Valve Corporation''' is an American [[video game developer]] and [[digital]] [[distribution|distributor]] company in [[Bellevue, Washington]]. It was started in 1996 by [[Gabe Newell]] and [[Mike Harrington]], two [[Microsoft]] employees in the past. The company is widely known for [[Steam (software)|Steam]] and the ''[[Half-Life (Series)|Half-Life]] series.'' Also, the company develops the SteamOS,<ref>[https://www.tomsguide.com/us/steamos-faq-machines,news-17614.html Wh