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Valve Corporation, also known as Valve Software, is an American video game developer, publisher, hardware, and digital distribution company headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. It is the developer of game franchises including Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Portal, Team Fortress, Left 4 Dead and Dota, the software service Steam, and hardware including the…
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The extracted context around Valve Corporation shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Valve Corporation → Ancients, As, August, Blizzard, Blizzard All-Stars, Blizzard Entertainment, Blizzard Entertainment's Warcraft III, By, Chaos, Defense, DotA, DotA-Allstars, Eul, Feak, Guinsoo, Heroes, IceFrog, It, Kyle Sommer, League Another extracted example is Valve Corporation → Counter-Strike, Day of Defeat, Dota, GoldSrc, Half-Life, HTC Vive, Left 4 Dead, Portal, Proton, Source, Source 2, Source Filmmaker, Steam, Steam Controller (1st gen), Steam Controller (2nd gen), Steam Deck, Steam Frame, Steam Link, Steam Machine, SteamOS. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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TTTA extracted 90 structured relationships around Valve Corporation. Examples in this analysis include Valve Corporation → ASN → .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r… and Valve Corporation → Formerly → Valve, L.L.C. (1996–2003). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valve Corporation | ASN | .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r… | 1.00 | infobox |
| Valve Corporation | Formerly | Valve, L.L.C. (1996–2003) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Valve Corporation | Founded | August 24, 1996; 30 years ago (1996-08-24) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Valve Corporation | Founders | Gabe Newell | 1.00 | infobox |
| Valve Corporation | Founders | Mike Harrington | 1.00 | infobox |
| Valve Corporation | Headquarters | Bellevue, Washington, U.S. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Valve Corporation | Industry | Video games | 1.00 | infobox |
| Valve Corporation | Key people | Gabe Newell (president) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Valve Corporation | Key people | Scott Lynch (COO) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Valve Corporation | Number of employees | 336 (2021) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Valve Corporation | Owner | Gabe Newell (>50%) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Valve Corporation | Products | Counter-Strike | 1.00 | infobox |
| Valve Corporation | Products | Day of Defeat | 1.00 | infobox |
| Valve Corporation | Products | Dota | 1.00 | infobox |
| Valve Corporation | Products | Half-Life | 1.00 | infobox |
| Valve Corporation | Products | Left 4 Dead | 1.00 | infobox |
| Valve Corporation | Products | Portal | 1.00 | infobox |
| Valve Corporation | Products | Team Fortress | 1.00 | infobox |
| Valve Corporation | Products | HTC Vive | 1.00 | infobox |
| Valve Corporation | Products | Steam Controller (1st gen) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Valve Corporation | Products | Steam Controller (2nd gen) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Valve Corporation | Products | Steam Deck | 1.00 | infobox |
| Valve Corporation | Products | Steam Frame | 1.00 | infobox |
| Valve Corporation | Products | Steam Link | 1.00 | infobox |
| Valve Corporation | Products | Steam Machine | 1.00 | infobox |
| Valve Corporation | Products | Valve Index | 1.00 | infobox |
| Valve Corporation | Products | GoldSrc | 1.00 | infobox |
| Valve Corporation | Products | Proton | 1.00 | infobox |
| Valve Corporation | Products | Source | 1.00 | infobox |
| Valve Corporation | Products | Source 2 | 1.00 | infobox |
The concept neighborhoods around Valve Corporation bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Games, Steam and Half-life. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Valve Corporation, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Valve Corporation with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Valve Corporation to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Companies & Art, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Valve Corporation · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout