Furthermore, and perhaps more accurately, we really like making and producing entertainment. First, we really like making video games.

If you’re the type of person who gives two flips about this news, we can elaborate a little bit on this big decision.

SAN FRANCISCO–LOS ANGELES–LONDON–SOMEWHERE IN NORTHERN ENGLAND-The twelve of us at Campo Santo have agreed to join Valve, where we will maintain our jobs as video game developers and continue production on our current project, In the Valley of Gods. Recently Valve unveiled “Artifact,” a digital collectible card game based on its MOBA title “Dota 2.” At the time, Newell told press gathered for the unveiling that “we’re back to making and shipping games.” The acquisition of Campo Santo comes at a time when Valve founder Gabe Newell has expressed interest in the company reigniting its game development. “Firewatch,” which has players take on the role of a lone fire lookout stationed in the Shoeshone National Forest, is also currently in development as an action film that is being financed by Good Universe. The group goes on to write that they found in Valve a company that shares their values and that the deal is an obvious match.Ĭampo Santo, which was formed in 2013 by Sean Vanaman, Jake Rodkin, Nels Anderson, and Olly Moss, will continue work on “In the Valley of Gods,” now as a Valve game, as well as continuing its support of “Firewatch” and producing its website “The Quarterly Review.” Besides developing “In the Valley of Gods,” Campo Santo is also working on porting “Firewatch” to the Nintendo Switch.

“The twelve of us at Campo Santo have agreed to join Valve, where we will maintain our jobs as video game developers and continue production on our current project, ‘ In the Valley of Gods,'” according to the Saturday evening post. Valve Corporation, the company behind gaming store and platform Steam as well as franchises as diverse as “Portal,” “Counter-Strike: Global Offensive,” and “Half-Life,” is now also home to “ Firewatch” developer Campo Santo, according to a blog post on Campo Santo’s official site this weekend.

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