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Valve’s Long-Forgotten ‘Ricochet’ Sees Its All-Time Concurrent Player Record Obliterated Thanks to Dedicated Group of ‘Half-Life’ Fans

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Once per year, Valve fan community LambdaGeneration comes together to resurrect the studio’s classics. In 2021, the group gathered together to play through Half-Life 2, breaking its concurrent player records at that time. The next years, they organized mass gatherings for Half-Life, followed by its two expansions, Half-Life: Opposing Force and Half-Life: Blue Shift. This year, and aptly timed for April Fool’s Day, they’re toting a long-running j…

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Valve’s Long-Forgotten ‘Ricochet’ Sees Its All-Time Concurrent Player Record Obliterated Thanks to Dedicated Group of ‘Half-Life’ Fans

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That particular “B” game (a term that also refers to its quality) could have ruined Gabe Newell’s company, according to Valve co-founder and former marketing director. Valve co-founder and former marketing director Monica Harrington participated in a roundtable discussion at the recent Game Developers Conference 2025 titled How Valve Became Valve: An Insider’s Account. According to Harrington, in the late 1990s Valve went on a headhunting spre…

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