After Gabe Newell’s company got the hardware off to a good start with the Steam Deck, now it’s fair to ask the company what their next step in the gaming field might be?
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on the side we can also see two entries from Valve called Neon Prime. This certainly does not apply to hardware, as its category is “Computer Game Software, Electronic Game Software, Video Game Software, Internet Downloadable Computer Game Programs” meaning the company has clearly protected the name of a game with one voice, and the second covers a much broader category (organization of game leagues, video game education …).
An alleged former Valve employee is ResetEra Forum wrote that Valve previously had an FTL-like spaceship building game that he had worked on once and believes that Neon Prime can apply to that project. He doesn’t know if Valve completely brushed off the concept, or maybe that’s what they came up with. It’s only a matter of time before it becomes clear what the name means …
But let’s remember what in March 2020 the 1 News said Gabe Newell (who was stuck in New Zealand at the time after the company ended Half-Life: Alyx, unable to return to the US due to the pandemic): “We definitely have games in development that we’ll announce, because it’s It’s fun to release games. Half-Life: Alyx was great: Going back to single player games has given us a lot of momentum within the company to do more. It’s been a long time since I’ve successfully talked about these things [Half Life/Portal folytatásokról], and I hope not to continue talking about it as long as controversial issues remain. The good thing is that by not answering these questions, I prevent the community from coming up with new, equally difficult questions ”. So he drove as best he could.
But let’s not forget that Valve and number three don’t get along. Half-Life: Alyx is neither Half-Life 3 nor Half-Life 2: Episode 3 (who still remembers the first two episodes ?!).
Source: VGC
