Valve har i denne uge afskediget mellem 25 og 30 ansatte, skriver blandt andet Gamasutra.
Blandt andet er hardware-ingeniøren Jeri Ellsworth blandt de fyrede, og der svirrer også rygter om, at Jason Holtman - en af primære skikkelser bag Steam - også er ude. Valves Android- og hardware-afdelinger skulle være hårdest ramt, forlyder det.
Sent i går aftes kom Valve-chefen Gabe Newell med en udmelding til Engadget om fyringerne, hvor han siger, at studiet ikke har nedlagt nogen projekter:
"We don't usually talk about personnel matters for a number of reasons. There seems to be an unusual amount of speculation about some recent changes here, so I thought I'd take the unusual step of addressing them. No, we aren't canceling any projects. No, we aren't changing any priorities or projects we've been discussing. No, this isn't about Steam or Linux or hardware or [insert game name here]. We're not going to discuss why anyone in particular is or isn't working here."