“Well placed sources” tellThe Inquirerthat mega-corporationSkynetGoogle is looking to acquired darling independent developerValve. According to the report, the deal could happen “any second now.” We’ll wait …
Nope, nothing yet.
The acquisition would make some sense. With Google looking to get into the digital distribution space, Valve having already nearly dominated it withSteam(at least on the PC side), they could work well together. This past August, in a conversation withGamasutra, Valve’s Doug Lombardi stated that they’d be open to acquisition, given the right suitor.
I’m not really for or against such an acquisition, but the number of things I use that are already stamped with the Google logo is frightening.
[ViaCVG]
[Update: It seems Valve andGoogle(refusing to comment on rumors and speculation) have squashed this one for now; no need to merge your Gmail and Steam accounts just yet.]
