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'Realistic possibility' $48m esports tournament could be held in NZ, says gaming tycoon Gabe Newell

In an extensive interview, the billionaire Valve founder also discussed the "strong interest" from staff to move to New Zealand and why he's planning on seeking citizenship.

www.tvnz.co.nz

"Newell revealed that there is "strong interest" from Valve employees to move to New Zealand, after last year saying there were no active plans to make that happen."

"There's a lot of interest at a grass roots level inside of the company to have some people move."

"The infrastructure is what you need. There's a lot of local development talent as well — there's absolutely no reason why game development companies couldn't be located here," Newell said

"In the past, you're looking at it like, 'Are there people that have the technical skills? Do you have a good internet connection?' Right? It's just that there's this new requirement where it would be really nice if they had amazing public health infrastructure."

"You've never really had to worry about that before when setting up a software company, but it's about to become a critically valuable thing."

 

[KyoZz]

If it's mean they start to make games again (yes HL Alyx was great, but I need Portal 3) then YES !
Otherwise I don't care

 

[Maiden Voyage]

I'm not fluent in Kiwi.

 

[Kuranghi]

Yeah, my friend lives there with his family, on a boat.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

If it's mean they start to make games again (yes HL Alyx was great, but I need Portal 3) then YES !
Otherwise I don't care

3 upside down is still 3 so not gonna happen

Yeah, my friend lives there with his family, on a boat.

Is he Gabe?

 

[NullZ3r0]

Newell was there and loved it so much he wants to open an office there.

 

[Clintizzle]

Newell was there and loved it so much he wants to open an office there.

The govt has granted him a special residency as well. He might follow through to Citizenship.

 

[Tesseract]