Turtle Rock Studios reforms

By Tom Bramwell Published 18 March, 2010

Former Valve satellite re-emerges.

Former Valve studio Turtle Rock has reformed and appears to be working on new projects, according to updates on its website and Facebook.

Describing themselves as "developers who worked with Valve Software to help create Counter-Strike: Condition Zero and Left 4 Dead", the group is currently hiring for animation and art roles.

Turtle Rock was formed in 2002 by Michael Booth, and spent some years collaborating with the likes of Valve until the Half-Life developer acquired it outright in 2008, thanks in part to its ongoing work on Left 4 Dead.

However, Valve eventually asked employees at the studio to move up to its main office just outside Seattle, leading to the effective closure of the studio.

The Turtle Rock website doesn't offer any new insight into these events, or explain the circumstances of the company's resurrection, but does have some nice rootin' tootin' visuals and links to a recently released "side project", an iPhone application called Garage Buddy.

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Comments (5) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • Ryboy #1 2 years ago

    Can't be a bad thing I guess. Expect AI heavy games as that's what they be good at. Happy days.

  • ChthonicEcho #2 2 years ago

    Actually, it might be a bad thing, depending on how many of the original staff left Valve. It is likely to affect L4D1's and L4D2's future support.
    Edited by 1 at 18/03/10 @ 10:44

  • Eraysor #3 2 years ago

    Guess we'll have to just wait and see what they produce.

  • Ryboy #4 2 years ago

    Well Turtle Rock has been there with the Source engine since it was born. Just because they might be going it alone (I'm still not 100% on that as it's not crystal in this article) does nt mean they severing ties with Valve completely.

    I for one would definatly like to have Gabe batting for my team if I were starting my own game studio.

  • Gastrian #5 2 years ago

    IS this just a case of Valve using the studio name but none of the original talent so when they release games it comes with "from the studio that brought you L4D" in an effort to drum up sales?