Gamescom 2010: Valve Has An Affinity For PS3

Valve, despite their differences and previous rough history with Sony, is very much excited to be finally working with the PS3.

Valve’s Erik Johnson, recently speaking to CVG at Gamescom, revealed that PS3-savvy team members at the studio jumped at the opportunity to get Valve’s famous Source engine up and running on the platform.

He said: “We have a handful of people who have a very strong PS3 background. They worked on a bunch of the early PS3 games and they’re big fans of the platform. So they’re really excited and jumped immediately at the chance to get Source up and running in Portal 2 on PS3.

“Having Steam on that platform is incredibly valuable to us. In a lot of ways that’s the way we define a customer having a good experience, because it’s a way that we can keep talking to that customer over time.”

Now, with a release date announced for Portal 2, we’ll get to see their efforts pay off with one of the most anticipated sequels around.