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Valve has kickstarted its busy week at this year's GDC, announcing Source 2 as well as revealing further plans for Steam Controllers, Steam Machines and announcing an all-new product, Steam Link.Coming over ten years since its predecessor launched in 2004 with Counter-Strike: Source, the Source 2 engine will be available for free to developers. "The value of a platform like the PC is how much it increases the productivity of those who use the platform. With Source 2, our focus is increasing creator productivity," said Valve's Jay Stelly in an official press release.
"Given how important user generated content is becoming, Source 2 is designed not for just the professional developer, but enabling gamers themselves to participate in the creation and development of their favourite games. We will be making Source 2 available for free to content developers. This combined with recent announcements by Epic and Unity will help continue the PCs dominance as the premiere content authoring platform."
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