Last Half-Life and Portal Writer Leaves Valve

Chet Faliszek has left Valve Corporation. He worked for the studio for twelve years and was involved with writing Half-Life 2: Episode One, Half-Life 2: Episode Two and both Portal games as a text writer.

Faliszek is undoubtedly one of the industry's most talented writers, reports gamebizindustry today, with a CV which includes two Half Life episodes, two Portal games and both Left 4 Deads. Working with his long time friend Eric Wolpaw, with whom he ran hugely influential gaming site Old Man Murray, and author Mark Laidlaw, (and later Jay Pinkerton and Ted Kosmatka) Faliszek and his contemporaries defined Valve's incredible story writing for its formative years. Between them, they have answered more questions about Half Life 3 than there are grains of sand on a beach.

"[It was]Nothing exciting or drama filled," he wrote of his departure. "I worked there 12 years, shipped a bunch of great games and some amazing hardware and wanted to change things up. There's no news on what's next etc, I will let you know when that happens."