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===Valve time===

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'''Valve time''' is an industry term used jokingly with game releases from Valve, used to acknowledge the difference between the "promised" date for released content stated by Valve and to the "actual" release date; "Valve Time" includes delays but also includes some content that was released earlier than expected. Valve has acknowledged the term, including tracking known discrepancies between ideal and actual releases on their public development wiki<ref>{{cite web |url=http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time |title=Valve Time |publisher=Valve |access-date=June 9, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618121700/http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time |archive-date=June 18, 2010}}</ref> and using it in announcements about such delays.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/2010/06/portal-2-delay// |title=Valve Delays Portal 2 to 2011 |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |first=Chris |last=Kohler |date=June 9, 2010 |access-date=May 1, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612142546/http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2010/06/portal-2-delay |archive-date=June 12, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.shacknews.com/article/66536/portal-2-delayed-hits-stores |title=Portal 2 Delayed to 'The Week of April 18' |first=Xav |last=de Matos |work=[[Shacknews]] |date=November 18, 2010 |access-date=May 1, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120011239/http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/66536 |archive-date=November 20, 2010}}</ref> Valve ascribes delays to their mentality of team-driven initiatives over corporate deadlines.<ref name="faliszek valvetime">{{cite web |url=https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/27296/Valves_Faliszek_Team_SelfDetermination_Drives_Left_4_Dead_2_DLC_Strategy.php |title=Valve's Faliszek: Team Self-Determination Drives Left 4 Dead 2 DLC Strategy |first=Chris |last=Remo |date=February 24, 2010 |access-date=May 1, 2022 |work=Game Developer |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100509090347/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/27296/Valves_Faliszek_Team_SelfDetermination_Drives_Left_4_Dead_2_DLC_Strategy.php |archive-date=May 9, 2010}}</ref>