Many gamers know Valve as the company that created the immensely popular digital distribution service Steam. It’s where the majority of PC players get their fix, and when the seasonal sales drop, it’s where many start throwing their bank accounts at. However, before Steam became a thing, Valve was in the business of developing video games. According to co-founder Gabe Newell, they want back in.

Of course, we already learned that they were working on a few titles when Newell held a Reddit AMA in January 2017. During a recent event surrounding the Dota 2-themed digital card game Artifact, Newell expressed that it’s only the beginning of the return. “Artifact is the first of several games that are going to be coming from us,” he said, “So that’s sort of good news. Hooray! Valve’s going to start shipping games again.” This is likely good news for anyone that plays on PC, especially through Steam.

However, why did they put video game production on the back-burner to begin with? Well, Newell attributes that to PC gaming becoming a closed and high-margin environment. This caused a bit of worry on Valve’s end “because we thought that the strength of the PC is about its openness… So we started to make some investments to offset that.” This led them to start developing hardware instead, which has certainly seen its successes. “Five years ago, we didn’t have electrical engineers. Now there’s pretty much no project in the hardware space that we wouldn’t be comfortable taking on,” Newell said. Apparently, a bit of envy is also a factor:

We’ve always been a little bit jealous of companies like Nintendo. When Miyamoto is sitting down and thinking about the next version of Zelda or Mario, he’s thinking what is the controller going to look like, what sort of graphics and other capabilities. He can introduce new capabilities like motion input because he controls both of those things. And he can make the hardware look as good as possible because he’s designing the software at the same time that’s really going to take advantage of it. So that is something we’ve been jealous of, and that’s something that you’ll see us taking advantage of subsequently.”

Of course, when Valve starts pumping out games again, we have no idea what to expect. Will they focus more on original IPs, or could they be hopping aboard the remaster hype train? Will they be introducing a third installment of a franchise? Only time will tell, but keep it tuned to Don’t Feed the Gamers as we learn more. For other gaming news going on right now, check out the following:

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Between Half-Life 3, Portal 3, Dota 3, Team Fortress 3, or Left 4 Dead 3, which would you rather see happen? Will we ever see any of those franchises continued? Sound off in the comments section below, and be sure to follow DFTG on Twitter for live gaming and entertainment news 24/7!