21 years ago, Valve passed on a chill game pitched as "the opposite" of GTA San Andreas, Journey creator says: "We only publish games with guns, our players like to shoot"
In 2005, Valve rejected a game pitch called 'Cloud,' which was designed to be the opposite of violent titles like Grand Theft Auto San Andreas. Jenova Chen, co-founder of Thatgamecompany, revealed that Valve stated they 'only publish games with guns.' Despite the rejection, Cloud was eventually released for free, and Thatgamecompany has since found success with peaceful games like Journey.
- Entities
- Person: Jenova Chen
- Company: Valve
- Game: Grand Theft Auto 6
- Company: thatgamecompany
- Topic: Game Publishing
- Topic: Game Design
- Platform: PC
- Company: Rockstar Games
- Game: Cloud
- Game: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
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