Unfortunately, with Valve busy marketing its upcoming Steam Deck system, as well as maintaining its other lucrative assets, fans will probably never know what the game was going to be about, with the concept art seemingly being the only thing left over from the project. On top of that, Obscure Game Aesthetics also links to some footage on YouTube, which shows a test reel footage by ex-Valve developer Gary Horsfield from 2012 of what could have been a concept that may have ended up in Stars of Blood. RELATED: Valve Confirms Dates For The Next Steam Sales Team Fortress 2: Alternate Characters An internal pitch project aimed to bring female characters to the cast of Team Fortress 2. The fact that it's described as a space pirate game, coupled with the art, suggests that SoB was probably going to be a sci-fi entry, though hardly anything is known about it beyond the name and the posted pictures. Each piece was intended to serve as both concept art and promotional art. However, the Twitter account uploaded a bunch of concept art from the scrapped title, as well as a link to more images, which show a series of environments. However, some concept art has recently emerged showing what it may have looked like.Īccording to a recent tweet from Obscure Game Aesthetics, Valve began work on a game called Stars of Blood, which never saw the light of day. Team Fortress 2 concept art for Medic In contrast to Elena's head, the Medic from Team Fortress - 2 is much more angular, particularly at the chin. At one point, Gabe Newell and company began working on a space pirate themed game, which was sadly cancelled.

From the influential Half-Life series, to both Portal 1 and 2, as well as such popular deathmatch games like Team Fortress 2, it was a developer that always seemed to be on the cutting edge of gameplay and storytelling. Although the company is known these days as the creator of the Steam platform, as well as hosting eSports tournaments, there was a time when Valve was one of the most prolific game studios going.

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