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Subscribe from just £3 Takes you closer to the games, movies and TV you love Try a single issue or save on a subscription Issues delivered straight to your door or device From£9.99Subscribe now Gamescom 2025 schedule Battlefield 6 Horror Special New Games for 2025 Recommended reading Steam founder Gabe Newell is investing his $9.5 billion fortune in his new passion, big ass boats, because he's "a hands-on visionary who respects the sea" Valve boss Gabe Newell shares his "daily routine," which is shockingly like his Steam God persona: "I get up, I work, I go scuba diving, work some more" then "go on a second scuba dive or I go to the gym" Valve boss and superyacht enthusiast Gabe Newell says pitching VCs is a "deeply distracted" way to make money: "If you're creating value for people, the capital will come your way" Valve boss Gabe Newell made a $9.5 billion net worth off everything from Steam to Half-Life and Portal, but he says his success all comes down to "luck" and "great people" Half-Life 3 obsessives put Valve boss Gabe Newell under the microscope, tracking his yacht as it gets kind of, sort of, actually not at all near the Summer Game Fest venue Gabe Newell says he ditched Microsoft and made Valve and Half-Life to prove "a better approach to game design" at a time where "there were more people using Doom than using Windows" Valve's Gabe Newell predicts AI will lead to a "funny situation" where "people who don't know how to program" could be "more effective" than people "who've been programming for a decade" Valve founder Gabe Newell is doing billionaire things again with the $300 million purchase of a ship the size of an NFL football field designed to explore the deepest parts of the ocean Jordan Gerblick 18 August 2025 Gabe Newell's Inkfish has added the RV6000 to its fleet When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Valve) In case you needed further proof that billionaires are living in a completely different world from the rest of us, Valve founder Gabe Newell is dropping $300 million on a giant ship to explore the deep ocean. Per Luxury Launches and Super Yacht Times, two publications which themselves further prove my point, Newell's US-based marine research organization Inkfish has partnered up with ship builder Vard to design and construct the 100-meter custom-built research vessel, RV6000. The mega ship will be the flagship of Inkfish's existing fleet of ships, which includes the RV Dagon and RV Hydra. The RV6000 is specifically designed for deep-sea mapping and general research, equipped with a gondola mounted sensor suite, a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) that can operate at 6,000 meters of depth, hangars, a helideck, and support for two manned submersibles. You may like Steam founder Gabe Newell is investing his $9.5 billion fortune in his new passion, big ass boats, because he's "a hands-on visionary who respects the sea" Valve boss Gabe Newell shares his "daily routine," which is shockingly like his Steam God persona: "I get up, I work, I go scuba diving, work some more" then "go on a second scuba dive or I go to the gym" Valve boss and superyacht enthusiast Gabe Newell says pitching VCs is a "deeply distracted" way to make money: "If you're creating value for people, the capital will come your way" "Our research vessels are at the heart of what we do – they're how we get science done. We're excited to be working with Vard on the next step in that journey: a world-class vessel that will dramatically increase our capacity and broaden the support we can offer the global research community. This has been a unique opportunity to involve the researchers to collaborate with the ship builder and the operators from the first stage of the design process," said Inkfish maritime operations lead Stu Buckle. In all fairness to Newell, his passion for exploring the seas isn't anything new, having purchased Inkfish and the private deep-sea exploration platform, Hadal Exploration System, in 2022. Just this month, he invested some of his staggering $9.5 billion net worth in custom yacht builder Oceanco, and he's known to go scuba diving on his lunch breaks. Basically, I want to differentiate Newell from your average, bored multibillionaire buying things just to buy things. He might be doing that, but he's at least proven himself to be genuinely interested in the thing he's buying. Gabe Newell says he ditched Microsoft and made Valve and Half-Life to prove "a better approach to game design" at a time where "there were more people using Doom than using Windows" Sign up to the GamesRadar+ Newsletter Weekly digests, tales from the communities you love, and more Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsorsBy submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. See more Games News Jordan Gerblick Social Links Navigation After earning an English degree from ASU, I worked as a corporate copy editor while freelancing for places like SFX Magazine, Screen Rant, Game Revolution, and MMORPG on the side. I got my big break here in 2019 with a freelance news gig, and I was hired on as GamesRadar's west coast Staff Writer in 2021. 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Steam founder Gabe Newell is investing his $9.5 billion fortune in his new passion, big ass boats, because he's "a hands-on visionary who respects the sea" Valve boss Gabe Newell shares his "daily routine," which is shockingly like his Steam God persona: "I get up, I work, I go scuba diving, work some more" then "go on a second scuba dive or I go to the gym" Valve boss and superyacht enthusiast Gabe Newell says pitching VCs is a "deeply distracted" way to make money: "If you're creating value for people, the capital will come your way" Valve boss Gabe Newell made a $9.5 billion net worth off everything from Steam to Half-Life and Portal, but he says his success all comes down to "luck" and "great people" Half-Life 3 obsessives put Valve boss Gabe Newell under the microscope, tracking his yacht as it gets kind of, sort of, actually not at all near the Summer Game Fest venue Gabe Newell says he ditched Microsoft and made Valve and Half-Life to prove "a better approach to game design" at a time where "there were more people using Doom than using Windows" Latest in Games Valve makes major change to Steam user reviews with new "language-specific" scores enabled by default – which could explain or minimize review bombs "This dude’s gonna single-handedly delay GTA 6 for several years": Bold truth seeker asks if GTA 5 street signs are actually legal, commissions a mod that corrects Rockstar's many mistakes One of the best JRPGs ever may have its remaster unveiled tomorrow as Bandai Namco prepares an official announcement following months of speculation and a supposed leak Battlefield 6 dataminers uncover launch map that's nearly four times larger than Siege of Cairo, days after beta players kept clowning on Dice for saying "large maps exist" GTA 5 sleuth finally has an explanation for this 12-year-old Easter egg, and it turns out it has roots in a GTA 4 urban myth Battlefield 6 lead responds to complaint it's "not how Battlefield should be," says "I'd urge everyone to go and play some smaller/medium map BF3 and BF4" to get a feel for "the intensity curve" Latest in News Valve makes major change to Steam user reviews with new "language-specific" scores enabled by default – which could explain or minimize review bombs "This dude’s gonna single-handedly delay GTA 6 for several years": Bold truth seeker asks if GTA 5 street signs are actually legal, commissions a mod that corrects Rockstar's many mistakes The Conjuring: Last Rites popcorn bucket features everyone's favorite haunted doll – and I don’t want that thing in my house Longlegs director's new psychedelic horror movie traps She-Hulk star in a cabin with her husband and a load of dark secrets Spider-Man swings into the winter holidays with a one-shot that teams him up with the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, and more One of the best JRPGs ever may have its remaster unveiled tomorrow as Bandai Namco prepares an official announcement following months of speculation and a supposed leak GAME REVIEWS MOVIE REVIEWS This D&D-style board game "pairs gentle strategic fun with tempting press-your-luck mechanics" for a very good time Sword of the Sea review: "Joyous, fluid hoverboarding connects together everything I loved about Journey and The Pathless" This D&D board game could be the magic item needed to refresh your game nights, but it won't be a critical hit for everyone OFF review: "Undertale fans need to play this RPG that inspired it – I can't believe it took this stellar remake to get me to step up to the plate" Drag x Drive review: "I'm left craving Arms' sauce from Nintendo's twitchy yet shallow basketballer, which feels like a tech demo" Weapons review: "A twisted fairytale that bests Barbarian" The Fantastic Four: First Steps review: "An occasionally thrilling heroic adventure that sits safely within a B-tier MCU range" Superman review: "A triumphant reinvention and a promising start for the DCU" Jurassic World Rebirth Review: "An unscary sequel that needed a little more time in amber" M3GAN 2.0 review: "A bold sequel with a slightly underwhelming conclusion" Peacemaker season 2 review: "Darker and sadder than the first year, but there's still a lot of fun to be had with the 11th Street Kids." 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