Valve have announced that they're releases their Source Engine 2 for free to 'content creators'. (Link) There's a bit of mystery around how exactly free it will be and if they'll be any fees for licensing at all. Also the murky description of 'content creator' - licensed studio? successful modder? bedroom developer?
I like that software is becoming more and more accessible because it means more people get to create things more often and with greater ease. This just allows for gaming communities to share and make ideas of their own among each other and brilliant things can be made from it like we've seen with huge successes like DayZ, Team Fortress 2 and Garry's Mod.
I know Valve really like to hand control over to their player-base and it's a very strong part of their work ethic as they've said in talks previously and it's clear to see from their business model how welcoming they are of community developments. Using their Steam platform and now their established Workshop system, they have really done good for the modding and game development community within the gaming world and now with another freebie for players to get their hands on I believe content in games can only get more and more creative.
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