Even though there´s no word on Half-Life 3 (whatsoever). Gabe Newell still manages to make headlines all over the world. This time however, it has nothing to do with Steam or any of Valves products.

Nope, instead it has everything to do with Powerhoof Games (a Melbourne, Australia based indie studio) bubullet-hell beat-em-up meets old-school RPG “Crawl“(for Windows, MAC and Linux). Because Gabe Newell just happens to be a boss in “Crawl”.

Gabe Newell is a big knife welding boss in “Crawl” to be exact (as pictured above). So if you want to take out all your HL3 anger on Gaben. Then here´s your chance! (you can buy the early access version of “Crawl” via Steam for $9,99).

About Crawl:
Crawl is the local multiplayer dungeon crawler where your friends control the monsters! It’s bullet-hell beat-em-up meets old-school RPG, in an arcadey party-game for up to 4 players.

One player is the hero, exploring a randomly generated dungeon full of traps and monsters – all controlled by the other players. If you slay the hero you take their place and it’s your turn to crawl! Then it’s a race to gain enough XP and loot to reach the final battle, where it’s all on one as the other players collectively control the hulking final boss!

Robin “V-Act” Ek
The Gaming Ground
Twitter: @TheGamingGround

More by Robin Ek:

• New Old Pixels is to bring the original ‘Toki’ arcade game, to original retro hardware
• The 2D pixel art PvPvE extraction shooter, ‘Project S.U.N.D.I.A.L.’, is coming to Steam on April 27th
• The 1-4 player egg cracking adventure, ‘CRACK’, is coming to Steam on October 26th
• The unique horror game ‘Hoarder’ is coming to Steam in 2027
• The cozy first-person warehouse sim ‘BOB LOGISTICS’ is coming to Steam in Q4 2026

Tags: Bullet-hell, Crawl, Dungeon crawler, Gabe Newell, Powerhoof Games