I wonder what their objective is by opening up a new studio in SF. If you look at their [employee handbook](http://newcdn.flamehaus.com/Valve_Handbook_LowRes.pd

I wonder what their objective is by opening up a new studio in SF. If you look at their [employee handbook](http://newcdn.flamehaus.com/Valve_Handbook_LowRes.pdf http://newcdn.flamehaus.com/Valve_Handbook_LowRes.pdf), you'll immediately see that their corporate culture is the complete antithesis of most other game companies. It's not that I don't think that they'll be able to find people ( loads of people in the bay area would probably love working there), but that they're probably better off hiring from MS than from EA.