Steve Bond

Steve Bond is a retired American video game software engineer. From 1996 until August 2012, when he was removed from the employee directory, Bond worked as a Game Designer and Programmer at the Valve Corporation, engineering the Half-Life and Portal franchises. He is credited under special thanks in Metroid Prime, albeit only in the North American version of the game. Jack Mathews implied in a 2022 interview that Bond worked at Retro Studios, although Bond has made no mention of this on his LinkedIn profile or elsewhere.Kiwi Talkz. "#144 - Jack Mathews Interview - Metroid Prime 20th Anniversary (Crunch, A.I., Fetch Quest, Bosses )". YouTube. November 18, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJkxpG5R9PI (starts at 4:28) Mathews added in a later interview that Bond was on the Prime development team when it started.Dev Game Club. "DGC Ep 355: Metroid Prime Bonus Interview with Jack Mathews!" July 19, 2023. Retrieved July 25, 2023. https://www.devgameclub.com/blog/2023/7/19/dgc-ep-355-metroid-prime-bonus-interview-with-jack-mathews (starts at 28:00)
==External links==
*Valve biography (2011)
*Bond on LinkedIn
*Bond on MobyGames
*Bond on Combine OverWiki
==References==
Category:Retro Studios employees
Category:Special Thanks