Garry’s Mod sells one million copies
by Michael Arsenault on Thursday, July 28, 2011 , under
Back in 2004, Garry’s Mod turned Valve’s Source Engine into a toybox. Its intuitive UI, straightforward controls and building tools removed the programming barriers needed to be creative with Source. Since then, hundreds of thousands of people have used the mod to attach rockets to the G-Man’s head, build a giant robots or mess around with the physics system. The community has created hundreds of new game modes, mods and machinima using the tools.
Today, developer Garry Newman posts on his his site to announce that Garry’s Mod has now sold more than a million copies since its launch on Steam in 2007.
“This is a pretty big deal for me considering this all started off as a tiny tiny modification about 6 years ago,” writes Garry. “This is more than I could have ever expected or wished for!”
“This is a pretty big deal for me considering this all started off as a tiny tiny modification about 6 years ago,” writes Garry. “This is more than I could have ever expected or wished for!”
“Even though my name is on the Mod there are a lot of people that have helped out over the years – and GMod wouldn’t be where it is now without them. Particularly Valve & Steam – which made Garry’s Mod technically feasible”
Garry’s Mod is available to buy on Steam now for £6 / $10. Garry’s Mod 9, an older version with less features, can be downloaded from Steam for free.
14 comments
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Stuart
July 28, 2011 at 4:13 PM
I remember picking up gmod years ago, I never thought that it would get this big, props to Garry
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Sub Radar (Mike)
July 28, 2011 at 7:28 PM
Congrats to Garry... now he can be slightly less jealous of Notch haha.
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GMSoccerPicks
July 29, 2011 at 2:44 AM
That damn Garry made it big. He must be swimming in a pool full of coins hahaha
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Anonymous
July 30, 2011 at 5:29 AM
“This is a pretty big deal for me considering this all started off as a tiny tiny modification about 6 years ago,” writes Garry. “This is more than I could have ever expected or wished for!”
Great things usually starts like this, see a problem, look for a solution. Congrats to him :]
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D3N00B1F13D™
July 31, 2011 at 12:56 AM
I just love videos of it on youtube!
It's just like a virtual sandbox.
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July 28, 2011 at 2:21 PM
woah 1 million, this was such an awesome thing