{"id":1670242,"date":"2026-08-21T03:19:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T03:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/R36xQVE33RuarKzoKPehTd"},"modified":"2026-08-21T03:19:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T03:19:24","slug":"dude-no-joke-looks-like-hugh-jackman-now-the-internet-is-swooning-over-gabe-newells-svelte-new-look-at-the-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dude-no-joke-looks-like-hugh-jackman-now-the-internet-is-swooning-over-gabe-newells-svelte-new-look-at-the-international\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Dude no joke looks like Hugh Jackman now&#8217;: The internet is swooning over Gabe Newell&#8217;s svelte new look at The International"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet >\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"high\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/paaF-vRabhU?start=603\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Valve honcho Gabe Newell recorded a video to kick off The International 2026, the latest edition of Valve&#8217;s annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/dota-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dota 2<\/a> championship tournament, and as noticed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/games\/valve-chief-gabe-newell-makes-a-rare-public-appearance-as-new-chad-gabe-and-rings-in-dota-2s-biggest-tournament\/\" target=\"_blank\">GamesRadar<\/a>, the reaction to it is pleasingly wholesome. <\/p>\n<p>Plenty of esports fans are thrilled to see the return of one of the world&#8217;s premiere tourneys, naturally, but in this case it&#8217;s not just the excitement of elite competition that has everyone would up: An awful lot of folks seem to be more impressed by how good Gabe is looking these days.<\/p>\n<p>Newell&#8217;s video message was pretty standard fare for this sort of thing: Reminiscing about past Internationals, gazing into the future, and thanking the fans, players, and host city of Shanghai for making it all possible. But the reaction? <\/p>\n<p>Well, this is the internet, after all. <\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-card\" ><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/valve\/comments\/1vt6iqe\/new_chad_gabe_look_just_dropped\">New Chad Gabe Look Just Dropped<\/a><figcaption><cite>\u00a0from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/valve\">r\/valve<\/a><\/cite><\/figcaption><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/embed.redditmedia.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m so happy he lost all that weight,&#8221; redditor TheMilkman1811 wrote in response to Newell&#8217;s &#8220;Chad Gabe&#8221; look. &#8220;Probably bought another 10 to 15 years of life with us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Right? I&#8217;m just happy he looks healthy! More time among us,&#8221; another replied. A third cut more directly to the point, referring to the Valve founder as &#8220;Babe Newell.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The cause of Newell&#8217;s new svelte style came up for debate: Some believe his life-on-a-yacht lifestyle is the reason, others surmise it&#8217;s medical intervention; redditor rice_goblin theorized that &#8220;he&#8217;s slowly absorbing australian genes through osmosis due to living in new zealand for so long.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That theory is surprisingly popular, at least to the extent that people think (perhaps not entirely seriously) that Newell is becoming genetically Australian: No fewer than six redditors, and possibly more by the time you read this, say he&#8217;s looking like Hugh Jackman (or, in one case, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/valve\/comments\/1vt6iqe\/comment\/p4qxlve\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hugh Jackman&#8217;s cool dad<\/a>,&#8221; although Jackman is only six years younger than Newell.) <\/p>\n<p>Similar sentiments are being expressed in comments on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=paaF-vRabhU\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>, where pochix2 wrote, &#8220;Live long enough to see Lord Gaben turn to Russell Crowe, while real Russell Crowe becomes Gabe.&#8221; But again, others are just happy to see Newell doing so well: &#8220;Lord Gaben is getting healthier, love to see it,&#8221; NighthawK1911 wrote. &#8220;He looks slimmer than last year&#8217;s announcement video.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Newell&#8217;s lighter look is clearly a surprise for some Dota 2 fans, but the transformation has been underway for a while. He was, putting it gently, not a small man back in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gabe-newell-calling-in-a-favour-via-potato-phone-is-the-funniest-thing-valves-done-in-years\/\" target=\"_blank\">potato phone days<\/a> of 2022, but he&#8217;s shed a lot of that poundage in more recent years\u2014he was looking comparatively trim in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/moba\/gabe-newell-waxes-poetic-about-his-love-for-the-dota-2-community-in-a-special-message-for-the-international-people-talk-s-t-at-me-in-chat-and-tell-him-to-uninstall-the-game-on-a-weekly-basis\/\" target=\"_blank\">International 2025 appearance<\/a>, although even there I don&#8217;t think he looked quite as lean as he does here. And yeah, let&#8217;s just put it out there, trimming the beard and getting a proper haircut sure didn&#8217;t hurt either.<\/p>\n<p>It is, admittedly, a bit weird to see this kind of adoration for a distant billionaire, especially given that the whole billionaire class isn&#8217;t held in very high esteem these days (and rightly so). But Newell is somewhat unusual in that regard: He did something cool and lucrative, didn&#8217;t sell it to the highest bidder at the first opportunity, and then quietly took his money and toddled off to the other side of the world to indulge a relatively harmless <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/gabe-newell-makes-surprise-appearance-in-an-ad-for-the-yacht-company-he-bought-last-year-riding-around-in-his-usd500-million-boat\/\">rich-guy passion<\/a>. As billionaire outcomes go, that&#8217;s not a bad one.<\/p>\n<div style=\"min-height: 250px;\">\n<div class=\"kwizly-quiz kwizly-WQw9nX\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script src=\"https:\/\/kwizly.com\/embed\/WQw9nX.js\" async><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"product star-deal\"><a data-dimension112=\"3c504cae-9cd4-11f1-852c-cfede63e9505\" data-action=\"Star Deal Block\" data-label=\"GTA 6 guide\" data-dimension48=\"GTA 6 guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1238px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"ZF5ZJsyvbhJRVSDmd9H3jA\" name=\"gta 6 cover art square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dude-no-joke-looks-like-hugh-jackman-now-the-internet-is-swooning-over-gabe-newells-svelte-new-look-at-the-international.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1238\" height=\"1238\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<div><span class=\"product__star-deal-label\">Grand Theft Auto 6<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/grand-theft-auto\/gta-6-guide\/\" data-dimension112=\"3c504cae-9cd4-11f1-852c-cfede63e9505\" data-action=\"Star Deal Block\" data-label=\"GTA 6 guide\" data-dimension48=\"GTA 6 guide\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>GTA 6 guide<\/strong><\/a>: Everything we know<br \/><strong><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gta-6-cars-list\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>GTA 6 cars<\/strong><\/a>: The garage lineup<br \/><strong><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/grand-theft-auto\/gta6-characters\/\"><strong>GTA 6 characters<\/strong><\/a>: Your anti-hero cast<br \/><strong><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/grand-theft-auto\/gta6-map\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>GTA 6 map<\/strong>:<\/a> Confirmed Vice City locales<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/grand-theft-auto\/gta-6-pc-release-date\/\"><strong>GTA 6 PC release<\/strong><\/a>: When&#8217;s it going to happen?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/dude-no-joke-looks-like-hugh-jackman-now-the-internet-is-swooning-over-gabe-newells-svelte-new-look-at-the-international\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valve honcho Gabe Newell recorded a video to kick off The International 2026, the latest edition of Valve&#8217;s annual Dota 2 championship tournament, and as noticed by GamesRadar, the reaction to it is pleasingly wholesome. Plenty of esports fans are thrilled to see the return of one of the world&#8217;s premiere tourneys, naturally, but in this case it&#8217;s not just the excitement of elite competition that has everyone would up: An awful lot of folks seem to be more impressed by how good Gabe is looking these days. Newell&#8217;s video message was pretty standard fare for this sort of thing: Reminiscing about past Internationals, gazing into the future, and thanking the fans, players, and host city of Shanghai for making it all possible. 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