Valve has surprisingly fired Jeri Ellsworth.

She worked at hardware R&D for next generation devices at the company. Valve’s Steam Box has been gaining a lot of traction, so this firing comes at an odd time.

It’s not clear what the reasons are, but she was clearly disappointed, and let out a series of tweets. Here Linkedin profile mentions that she was at Valve for 1 year and 7 months.

Maybe she didn’t meet Valve’s quality requirements or they just didn’t need her? We will keep you updated once we hear more information on this.

Wow.I suddenly have a lot of spare time.

— Jeri Ellsworth (@jeriellsworth) February 13, 2013

Yup.Got fired today.Time for new exciting projects.

— Jeri Ellsworth (@jeriellsworth) February 13, 2013

My last day on the j0b today.All the pinball players are sad. twitter.com/jeriellsworth/…

— Jeri Ellsworth (@jeriellsworth) February 13, 2013