Business of Esports – Weekly News #393
In this week’s esports business news: Valve’s new discount policies, Shikenso Analytics partners with Calyx Gaming, The Matrix Awakens hasContinue Reading
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Weekly News #198: Steam Deck, Steam Pass, Netflix Acquisition, EA Without FIFA, Celebrity Backbone, Quantum Computing, Rude DICE Awards, Activision Mobile Changes
In the latest weekly news and podcast after-show (sponsored by YouGov), we discuss Gabe Newell thinking the Steam Deck can have anContinue Reading
Valve Unveils New Rules Targeting Dodgy Discounts For Steam Sales
Valve has issued changes to its rules surrounding games sales and discounts. These reforms will affect the frequency in whichContinue Reading
Pixotope’s Virtual Production Showcased At The Largest Dota 2 Esports Championship
Valve’s ten-day long tournament for their smash hit Dota 2 game was held in Bucharest’s largest stadium, the 50,000 capacity Arena Națională, and assembledContinue Reading
Business of Esports – Weekly News #392
In this week’s esports business news: Cloud9 Gaming partners with Blockchain.com, Salt and Sacrifice gets a release date, major PS4Continue Reading
Steam Deck Adds Major PS4 And PS5 Games To Roster
Valve’s Steam Deck is coming out at the end of this month, which is very good news for those whoContinue Reading
Valve’s Steam Deck Now Has Over 500 Playable Games In Its Library
In preparation for the release of the Steam Deck, Valve has been working hard to add as many games asContinue Reading
Steam Deck Verified Playable List Passes 100 Games
In preparation for the Steam Deck release this month, Valve began putting compatibility categories for games on Steam to sayContinue Reading
Nintendo And Sony Feel The Burn As The Console Wars Heat Up
Companies like Nintendo and Sony have been scrambling to come up with a response to Microsoft’s mammoth acquisition of Activision-Blizzard.Continue Reading
Valve’s Steam Discount Cycle To Be Reduced To Twenty-Eight Days
Starting March 28th, game developers will be able to run a deal for their games more often on Steam, whichContinue Reading
The Epic Games Store To Continue Giving Away Games For Free In 2022
In its recently published “Year In Review” roundup, Epic Games stated that the Epic Games Store’s weekly free games giveawayContinue Reading
Google Working On Gaming-Focused Chromebooks
Google revealed two years ago that it was working on Steam support for Chromebooks, but that’s about as much asContinue Reading
Steam Adding New Feature Which Allows You To Play Games More Easily Across Multiple PCs
Valve announced a new feature, called Dynamic Cloud Sync, that will make it easier for players to access games seamlesslyContinue Reading
Valve Steam Deck Coming February 25th
The unimaginable is finally reality. After months of “will they or wont they,” the Valve Steam Deck actually has anContinue Reading
Steam Deck’s First Batch Of Games Are Now Available For Viewing With Compatibility Ratings
The Steam Deck is on track to be released in February, and Valve is working hard to make sure everythingContinue Reading
Valve Says The Steam Deck Will Still Be Released This February
According to a recent blog post, Valve has confirmed that the Steam Deck is still scheduled to be released worldwideContinue Reading
Steam Sets A New Record With 28M Concurrent Players
Despite setbacks caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic, Steam has continued to experience immense growth since the start of 2020. AccordingContinue Reading
Top Seven Esports Tournament Prize Pools For 2021
2021 was a strange year for esports as many arenas remained empty for the majority of tournaments. Despite this lackContinue Reading
Steam Unveils Best-Selling And Most-Played Games Of 2021
Now that we are well into 2022, major businesses are taking a look back at the successes they had inContinue Reading
Many Of Steams Highest Grossing Games Were Free-To-Play Titles
The highest grossing games for the PC storefront, Steam, have been announced in this year’s top hundred games as measured by gross revenue,Continue Reading
Was The Global Version Of Steam Banned In China?
The global version of Steam has been under attack in China. According to a December 25th article from TheGamer, theContinue Reading
Amazon Luna Is Hiring Linux Gaming Engineers
It appears Amazon is considering a shift to Linux-based servers as the company recently announced that it is hiring threeContinue Reading
Don’t Expect Exclusive Games On The Steam Deck
Valve recently confirmed that it will not be encouraging the release of exclusive games for the Steam Deck. On theContinue Reading
Official Steam Gaming Support Could Be Coming To Chromebook Soon
According to a new report, Steam support could debut on Chromebooks in the coming weeks, giving consumers another potential reasonContinue Reading
Nvidia’s DLSS Has Come To Linux Gaming
Valve has officially added support for both the standard and experimental Proton compatibility layers which will allow Windows games toContinue Reading
Weekly News #171: 100T $60M Round, Apple AR / VR Headset, Gaming SPACs Back, Lamborghini Gaming Chair, Steam Deck Exclusives, Valve BCI, ValkyRae YouTube Contract
In the latest weekly news and podcast after-show (sponsored by YouGov), we discuss 100 Thieves securing $60 million in a SeriesContinue Reading
Gaming Studios And Groups Slam Valve For NFT & Blockchain Ban
Fight for the Future, Enjin, The Blockchain Game Alliance, and 26 other blockchain gaming studios recently sent an open letterContinue Reading
Riot Games Wins Publisher Of The Year Award
Riot Games took home several honors during the Esports Awards 2021. However, nothing was more important than when the companyContinue Reading