How a new e-sports alliance hopes to eventually create a FIFA-like federation for competitive gaming
German e-sports company Clauf is starting ESGN and ESGN TV to connect competitive-gaming fans on a global level.
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Dota 2 and Team Fortress 2 item creators get $10.2 million payout from Valve in 2013
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The DeanBeat: The gaming innovations at CES that go way beyond the consoles
Steam Machines and Oculus were the highlights of game technology at CES, but there was plenty more for gamers waiting in the aisles.
Valve would let Electronic Arts put the Origin store on SteamOS and Steam Machines
Gabe Newell isn't afraid of letting EA on his new, open gaming platform.
Steam Controllers support 16 simultaneous connections for multiplayer gaming
The Steam Controller is also going through some changes as Valve finalizes its design.
Steam Dev Days: Greenlight gets death sentence, third-party Steam controllers, and 75 million users
Steam is holding a number of talks and question-and-answer sessions for developers and publishers in Seattle.
Valve releases SteamVR beta just before its Dev Days conference
New SteamVR interface is designed to be navigated using an Oculus Rift development kit.
E-sports tournament-management startup Battlefy raises $1.3M in seed funding
Battlefy will use the money to fund an expansion of its services into league and player management.
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