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In re Valve Antitrust Litigation

  1. November 27, 2024

    32,000 Developers Certified As Class In Valve Antitrust Case

    A Washington federal court has certified a class of around 32,000 game developers in a case accusing Valve Corp. of blocking competition by enforcing pricing and other restrictions on games sold through its Steam platform.

  2. November 07, 2024

    Valve Says Atty Ignoring, Threatening Gamers In Antitrust Row

    Valve Corp. has urged a Washington federal judge to grant it permission to directly contact game buyers whom the gaming marketplace company is suing to block them from continuing to arbitrate their antitrust claims, saying some gamers want out of arbitration, but their counsel at Bucher Law PLLC is not responsive to their queries.

  3. October 22, 2024

    Hagens Berman Says Vorys 'Opportunistically' Seeking Lead

    Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP is fighting a bid by Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP to take the lead in a proposed consolidated class action against gaming giant Valve Corp., saying that after they defeated Valve's arbitration provision Vorys sought to "opportunistically" seize the leadership role.

  4. October 18, 2024

    Vorys Slams 'Copycat' Firms Trying To Lead Antitrust Suit

    Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP is opposing a bid from Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP and Bucher Law PLLC to take the lead in a proposed consumer class action against gaming giant Valve Corp., saying the firms just "piggybacked" off Vorys' work in an identical suit.

  5. July 12, 2024

    Valve Says Too Much Game Publisher Variety For Class Cert.

    Online gaming giant Valve is fighting certification of a class of some 32,000 gaming publishers that distributed their titles through the company's Steam platform, arguing those publishers have nothing in common to assert any commonality in the alleged creation of a pricing floor that helped sustain Valve's 30% commissions.

  6. March 14, 2024

    Game Developer Seeks Class Cert. In Valve Antitrust Case

    Developer Wolfire Games is asking a Seattle federal judge for class certification in its consolidated antitrust suit against online game seller Valve, saying discovery has brought abundant evidence that the platform uses its most-favored-nation clause to stifle competition and maintain monopoly power.

  7. May 09, 2022

    Antitrust Claims Against Gaming Giant Valve Survive Scrutiny

    Game developer Wolfire provided the "needed context" to press forward with what it calls the most important half of a proposed antitrust class action against online gaming giant Valve, a Seattle federal judge said, crediting core parts of the allegations over Valve's 30% commission.

  8. November 23, 2021

    Game Maker's Antitrust Case Sent Back To Drawing Board

    Game developer Wolfire will have to redo its proposed antitrust class action against online gaming giant Valve after a Seattle federal judge found the complaint does not adequately show that Valve's ability to charge a 30% commission is based solely on its alleged efforts to limit game distribution alternatives.

  9. October 26, 2021

    Valve Gets Consumers, Not Game Developer, Into Arbitration

    Consumers pursuing antitrust claims against online gaming giant Valve must submit to arbitration they agreed to when they began playing, a federal judge in Washington state ordered Monday, but the judge allowed claims from game developer Wolfire to proceed in court.

  10. July 27, 2021

    Video Game Developer Looks To Toss Players' Antitrust Suit

    The video game developer behind a popular gaming platform has urged a Washington federal court to throw out gamers' claims accusing it of monopolizing PC desktop platforms to force users to pay a 30% commission, arguing they have failed to show that the developer's conduct violates antitrust laws.

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