Dustin Steiner

Still work to go, but its nice when a plan starts to come together ;)

A reminder to my journalist friends. Write everything outside of the CMS, then upload so you have hard copies.

Finally. We can have “This game just lost 90% of its players” articles for Steam AND PlayStation

@Rooflemonger The copium is going to be it says weekly users

steamchart # of players discourse when they find out how many people are actually on consoles lmao

If something like this happened in esports, teams would riot.

@Rooflemonger The shark card sales alone in the first year should do that let alone the game sales and cosmetics...

GTA6 will make that back in the first week, let alone the years and years of sales to come after when they milk the online for all its worth lol like lets be real. GTAV is the single biggest piece of entertainment media in history

🚨 SCOOP ALERT 🚨 The Esports World Cup is moving from Riyadh to Paris amid the conflict in the Middle East. @GamesBeat has confirmed the move with multiple sources familiar with the plan. Here's my report on the news and its potential impact on the EWC: gamesbeat.com/esports-world-…

@TeamLiquid CO-CEO Steve Arhancet (@LiQuiD112) revealed that the esports organisation generated more than $60 million in revenue last year and has been profitable for the last three years. More info in comments.

[Press Release] SNK Announces Establishment of New Studio Led by Katsuhiro Harada Katsuhiro Harada Appointed as Representative snk-corp.co.jp/us/press/2026/

"The Ghost in the Shell" ANIME REBOOT NEW TRAILER !!! Director: Moko-chan Release Date: July 7, 2026 Animation Production: Science Saru Reboot series is described "more faithful" to original manga and vision by creator Masamune Shirow

While I'm a little disappointed this is SF64 again and not original levels, the presentation looks so good. Hopefully they can take this engine and make a sequel after.

GUYS ITS HAPPENING! Let's make a "Guild" movie together!!!! Sign up now at this link to be alerted when our Kickstarter is live: launchoracle.com/r/z1jIAAwe Excited to see the gang back together with your help! #reunion'd

Haitani (@hai090), member of eSports organization REJECT and popular streamer, will appear as a commentator in the Real Time Commentary feature on May 7. Learn from Haitani-sensei's vast experience in tournaments and coaching!

@RageDarling Heard that tiktok shop revenue is really good. If you have a following there, maybe give that a shot.

After 8 years of being full time self-employed I’ve got one more month of savings left before I need to quit content creation full time. My income has taken a huge downturn, mainly due to brand activations. Have brands been spending way less recently or have I been wildly unlucky?

There are 120,000 concurrent viewers watching a collegiate Overwatch esports event on Twitch. Take a look around and look at the viewership for other esports events on Twitch right now. That's interesting data.

@roaldvanbuuren It also created cross pollination between the games. I might have come for Smash or StarCraft 2 but I sure would stop and watch hype moments in other games. The larger games also pulled up the newer titles. Worked the same way in streaming too, with most finals not overlapping.

@GetSteinered Yeah it felt more real and true to what it should be

Does esports need a new game to save it? The last real boom came from LoL, DOTA2, CS:GO and SC2 starting in the late 2000s, then PUBG, Fortnite, Apex Legends, Valorant and a few others gave the industry another push to sustain upwards momentum. But right now it feels like we’re stuck. The same titles are still here, but they’re not driving new growth. Viewership has slowed, storylines are stale, and publishers, TOs, brands and other stakeholders are struggling to make the economics work. For over a decade, the industry has relied on new games to reset the cycle, to bring fresh players, new narratives and new energy. But that’s also the problem because it means the health of esports is tied to whether the next “big one” arrives. And what if it doesn’t? Maybe the question isn’t “what’s the next game,” but “how do we build an ecosystem that doesn’t collapse when there isn’t one?” Thoughts?

The Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) has issued a lifetime ban to Maurizio “MAUschine” Weber following an on-stage assault at the CAGGTUS LEIPZIG Event. The incident, widely circulated and clearly documented, involved physical violence against another participant in a live event environment; representing one of the most severe breaches of the ESIC Code of Conduct. The sanction prohibits Mr Weber from participating in any capacity across all ESIC Member events globally. This matter underscores ESIC’s zero-tolerance position on violence and its commitment to protecting player safety and competitive integrity across all Member events. Read the full statement: esic.gg/sanction-outco…

🚨Ludwig has spoken out about the backlash over his Street Fighter 6 exhibition against Tyler1 🚨 "I agreed to this because I, in general, like doing content with Tyler," he said. "I think it'd be fun." "I was always planning to go to Evo, regardless. I'm not going to Evo just for a paid opportunity just to do Street Fighter. I'm actually going to Evo because Rivals of Aether II is at Evo." Ludwig's company, Offbrand Games, published Rivals of Aether II, a platform fighting game similar to Melee. Ludwig has been involved in the Smash scene for many years and was integral in bringing it into the mainstream. For him, the opportunity to get his game on Evo's Sunday night main stage is the bigger priority - so much so, that he's even planning on paying for players' registration at the event. "We're at Evo, and we have the ability to be on the main stage at Evo. That would be the first platform fighter to do it since they cut Smash." He also revealed that he has gotten to Platinum in Street Fighter 6 and Tyler is currently at Master rank in the game.

In the eight years I’ve worked in gaming, one thing always stood out: so many young people with a genuine passion for gaming and zero clue what to do with it professionally. According to our internal survey data at Gen.G, 2 out of 3 high schoolers who game say they’re interested in exploring careers in gaming. By the time they graduate college, less than 1% will have taken a single class dedicated to it. That gap shouldn’t exist. Gaming is now a $224B industry, bigger than film and music combined. It’s not niche. It hasn’t been for a while. And yet there’s almost no real education pipeline to match it. What little does exist skews heavily toward game design and development. Real skills, real jobs, but a small slice of what the industry actually needs. Think about it like food. We don’t only need chefs. We need the people running operations, marketing, finance, partnerships, media. Gaming is the same. Most of the jobs look nothing like making a game. Esports, for instance, is <1% of the available jobs within a gaming company. So we built something for high schoolers who are serious about this. @GenG partnered with @ASU at their new Downtown Los Angeles campus to create a one-month program taught by people actually working in the industry. How games make money, the marketing of games, how AI is changing the industry, content creation, sponsorship, operations. Sessions run in June, July, and August. We've also worked really hard to have scholarship options based on merit so that anyone that deserves to go, will be able to go. If you know a high schooler who should be there: ggacademy-en.imweb.me/asusummercamp