Dismissal of Overgrowth Developer Wolfire Games Antitrust lawsuit against Valve

By Brianna Rodriguez, GW Law, 2L (The following appeared in Esports and the Law, a newsletter produced by Hackney Publications.) In April of 2021, Wolfire Games, the developer of the action video game Overgrowth, filed an antitrust lawsuit against Valve Corporation, the owner of Steam, a digital distribution platform. A few months later, in November 2021, the court awarded Valve Corp the win, by dismissing the action, but permitting Wolfire to file an amended complaint within 30 days of th