---
title: "Global Game Jam debuts micro-grants and Valnet sinks to new lows"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/global-game-jam-debuts-micro-grants-and-valnet-sinks-to-new-lows-bq05z6yn2
source_url: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/micro-grants-for-indies-another-hardware-price-hike-and-valnet-sinks-to-new-lows-patch-notes-54
type: article
source: "Game Developer"
published: 2026-05-29T11:41:12.781Z
updated: 2026-05-29T11:41:36.924Z
tags: ["game-development", "gaming", "steam-deck"]
reading_time: 5
upvotes: 1
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Global Game Jam debuts micro-grants and Valnet sinks to new lows

**[Game Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/gamedeveloper)** · 5 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

A weekly roundup of game industry news covering Global Game Jam's new micro-grant program offering up to $2,500 for indie developers collaborating with emerging talent, Valve raising Steam Deck OLED prices by over $200 (with the device selling out anyway), Valnet's controversial move to pay TheGamer writers only per click, The Witcher 3 getting a new expansion called Songs of the Past in 2027, Destruction AllStars shutting down after five years, Wizards of the Coast reportedly discouraging worker unionization, and Xbox Game Pass seeing growth after a price reduction under new CEO Asha Sharma.

## Full article

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