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"path": "/news/GameNetworkingSockets-1.5",
"publishedAt": "2026-04-29T00:22:50.000Z",
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"textContent": "Back in 2018, Valve open-sourced their Steam networking sockets library as a basic network transport layer for games. This library is used by games from Counter-Strike to Dota 2 and since its public open-source drop has been picked up elsewhere. Finally after going nearly four years without a new version, GameNetworkingSockets v1.5 dropped today...",
"title": "Valve Updates GameNetworkingSockets After Nearly Four Year Hiatus"
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