Today's Steam outage may have been part of a massive DDoS attack targeting Xbox, PlayStation, Riot, and other game companies

At a little before 11 pm ET on October 6, Riot reported "game disconnection issues" on its League of Legends and Valorant ...
GosuGamers

Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, Riot Games and Epic outage sparks concerns of coordinated DDoS attack

Silksong phenomenon on 7 Oct, but was it coincidence that Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, Riot, and Epic all went down at the same ...
Research Snipers

Steam and Other Major Gaming Networks Hit by Possible DDoS Attack

In addition to Steam, some other game-related online services were apparently either unavailable or difficult to access. Riot ...
Gamepressure

Steam, Riot Games, and others may have been hit with a DDoS attack earlier today that broke records

Outages appear to have affected many gaming services and titles simultaneously, sparking rumors of a coordinated DDoS attack.