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P2P Networking Challenges in Israel Impacting Gaming

Israeli gamers face significant P2P networking issues, impacting gameplay latency. The problem, affecting games using Steam Networking, may extend to other Middle Eastern countries.

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iGEN Editorial
June 8, 2026
P2P Networking Challenges in Israel Impacting Gaming

Executive Summary

Major P2P issues in Israel and possibly other middle east countries #398 Description I am not sure i am in the right place but we are all out of options here since we couldn't get any help from the game or steam support. Since around the 13/03, there is a major systemic problem in every game that uses Steam Networking for P2P games. For example, in the game Street Fighter 6, when playing with one Israeli or another with PC to PC the ping between players are ~120ms. when playing with European players the ping is around 60-80ms which means it works well, it currently affects only Israeli players

Source Coverage

Source Headline Published At
Hacker News – Best Major P2P issues in Israel and possibly other middle east countries · Issue #398 · ValveSoftware/GameNetworkingSockets 2026-03-24 00:00:00+00:00
Engadget – Main Feed Indie game Dogpile is coming to Switch and mobile - Engadget 2026-06-08 00:00:00+00:00

Timeline

  • 2026-03-24 00:00:00+00:00: Major P2P issues in Israel and possibly other middle east countries · Issue #398 · ValveSoftware/GameNetworkingSockets (via Hacker News – Best)
  • 2026-06-08 00:00:00+00:00: Indie game Dogpile is coming to Switch and mobile - Engadget (via Engadget – Main Feed)

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