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44.5 per cent of The Witcher 3 sales between 2015 and 2018 were on PC Why Anno 1800 became the fastest-selling entry in the 21-year-old franchise Why Codemasters wants to be the Disney Channel of racing What's next for SpatialOS maker Improbable?
44.5 per cent of The Witcher 3 sales between 2015 and 2018 were on PC COOL

44.5 per cent of The Witcher 3 sales between 2015 and 2018 were on PC

And over 60 per cent of sales to date are digital

Why Anno 1800 became the fastest-selling entry in the 21-year-old franchise SUCCESS STORY

Why Anno 1800 became the fastest-selling entry in the 21-year-old franchise

Creative director Dirk Riegert tells us more

Why Codemasters wants to be the Disney Channel of racing SPEAKING FRANKLY

Why Codemasters wants to be the Disney Channel of racing

CEO Frank Sagnier tells us why the firm went public, how it is balancing new and old IP and what the future holds for the UK games veteran studio

What's next for SpatialOS maker Improbable? FEATURE

What's next for SpatialOS maker Improbable?

CPO and co-founder Rob Whitehead tells us more

SuperData: PC digital spending down four per cent year-on-year for April

SuperData: PC digital spending down four per cent year-on-year for April

THQ Nordic snaps up Gothic and Elex studio Piranha Bytes

THQ Nordic snaps up Gothic and Elex studio Piranha Bytes

Roundguard bounces its way to the crown at The PC Indie Pitch at PC Connects Seattle 19

Roundguard bounces its way to the crown at The PC Indie Pitch at PC Connects Seattle 19

Tencent's latest games acquisition is Sweden's Sharkmob

Tencent's latest games acquisition is Sweden's Sharkmob

Xbox boss Spencer commits to safeguarding users as firm tries to lower barrier to entry in games

Xbox boss Spencer commits to safeguarding users as firm tries to lower barrier to entry in games

Epic’s “aggressive fraud rules” are blocking users for buying too many games

Epic’s “aggressive fraud rules” are blocking users for buying too many games

Sony launches game-to-film production house PlayStation Productions

Sony launches game-to-film production house PlayStation Productions

Report: Cloud games sector could increase sixfold in value to $2.5bn by 2023

Report: Cloud games sector could increase sixfold in value to $2.5bn by 2023

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Interviews & opinion

Why Anno 1800 became the fastest-selling entry in the 21-year-old franchise SUCCESS STORY May 22nd, 2019

Why Anno 1800 became the fastest-selling entry in the 21-year-old franchise

Inside Track: Localisation specialist LocalizeDirect is expanding its vocabulary INSIDE TRACK May 17th, 2019

Inside Track: Localisation specialist LocalizeDirect is expanding its vocabulary

Why Codemasters wants to be the Disney Channel of racing SPEAKING FRANKLY May 15th, 2019

Why Codemasters wants to be the Disney Channel of racing

How 11 Bit Studios' Frostpunk is closing in on 1.5m sales SUCCESS STORY May 14th, 2019

How 11 Bit Studios' Frostpunk is closing in on 1.5m sales

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Features

#PCGICYMI - The biggest stories and hottest features of the week - Improbable, Codemasters, LocalizeDirect and much more! ROUNDUP May 20th, 2019

#PCGICYMI - The biggest stories and hottest features of the week - Improbable, Codemasters, LocalizeDirect and much more!

What's next for SpatialOS maker Improbable? FEATURE May 16th, 2019

What's next for SpatialOS maker Improbable?

PC Connects Seattle 2019 - Meet the Speakers - Dylan Jones, Refereum PC CONNECTS SEATTLE 2019 May 10th, 2019

PC Connects Seattle 2019 - Meet the Speakers - Dylan Jones, Refereum

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Data & Research

44.5 per cent of The Witcher 3 sales between 2015 and 2018 were on PC COOL May 23rd, 2019

44.5 per cent of The Witcher 3 sales between 2015 and 2018 were on PC

SuperData: PC digital spending down four per cent year-on-year for April $$$ May 22nd, 2019

SuperData: PC digital spending down four per cent year-on-year for April

Report: Cloud games sector could increase sixfold in value to $2.5bn by 2023 CLOUD May 21st, 2019

Report: Cloud games sector could increase sixfold in value to $2.5bn by 2023

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Videos

PC Connects London 2019 - The PC Revolution - Panel: The Emerging China Market Opportunity

PC Connects London 2019 - The PC Revolution - Simon Usiskin, SpiritAI

PC Connects London 2019 - The PC Revolution - Michael Gunadi, Hadean

PC Connects London 2019 - The PC Revolution - Panel: What's next for the PC games market?

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Regulars

Why Anno 1800 became the fastest-selling entry in the 21-year-old franchise Success Story May 22nd, 2019

Why Anno 1800 became the fastest-selling entry in the 21-year-old franchise

What's next for SpatialOS maker Improbable? Industry Icon May 16th, 2019

What's next for SpatialOS maker Improbable?

Why Kitfox is making sword smooching game Boyfriend Dungeon Indie Interview May 2nd, 2019

Why Kitfox is making sword smooching game Boyfriend Dungeon

What games are The PC Pulse looking forward to in 2019? The PC Pulse Jan 11th, 2019

What games are The PC Pulse looking forward to in 2019?

Profiles

Inside Track: Localisation specialist LocalizeDirect is expanding its vocabulary INSIDE TRACK May 17th, 2019

Inside Track: Localisation specialist LocalizeDirect is expanding its vocabulary

PC Connects Seattle 2019 - Meet the Speakers - Chet Faliszek, Stray Bombay Company PC CONNECTS SEATTLE 2019 Apr 17th, 2019

PC Connects Seattle 2019 - Meet the Speakers - Chet Faliszek, Stray Bombay Company

Here's what BioWare vet Aaryn Flynn is doing at Improbable's Edmonton studio INDUSTRY ICON Apr 17th, 2019

Here's what BioWare vet Aaryn Flynn is doing at Improbable's Edmonton studio

Boxing clever: Contact Sales boss Stallibrass talks the simulation market, its indie business and the digital transition INTERVIEW Mar 7th, 2019

Boxing clever: Contact Sales boss Stallibrass talks the simulation market, its indie business and the digital transition

Job News

US games trade body ESA finally appoints new president and CEO JOB NEWS May 14th, 2019

US games trade body ESA finally appoints new president and CEO

Report: Former ESA president Gallagher left after losing board faith OH May 14th, 2019

Report: Former ESA president Gallagher left after losing board faith

EA, Zynga and Kabam vet Verdu heading up Facebook AR and VR efforts after Barra steps down JOB NEWS May 10th, 2019

EA, Zynga and Kabam vet Verdu heading up Facebook AR and VR efforts after Barra steps down

17-year Valve veteran Matt Wood has left the company, salad bar included SALAD May 8th, 2019

17-year Valve veteran Matt Wood has left the company, salad bar included

Deals

Tencent's latest games acquisition is Sweden's Sharkmob $$$$ May 21st, 2019

Tencent's latest games acquisition is Sweden's Sharkmob

Microsoft and Sony sign cloud gaming deal WOAH May 16th, 2019

Microsoft and Sony sign cloud gaming deal

Keywords snaps up Tokyo-based HTML5 dev Wizcorp ACQUISITION May 13th, 2019

Keywords snaps up Tokyo-based HTML5 dev Wizcorp

Two Point Hospital maker Two Point Studios joins Sega Europe ACQUISITION May 10th, 2019

Two Point Hospital maker Two Point Studios joins Sega Europe

Events News

Roundguard bounces its way to the crown at The PC Indie Pitch at PC Connects Seattle 19 The PC Indie Pitch at PC Connects Seattle 2019 May 21st, 2019

Roundguard bounces its way to the crown at The PC Indie Pitch at PC Connects Seattle 19

Special thanks to the sponsors for next week’s Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle PC Connects Seattle 2019 May 10th, 2019

Special thanks to the sponsors for next week’s Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle

PC Connects Seattle 2019 - Meet the Speakers - Dylan Jones, Refereum PC Connects Seattle 2019 May 10th, 2019

PC Connects Seattle 2019 - Meet the Speakers - Dylan Jones, Refereum

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