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CHARTS: Battlefield V takes Steam No.1 almost three years after launch STEAM TOP TEN Sep 6th, 2021

CHARTS: Battlefield V takes Steam No.1 almost three years after launch

Thanks to a 90 per cent price cut

Video game Kickstarter campaigns raised $13m in first half of 2021 $$$$ Sep 3rd, 2021

Video game Kickstarter campaigns raised $13m in first half of 2021

One of the most successful periods since 2015's blockbuster year

CD Projekt revenue up 29% for first half of 2021 NEWS Sep 2nd, 2021

CD Projekt revenue up 29% for first half of 2021

Cyberpunk 2077 was "leading source" of revenue for firm

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CHARTS: Resident Evil Village debuts at No.1 on Steam STEAM TOP TEN May 10th, 2021

CHARTS: Resident Evil Village debuts at No.1 on Steam

Two pre-order bundles for Capcom's new horror rompy also made it into the rankings

Apex Legends hits 291k concurrent users on Steam following Season Nine launch DATA May 6th, 2021

Apex Legends hits 291k concurrent users on Steam following Season Nine launch

But the game has faced considerable server issues due to this popularity

Report: Roblox had 202m active users in April DATA May 5th, 2021

Report: Roblox had 202m active users in April

This is a record for the platform

Report: Active Blizzard playerbase has dipped 29% since 2018 DATA May 5th, 2021

Report: Active Blizzard playerbase has dipped 29% since 2018

Overall Activision Blizzard, player stats have increased by 16 per cent

CD Projekt management received huge bonuses despite Cyberpunk 2077's troubled launch NEWS May 4th, 2021

CD Projekt management received huge bonuses despite Cyberpunk 2077's troubled launch

Five board members were awarded a total of $28 million

CHARTS: Battle royale behemoth Playerunknown's Battlegrounds back at Steam No.1 spot STEAM CHARTS May 4th, 2021

CHARTS: Battle royale behemoth Playerunknown's Battlegrounds back at Steam No.1 spot

Thanks to a 50 per cent price cut

Epic paid out $115m for Borderlands 3 exclusivity $$$$$ May 4th, 2021

Epic paid out $115m for Borderlands 3 exclusivity

Part of a larger $146 million deal with publisher 2K Games

Report: 44% of developers have delayed game due to coronavirus pandemic DATA Apr 29th, 2021

Report: 44% of developers have delayed game due to coronavirus pandemic

But almost half say that COVID-19 not affected their releases

Cyberpunk 2077 drove 114% increase in revenue for GOG.com DATA Apr 28th, 2021

Cyberpunk 2077 drove 114% increase in revenue for GOG.com

Platform saw a 208 per cent increase in monthly active users

Games revenue up 50 per cent at Microsoft FINANCIALS Apr 28th, 2021

Games revenue up 50 per cent at Microsoft

Minecraft users up 30 per cent year-on-year

ADL says Twitch needs to invest more in moderation NEWS Apr 27th, 2021

ADL says Twitch needs to invest more in moderation

Organisation's Center for Technology and Society has published a report looking into hate speech on the service

It Takes Two has sold one million copies DATA Apr 26th, 2021

It Takes Two has sold one million copies

And the game is "still going strong"

CHARTS: Nier Replicant remake debuts at Steam No.1 spot STEAM CHARTS Apr 26th, 2021

CHARTS: Nier Replicant remake debuts at Steam No.1 spot

EA publisher sale brings Titanfall 2 and Battlefield V back into the Top Ten

CD Projekt refunded around 30,000 Cyberpunk 2077 purchases NEWS Apr 23rd, 2021

CD Projekt refunded around 30,000 Cyberpunk 2077 purchases

That's about 0.21 of sales as of the end of 2020

Frostpunk reaches 3m sales DATA Apr 22nd, 2021

Frostpunk reaches 3m sales

Comes three years after the game's release

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