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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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Scottish games industry headcount rose 17% in 18 months DATA Nov 2nd, 2020

Scottish games industry headcount rose 17% in 18 months

As of April this year, region employs 1,803 people

CHARTS: Phasmophobia claims Halloween No.1 spot on Steam STEAM CHARTS Nov 2nd, 2020

CHARTS: Phasmophobia claims Halloween No.1 spot on Steam

Comes in ahead of Among Us and Cyberpunk 2077 pre-orders

SuperData: PC VR game revenue will be up 119% year-on-year DATA Oct 29th, 2020

SuperData: PC VR game revenue will be up 119% year-on-year

Driven by titles like Half-Life: Alyx

Xbox services and content offsets hardware decline at Microsoft $$$$$ Oct 28th, 2020

Xbox services and content offsets hardware decline at Microsoft

Big M's games division saw 22 per cent increase in revenue year-on-year

Darkest Dungeon board game raises $1m on Kickstarter in 24 hours $$$ Oct 22nd, 2020

Darkest Dungeon board game raises $1m on Kickstarter in 24 hours

Has brought in $1.4m at time of writing

Streaming marathon Z Event raised $6.8m for Amnesty International NEWS Oct 21st, 2020

Streaming marathon Z Event raised $6.8m for Amnesty International

This is a record-breaking sum for the show

UK trade body Ukie outlines ways to boost esports sector NEWS Oct 20th, 2020

UK trade body Ukie outlines ways to boost esports sector

New research shows that country's pro-gaming sector saw 8.5% jobs increase annually between 2016 and 2019

Logitech games sales up 64% in Q2 $$$$ Oct 20th, 2020

Logitech games sales up 64% in Q2

Firm says the coronavirus pandemic and rise of esports have contributed to this performance

STEAM CHARTS: Horror title Phasmophobia takes top spot from Baldur's Gate 3 TOP TEN Oct 19th, 2020

STEAM CHARTS: Horror title Phasmophobia takes top spot from Baldur's Gate 3

VR game has hit peak of 86k concurrent users since launch

Among Us is the third most-watched game on Twitch right now NEWS Oct 16th, 2020

Among Us is the third most-watched game on Twitch right now

Multiplayer smash hit comes in behind Just Chatting category and MOBA League of Legends

Report: Steam concurrent user peaks disappeared following coronavirus lockdown DATA Oct 14th, 2020

Report: Steam concurrent user peaks disappeared following coronavirus lockdown

Platform hit 24.5m simultaneous players in April and has flattened since

Genshin Impact has made $100m in just two weeks $$$ Oct 12th, 2020

Genshin Impact has made $100m in just two weeks

Free-to-play title has made back its budget in less than 14 days

CHARTS: Baldur's Gate 3 heads straight to the Steam top spot STEAM TOP TEN Oct 12th, 2020

CHARTS: Baldur's Gate 3 heads straight to the Steam top spot

The eagerly-anticipated RPG title launched into Early Access last week

Horror title Phasmophobia hits 68k concurrent Steam users DATA Oct 8th, 2020

Horror title Phasmophobia hits 68k concurrent Steam users

Game launched into Early Access on September 18th

Microsoft boasts of record year for Xbox Game Studios NEWS Oct 6th, 2020

Microsoft boasts of record year for Xbox Game Studios

Big M reports that its first-party titles have been played for 1.66bn hours so far in 2020

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