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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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Over 8,000 games were released on Steam in 2019, according to SteamSpy $$$$ Jan 2nd, 2020

Over 8,000 games were released on Steam in 2019, according to SteamSpy

There are now more than 34,039 titles up for sale on Steam

Superhot VR brings in $2 million in seven days $$$ Jan 2nd, 2020

Superhot VR brings in $2 million in seven days

Over 800,000 copies have been sold as of April 2019

Sekiro and Total War: Three Kingdoms were the only new titles in Steam's Top 12 sellers of 2019 STEAM STATS Jan 2nd, 2020

Sekiro and Total War: Three Kingdoms were the only new titles in Steam's Top 12 sellers of 2019

Destiny 2, Grand Theft Auto V and Sekiro were also best-sellers

Riot claims World Championship 2019 final was most-watched League of Legends event yet ESPORTS Dec 19th, 2019

Riot claims World Championship 2019 final was most-watched League of Legends event yet

Firm says that consumers viewed a billion hours of the esports event

Activision claims COD Modern Warfare is most-played multiplayer title in series in six years DATA Dec 19th, 2019

Activision claims COD Modern Warfare is most-played multiplayer title in series in six years

“The momentum for Modern Warfare from day one has been incredible"

Hipster Fortnite game Playerunknown's Battlegrounds has sold 10m copies in last 18 months NEAT Dec 17th, 2019

Hipster Fortnite game Playerunknown's Battlegrounds has sold 10m copies in last 18 months

Sales double since 2017 1.0 launch on PC

CHARTS: Red Dead Redemption 2 rustles Steam second place on launch STEAM CHARTS Dec 16th, 2019

CHARTS: Red Dead Redemption 2 rustles Steam second place on launch

Four entries are new titles

FIFA 20 topped Europe's digital and physical charts last week DATA Dec 16th, 2019

FIFA 20 topped Europe's digital and physical charts last week

For the sixth week since launch

Almost three million people played Halo: The Master Chief Collection following Reach launch DATA Dec 12th, 2019

Almost three million people played Halo: The Master Chief Collection following Reach launch

And three million hours of streams were watched in the same timeframe

Report: Xbox spent $16m on advertising in October $$$ Dec 9th, 2019

Report: Xbox spent $16m on advertising in October

739.5m impressions as a result

CHARTS - Halo: The Master Chief Collection shoots into Steam top spot STEAM CHART Dec 9th, 2019

CHARTS - Halo: The Master Chief Collection shoots into Steam top spot

Both Xbox Game studios and Rockstar have two entries

Halo: The Master Chief Collection was one of Steam's most-played games on launch DATA Dec 4th, 2019

Halo: The Master Chief Collection was one of Steam's most-played games on launch

Saw a peak of 161,024 concurrent players in first 24 hours

Report: Media coverage dipping for E3 DATA Dec 4th, 2019

Report: Media coverage dipping for E3

Number of articles from traditional outlets down 40 per cent from 2017

Report: Microtransactions and loot boxes are becoming more common in PC games DATA AND RESEARCH Dec 3rd, 2019

Report: Microtransactions and loot boxes are becoming more common in PC games

Business model saw a huge increase between 2012 and 2014

CHARTS: Valve’s virtual reality kit secures the top spot STEAM CHARTS Dec 2nd, 2019

CHARTS: Valve’s virtual reality kit secures the top spot

Half of this week's entries are due to sales on the storefront

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