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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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Pearl Abyss' Black Desert franchise crosses $1bn revenue $$$$$ Apr 11th, 2019

Pearl Abyss' Black Desert franchise crosses $1bn revenue

30 per cent on mobile

Niko Partners: Majority of gamers in South East Asia engage with esports PRO-GAMING Apr 10th, 2019

Niko Partners: Majority of gamers in South East Asia engage with esports

“A surprising outcome of this study is how different the GSEA gamers are from western gamers"

Keywords' 2018 acquisition activity was worth $68.1m $$$ Apr 9th, 2019

Keywords' 2018 acquisition activity was worth $68.1m

CEO Andrew Day interested in another VMC-size purchase, but says it's not likely it'll happen

Sumo Digital headcount up a third from 2017 IPO, Snake Pass had returned around 130% of investment at end of 2018 COOL! Apr 9th, 2019

Sumo Digital headcount up a third from 2017 IPO, Snake Pass had returned around 130% of investment at end of 2018

Sheffield-based studio has also filled up 88.7 per cent of its 2019 development fees

Roblox boasts more than 90m monthly active users APPROACHING 100! Apr 9th, 2019

Roblox boasts more than 90m monthly active users

Firm also adds USK managing director Elisabeth Secker to its Trust and Safety Advisory Board.

Amount pledged to video and board games on Kickstarter approaching $1bn DATA Apr 8th, 2019

Amount pledged to video and board games on Kickstarter approaching $1bn

3.2 million people have donated to games across tabletop and video gaming categories

REVEALED: Latest figures show a widening gender pay gap in the UK games industry DATA Apr 8th, 2019

REVEALED: Latest figures show a widening gender pay gap in the UK games industry

Median hourly wage gap widens by 4.78 per cent, mean figure shows four per cent broadening

SuperData is launching a digital game forecasting tool DATA Apr 4th, 2019

SuperData is launching a digital game forecasting tool

The Forecaster can predict metrics such as MAUs, revenue and in-game spending

This War of Mine has raised $500k for charity, has been bought 4.5m times NICE! Apr 4th, 2019

This War of Mine has raised $500k for charity, has been bought 4.5m times

Developer and publisher 11 bit Studios has a new game in the works with $5.2m budget and a further two projects in preliminary development after that

Minecraft on PC has been bought 30m times DATA Apr 4th, 2019

Minecraft on PC has been bought 30m times

Just under a fifth of the game's total userbase

GameStop points to Apex Legends and Fortnite driving digital currency sales $$$$ Apr 3rd, 2019

GameStop points to Apex Legends and Fortnite driving digital currency sales

Digital receipts up 16.5 per cent year-on-year and this is a large factor

The UK games market hit almost $7.4 billion in a record-setting 2018 REPORT Apr 2nd, 2019

The UK games market hit almost $7.4 billion in a record-setting 2018

2018 saw a 10 per cent year-over-year gain in consumer spending in the country

More game workers have lost their jobs in first quarter of 2019 than in all of 2018 DATA Apr 1st, 2019

More game workers have lost their jobs in first quarter of 2019 than in all of 2018

Close to 1,500 people have been made unemployed in the first three months of the year

Warframe celebrates six years of sci-fi swordfights with almost 50 million registered players ONLINE Mar 26th, 2019

Warframe celebrates six years of sci-fi swordfights with almost 50 million registered players

Nearly 50 million players have killed a combined 783 billion foes in the free-to-play shooter

Microsoft: Xbox Live users spend 4.28bn hours in game each month across all platforms XBOX LIVE Mar 25th, 2019

Microsoft: Xbox Live users spend 4.28bn hours in game each month across all platforms

64 million monthly active users

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