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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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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

From Software nails a perfect strike as Sekiro takes No.1 in this week’s Steam Top Ten STEAM CHARTS Mar 25th, 2019

From Software nails a perfect strike as Sekiro takes No.1 in this week’s Steam Top Ten

Sekiro joins Dante and Co. as Japanese swordfighters claim the top of the Steam Charts

Dead Cells has sold over 1m copies, PC still the leading platform $$$ Mar 22nd, 2019

Dead Cells has sold over 1m copies, PC still the leading platform

But the Nintendo Switch edition is actually the fastest selling

GDC 2019 - ID@Xbox games have made more than $1.2bn in revenue since programme's launch $$$$ Mar 19th, 2019

GDC 2019 - ID@Xbox games have made more than $1.2bn in revenue since programme's launch

Titles in Microsoft's indie scheme had generated $200m in the last 12 months

GDC 2019 - Oxenfree has sold 1.5m copies but boasts 3m installs $$$$ Mar 19th, 2019

GDC 2019 - Oxenfree has sold 1.5m copies but boasts 3m installs

PC still leading the pack, but the gap ahead of console is closing

PC is Monster Hunter World's second largest platform, Capcom says DATA Mar 14th, 2019

PC is Monster Hunter World's second largest platform, Capcom says

EMEA and UK marketing director Antoine Molant says that forthcoming Iceborne expansion is a "key project" for the Japanese publisher - and that's not all the firm has in the pipeline this year

Updated: ERA "spend on access" figures for games include microtransactions as users do not own content ££££ Mar 11th, 2019

Updated: ERA "spend on access" figures for games include microtransactions as users do not own content

Trade body claims consumers parted with £2.25bn in 2018 for accessing, not owning games

Wipe those tears: Devil May Cry slashes the top spot in this week’s Steam charts STEAM CHARTS Mar 11th, 2019

Wipe those tears: Devil May Cry slashes the top spot in this week’s Steam charts

Capcom continues a whirlwind year with a strong launch for the seminal hack n' slash

EXCLUSIVE: Here are where 209 jobs were cut in Blizzard's US business JOB NEWS Mar 8th, 2019

EXCLUSIVE: Here are where 209 jobs were cut in Blizzard's US business

We now know just where layoffs have been made in the Overwatch firm's American workforce

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