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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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Steam smashes concurrent user figure as 18.8m concurrent players logged in at once COOL Feb 3rd, 2020

Steam smashes concurrent user figure as 18.8m concurrent players logged in at once

That's 300,000 more than the previous simultaneous user figure for Valve's platform

EA reckons Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order will sell 10m copies by March $$$ Jan 31st, 2020

EA reckons Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order will sell 10m copies by March

Previous forecast had the title shifting six-to-eight million units

IGDA 2019 developer survey suggests that crunch and extended hours are on the decline RESEARCH Jan 30th, 2020

IGDA 2019 developer survey suggests that crunch and extended hours are on the decline

But racism and sexism have increased, both in the workforce and the audience

Microsoft says Xbox Game Pass subscribers up more than doubled in last quarter of 2019 $$$$ Jan 30th, 2020

Microsoft says Xbox Game Pass subscribers up more than doubled in last quarter of 2019

Games division saw a 21 per cent dip in revenue as the console cycle comes to a close

Ryzen and Radeon boost AMD computing and graphics business by 69% in last quarter NICE Jan 29th, 2020

Ryzen and Radeon boost AMD computing and graphics business by 69% in last quarter

This division also offset losses for the full financial year

SuperData: Valve sold 149,000 Index headsets in 2019 VR Jan 29th, 2020

SuperData: Valve sold 149,000 Index headsets in 2019

Sales doubled following Half-Life Alyx reveal

Grand Theft Auto V is unsurprisingly the best-selling game of the 2010s in the US and UK CRIME PAYS Jan 29th, 2020

Grand Theft Auto V is unsurprisingly the best-selling game of the 2010s in the US and UK

Rockstar claims its online audience is the biggest it has ever been

Report: Developers still don't think that Steam justifies its 30 per cent cut DATA Jan 28th, 2020

Report: Developers still don't think that Steam justifies its 30 per cent cut

Quarter of respondents said that 15 per cent revenue share was acceptable

Stardew Valley hits 10m sales DATA Jan 27th, 2020

Stardew Valley hits 10m sales

Developer ConcernedApe thanks the game's myriad fans on Twitter

Pokémon-inspired Early Access MMO Temtem catches Steam top spot CHARTS Jan 27th, 2020

Pokémon-inspired Early Access MMO Temtem catches Steam top spot

Monster Hunter Worlds' Iceborne DLC drops to second place this week

SuperData: PC digital revenue fell 4% year-on-year in December DATA Jan 24th, 2020

SuperData: PC digital revenue fell 4% year-on-year in December

Overall, global digital spending hit record of $9.8bn despite console dropping 25 per cent year-on-year

13 games companies got a perfect score on the annual HRC Corporate Equality Index NEAT! Jan 23rd, 2020

13 games companies got a perfect score on the annual HRC Corporate Equality Index

The firms include Activision Blizzard and Electronic Arts

The Witcher is on track to be Netflix's biggest first series yet DATA Jan 22nd, 2020

The Witcher is on track to be Netflix's biggest first series yet

76m households watched the show in the four weeks following launch

Rockstar defends the $49m it received in UK tax relief last year OH Jan 21st, 2020

Rockstar defends the $49m it received in UK tax relief last year

The Grand Theft Auto studio claims it has created thousands of jobs in the country as a result of the breaks it has received

CHARTS: Monster Hunter World Iceborne DLC holds Steam No.1 spot for second week STEAM CHARTS Jan 20th, 2020

CHARTS: Monster Hunter World Iceborne DLC holds Steam No.1 spot for second week

Both Capcom and Rockstar have two entries

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