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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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SuperData: PUBG has sold 4.7m copies across PC and console in first five months of 2019, Total War: Three Kingdoms made $62m in revenue DATA Jun 24th, 2019

SuperData: PUBG has sold 4.7m copies across PC and console in first five months of 2019, Total War: Three Kingdoms made $62m in revenue

But overall digital spending down four per cent globally

STEAM CHARTS: Castlevania spiritual successor Bloodstained sinks its teeth into Steam No.1 spot DATA Jun 24th, 2019

STEAM CHARTS: Castlevania spiritual successor Bloodstained sinks its teeth into Steam No.1 spot

Charts ahead of Playerunknown's Battlegrounds

EA execs turn down bonuses, add $5.5m to company incentive pot $$$$ Jun 24th, 2019

EA execs turn down bonuses, add $5.5m to company incentive pot

But CEO Andrew Wilson is still earning 200 times the median salary at the firm

Valve's Auto Chess title Dota Underlords hits 121k Steam concurrent users 24 hours after launch NOT BAD Jun 21st, 2019

Valve's Auto Chess title Dota Underlords hits 121k Steam concurrent users 24 hours after launch

Double the number of players Artifact attracted, but that was a premium title so it's far from a fair comparison

Ubisoft, Microsoft, Nvidia and AMD make Glassdoor's Top CEOs lists CHARTS Jun 19th, 2019

Ubisoft, Microsoft, Nvidia and AMD make Glassdoor's Top CEOs lists

French firm's boss Guillemot only pure video games exec to make the cut

$$$$ Jun 18th, 2019

Newzoo expects global games revenue to increase 29 per cent between 2019 and 2022

Research firm reckons PC will be behind 23 per cent of revenue this year

Report: Just five per cent of E3 2019 games had female protagonists DATA Jun 18th, 2019

Report: Just five per cent of E3 2019 games had female protagonists

But titles with multiple options for main characters rose 16 per cent year-on-year

Jurassic World Evolution helps Frontier revenue increase 175 per cent year-on-year $$$ Jun 18th, 2019

Jurassic World Evolution helps Frontier revenue increase 175 per cent year-on-year

Cambridge game firm made $111.5m for the 12 months ending May 31st, 2019

Square Enix was the No.1 most-mentioned publisher in E3 2019 media coverage, according to Ico Partners DATA Jun 17th, 2019

Square Enix was the No.1 most-mentioned publisher in E3 2019 media coverage, according to Ico Partners

Cyberpunk was the most mentioned game for the show

EA held an event about tackling harassment and bullying in games at E3 NICE! Jun 14th, 2019

EA held an event about tackling harassment and bullying in games at E3

Research from anti-bullying charity Ditch the Label, 57 per cent of users have been bullied in an online title

E3 2019 attendance down by five per cent year-on-year WE GO AGAIN Jun 14th, 2019

E3 2019 attendance down by five per cent year-on-year

Next year's show will take place between June 9th and 11th, 2020

Jagex subscription revenue up 22.9 per cent in 2018 £££ Jun 14th, 2019

Jagex subscription revenue up 22.9 per cent in 2018

Offsets declines in microtransaction and advertising revenue

Grand Theft Auto studio Rockstar North's headcount almost doubled between 2017 and 2018 financial years WOW Jun 14th, 2019

Grand Theft Auto studio Rockstar North's headcount almost doubled between 2017 and 2018 financial years

For the 12 months ending March 31st, 2018, the Edinburgh studio had a monthly average of 1,063 members of staff

Warhammer maker Games Workshop brought in $322.6m in the last year PROFIT AND REVENUE Jun 11th, 2019

Warhammer maker Games Workshop brought in $322.6m in the last year

This includes approximately $102m in profit

E3 2019 - Fallout Shelter has been downloaded over 150m times FALLOUT MILESTONE Jun 10th, 2019

E3 2019 - Fallout Shelter has been downloaded over 150m times

Number of installs rises 30 million in a year

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