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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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Troubled Swedish games firm Starbreeze to let go 25 per cent of workforce this year, but chair and board given pay rises $$$ Jun 5th, 2019

Troubled Swedish games firm Starbreeze to let go 25 per cent of workforce this year, but chair and board given pay rises

Around 60 members of staff to get the axe

Total War: Three Kingdoms extends its reign over this week’s Steam Top Ten STEAM CHARTS Jun 3rd, 2019

Total War: Three Kingdoms extends its reign over this week’s Steam Top Ten

Big sales bring back a few big names, but medieval tactics and slashers remain untouchable

Total War: Three Kingdoms has attracted lots of new players to the series, says developer Creative Assembly COOL! May 31st, 2019

Total War: Three Kingdoms has attracted lots of new players to the series, says developer Creative Assembly

Follows a launch that broke a lot of records for the strategy franchise

Total War: Three Kingdoms claims dominion over this week’s Steam Weekly Charts STEAM CHARTS May 28th, 2019

Total War: Three Kingdoms claims dominion over this week’s Steam Weekly Charts

Creative Assembly’s latest strategy is bolstered by massive popularity China

Superhot shoots past the two million sales mark, PC has around 40 per cent share SUPERHOT SUPERHOT SUPERHOT May 27th, 2019

Superhot shoots past the two million sales mark, PC has around 40 per cent share

'Normal' version of the game has shifted between 1.2m and 1.5m units; VR edition clocks in at 800,000 copies

29 per cent of EA's FY18/19 net revenue went on R&D $$$$ May 27th, 2019

29 per cent of EA's FY18/19 net revenue went on R&D

Firm spent a cool $1.43bn on research and development, a nine per cent increase year-on-year

Grand Theft Auto V was behind over a quarter of Take-Two's net revenue for last financial year $$$ May 27th, 2019

Grand Theft Auto V was behind over a quarter of Take-Two's net revenue for last financial year

91.8 per cent of net revenue came from the firm's Top Five titles

China drives Total War: Three Kingdoms to break series pre-order records NICE May 24th, 2019

China drives Total War: Three Kingdoms to break series pre-order records

Chief product officer Rob Bartholomew says the franchise has finally broken Korea and China

Q1 2019 revenue up 31 per cent for GOG, offsets slight decline from CD Projekt RED $$$$ May 24th, 2019

Q1 2019 revenue up 31 per cent for GOG, offsets slight decline from CD Projekt RED

Platform brought in $8.8m in first three months of the year

Australia and New Zealand games markets worth combined $3.1bn in 2018 $$$ May 23rd, 2019

Australia and New Zealand games markets worth combined $3.1bn in 2018

Former worth $2.8bn; the latter $355.6m

44.5 per cent of The Witcher 3 sales between 2015 and 2018 were on PC COOL May 23rd, 2019

44.5 per cent of The Witcher 3 sales between 2015 and 2018 were on PC

And over 60 per cent of sales to date are digital

SuperData: PC digital spending down four per cent year-on-year for April $$$ May 22nd, 2019

SuperData: PC digital spending down four per cent year-on-year for April

Premium letting the side down with "modest growth" for free-to-play

Report: Cloud games sector could increase sixfold in value to $2.5bn by 2023 CLOUD May 21st, 2019

Report: Cloud games sector could increase sixfold in value to $2.5bn by 2023

Game streaming services earned over $387 million in 2018

Rage 2 can’t overthrow Mordhau’s throne in this week’s Steam Top Ten STEAM CHARTS May 20th, 2019

Rage 2 can’t overthrow Mordhau’s throne in this week’s Steam Top Ten

Medieval multiplayer retains No.1 for the third week running

How 11 Bit Studios' Frostpunk is closing in on 1.5m sales SUCCESS STORY May 14th, 2019

How 11 Bit Studios' Frostpunk is closing in on 1.5m sales

"Think of mainstream hits as Hollywood movies and our games like the movies you can see at Sundance"

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