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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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World of Warcraft Twitch viewership more-than doubled in Q3 POPULAR GAMES Oct 15th, 2019

World of Warcraft Twitch viewership more-than doubled in Q3

Fortnite sees a decline in viewership of 20 per cent in the three month period

Revenue up 69% year-on-year for at Life is Strange maker Dontnod NICE Oct 15th, 2019

Revenue up 69% year-on-year for at Life is Strange maker Dontnod

CEO and chair Guilbert calls out Epic for disrupting the games market

Daybreak is laying off more employees to “support long-term vision” JOB NEWS Oct 14th, 2019

Daybreak is laying off more employees to “support long-term vision”

Job losses started at the company in April 2018

CHARTS: Destiny 2 continues its raid on the Steam Top Ten STEAM CHARTS Oct 14th, 2019

CHARTS: Destiny 2 continues its raid on the Steam Top Ten

The top three spaces are all taken by Bungie’s shooter

EA boasts 10m FIFA 20 players two weeks after launch NICE! Oct 11th, 2019

EA boasts 10m FIFA 20 players two weeks after launch

Though it's not clear how this compares to previous years

Report: 51% per cent of Destiny 2's active user base is on PC NICE Oct 10th, 2019

Report: 51% per cent of Destiny 2's active user base is on PC

51 per cent of users at time of writing

61.7% of Codemasters H1 2019/20 sales were digital ££££ Oct 9th, 2019

61.7% of Codemasters H1 2019/20 sales were digital

But revenue growth at the racing firm has stalled somewhat

Over 20% of full-time Australian game developers aren’t earning minimum wage $$$ Oct 8th, 2019

Over 20% of full-time Australian game developers aren’t earning minimum wage

Most respondents have been working in the industry for less than five years

SteamSpy: Destiny 2 is owned by 3m Steam users DATA Oct 7th, 2019

SteamSpy: Destiny 2 is owned by 3m Steam users

With a peak concurrent player figure of 292k

CHARTS: Destiny 2 tops the Steam charts following move from Battle.net CHARTS Oct 7th, 2019

CHARTS: Destiny 2 tops the Steam charts following move from Battle.net

Meanwhile, Picroma's Cube World finally launches six years it initially went into alpha

UK Video Games Tax Relief comes under fire for mostly going to triple-A companies NEWS ANALYSIS Oct 3rd, 2019

UK Video Games Tax Relief comes under fire for mostly going to triple-A companies

New report claims more than 80 per cent of the £324m that's been handed out has gone to the big dogs

Destiny 2 tops 220k concurrent players on Steam launch NICE Oct 2nd, 2019

Destiny 2 tops 220k concurrent players on Steam launch

Bungie's title sees pickup on Twitch, too

Free-to-play shooter Warface hits 80m players NEAT Oct 1st, 2019

Free-to-play shooter Warface hits 80m players

Publisher My.Games says new console users are to blame

Cuphead has shifted five million copies HEAD IN THE CLOUDS! Oct 1st, 2019

Cuphead has shifted five million copies

Hardcore platformer has sold 2m units since August 2018

CHARTS: Destiny 2 Shadowkeep pre-orders take No.1 spot as Bungie brings game to Steam STEAM CHARTS Sep 30th, 2019

CHARTS: Destiny 2 Shadowkeep pre-orders take No.1 spot as Bungie brings game to Steam

While Bandai Namco's no IP Code Vein takes the Top Ten by storm

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