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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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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

Fortnite pulls ahead of Apex Legends in Twitch watch time rankings DATA AND RESEARCH Mar 7th, 2019

Fortnite pulls ahead of Apex Legends in Twitch watch time rankings

But EA and Respawn's battle royale game is still wildly popular

Contact Sales boss expects 60 per cent of its sales to be digital by end of 2019 INTERESTING! Mar 5th, 2019

Contact Sales boss expects 60 per cent of its sales to be digital by end of 2019

Firm's MD Robert Stallibrass says that "more than 60 per cent" of its business is physical

50m people have played Apex Legends in the last 28 days WOW Mar 4th, 2019

50m people have played Apex Legends in the last 28 days

Userbase has doubled in the last, er, fortnight

The infuriatingly-cute Slime Rancher has sold over 2 million copies SLIME Mar 4th, 2019

The infuriatingly-cute Slime Rancher has sold over 2 million copies

Slime Rancher hits two million sales just in time for its free fortnight on the Epic Games Store

Report claims Q4 2018 GPU shipments down 3.3 per cent in wake of cryptocurrency boom SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT Mar 4th, 2019

Report claims Q4 2018 GPU shipments down 3.3 per cent in wake of cryptocurrency boom

Excess of old stock in the retail channel following prior inflated demand

Solo-developed cyberpunk sim Spinnortality earned $90,000 in its first month PUNK'D Mar 4th, 2019

Solo-developed cyberpunk sim Spinnortality earned $90,000 in its first month

Developer James Patton feels the current indie space is tough, but not insurmountable

Humanity founds a new society at the top of the Steam Top Ten with Madruga Works' Dawn of Man STEAM CHARTS Mar 4th, 2019

Humanity founds a new society at the top of the Steam Top Ten with Madruga Works' Dawn of Man

This week's charts also mark a breakthrough for Chinese-exclusive Steam games

Activision Blizzard and EA bosses Kotick and Wilson appear on Top 100 Most Overpaid CEOs list for second time OH Feb 25th, 2019

Activision Blizzard and EA bosses Kotick and Wilson appear on Top 100 Most Overpaid CEOs list for second time

Third year that games industry execs have shown up in this ranking

Devotion stalks close to the lead of the Steam Top Ten Ten amid a sea of controversy STEAM CHARTS Feb 25th, 2019

Devotion stalks close to the lead of the Steam Top Ten Ten amid a sea of controversy

Early Chinese fans feel frustration at this week's breakout chart entry after anti-Chinese propaganda is found in Devotion

Roblox claims users are spending one billion hours a month on its platform IMAGINATION HAS NO LIMIT Feb 22nd, 2019

Roblox claims users are spending one billion hours a month on its platform

Platform engagement has increased by 20-times in six years

SuperData: Premium digital PC spending dropped almost a third year-on-year in January - but there's no need to panic $$$ Feb 22nd, 2019

SuperData: Premium digital PC spending dropped almost a third year-on-year in January - but there's no need to panic

Market down six per cent in total

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