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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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Titanfall battle royale game Apex Legends attracted 10m people in first three days NICE Feb 8th, 2019

Titanfall battle royale game Apex Legends attracted 10m people in first three days

Developer Respawn boasts of one million concurrent player peak

The Sims 4 has become a billion-dollar success for EA CASH Feb 7th, 2019

The Sims 4 has become a billion-dollar success for EA

The legacy lifestyle game gained almost five million new players in 2018

Updated: Apex Legends had close to 3m unique users in first 24 hours NICE Feb 5th, 2019

Updated: Apex Legends had close to 3m unique users in first 24 hours

Developer Respawn says this is what the studio is working on for the time being

Subnautica resurfaces with a cool spot at the top of this week’s Steam Top Ten STEAM CHARTS Feb 4th, 2019

Subnautica resurfaces with a cool spot at the top of this week’s Steam Top Ten

Below Zero expansion manages to sink Resident Evil’s early chart dominance

Capcom, Sega and EA top major publisher review score chart on Metacritic DATA Jan 30th, 2019

Capcom, Sega and EA top major publisher review score chart on Metacritic

While Activision Blizzard, Paradox and 505 take the top spots in the mid-sized company rank

Report: Video games firms clocked in $5.7bn in investment in 2018 $$$$$ Jan 29th, 2019

Report: Video games firms clocked in $5.7bn in investment in 2018

More than double the year prior

Resident Evil 2 secures a stronghold at the top of this week's Steam Top Ten STEAM CHARTS Jan 28th, 2019

Resident Evil 2 secures a stronghold at the top of this week's Steam Top Ten

It’s been a stellar week for Capcom as the Japanese publisher steals the entire Top 5

Star Citizen raised around $39m in 2018 $$$ Jan 25th, 2019

Star Citizen raised around $39m in 2018

Funding up 12 per cent year-on-year, sci-fi title still outstripping Kickstarter totals by a huge margin

Resident Evil 2 is the series’ biggest launch on Steam so far $$$POOKY Jan 25th, 2019

Resident Evil 2 is the series’ biggest launch on Steam so far

Capcom’s second-biggest launch can’t hold a candle to Moster Hunter: World, however

Developers don't think Valve's 30 per cent rev share is justified, but Steam is still the most popular PC storefront DATA Jan 25th, 2019

Developers don't think Valve's 30 per cent rev share is justified, but Steam is still the most popular PC storefront

Meanwhile 47 per cent of respondents think unionisation is a good idea

Report: CS:GO played by 17 per cent of core PC gamers globally following battle royale addition and shift to free-to-play DATA Jan 24th, 2019

Report: CS:GO played by 17 per cent of core PC gamers globally following battle royale addition and shift to free-to-play

Newzoo records a rise of 39.3 per cent month-on-month

More than seven million people have played Forza Horizon 4 NICE Jan 21st, 2019

More than seven million people have played Forza Horizon 4

Five million users have raced in Playground's title in the last three months

SuperData: $35.7bn was spent on digital PC games in 2018, Fortnite made more money in one year than any game ever DATA Jan 16th, 2019

SuperData: $35.7bn was spent on digital PC games in 2018, Fortnite made more money in one year than any game ever

$120bn revenue generated by the global market in total

Frontier reveals Planet Coaster and Jurassic World Evolution have sold 2m copies each $$$ Jan 16th, 2019

Frontier reveals Planet Coaster and Jurassic World Evolution have sold 2m copies each

While Elite Dangerous has hit three million unit sales

Ico Partners: Successful video game Kickstarters raised $16m in 2018 DATA Jan 15th, 2019

Ico Partners: Successful video game Kickstarters raised $16m in 2018

Dip of eight per cent year-on-year

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