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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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Niko Partners: Chinese premium games market to hit $1bn by 2022 CHINA Nov 29th, 2018

Niko Partners: Chinese premium games market to hit $1bn by 2022

Sector to almost double from 2017's $580m

Artifact hits 55k concurrent player peak for first day in the wild DATA Nov 29th, 2018

Artifact hits 55k concurrent player peak for first day in the wild

Users have put almost 300,000 hours into the game already

Government figures point to video games contributing £1.069bn to UK economy in 2017 - but it's likely much more DATA Nov 28th, 2018

Government figures point to video games contributing £1.069bn to UK economy in 2017 - but it's likely much more

Flaws in the way DCMS has gathered this information - and the way that some games companies classify themselves - mean this figure is lower than it should be

SuperData: $586m was spent on premium digital PC games during Black Friday and Cyber Monday $$$$ Nov 27th, 2018

SuperData: $586m was spent on premium digital PC games during Black Friday and Cyber Monday

Rise of 18.3 per cent year-on-year

It's official - Fortnite now has 200m players WOW Nov 27th, 2018

It's official - Fortnite now has 200m players

Rise of 60 per cent in the last five months

A bountiful harvest for Farming Simulator 19 takes it to the top of this week’s Steam Top Ten STEAM CHARTS Nov 26th, 2018

A bountiful harvest for Farming Simulator 19 takes it to the top of this week’s Steam Top Ten

Steam’s autumn sale brings big names with big discounts back to the weekly chart

What's going on with the UK games market? UK SPECIAL Nov 20th, 2018

What's going on with the UK games market?

This is one of the most influential sectors around but the future is somewhat uncertain

Fortnite’s South Korean launch accompanies an 8.3 million concurrent player peak VICTORY ROYALE Nov 9th, 2018

Fortnite’s South Korean launch accompanies an 8.3 million concurrent player peak

Internet cafe challenges encouraged new Korean players to log in at PC Bang stores

$$$ Nov 8th, 2018

Newzoo: Top 25 publicly-traded games firms earned $50bn in H1 2018, lowest level of growth since 2014

Rise of 12 per cent year-on-year

Twitch viewers watched 34 million hours of Call of Duty Black Ops 4 during launch week LOOK! Nov 8th, 2018

Twitch viewers watched 34 million hours of Call of Duty Black Ops 4 during launch week

Blackout drove the latest entry in the franchise to streaming success

SuperData: Top games subscription services generated $273m in Q3 2018 DATA Nov 7th, 2018

SuperData: Top games subscription services generated $273m in Q3 2018

EA behind almost a third of revenue from this sector but PlayStation takes the lion's share

Report: Piracy could cost developers $21m in lost revenue in first fortnight DATA Nov 7th, 2018

Report: Piracy could cost developers $21m in lost revenue in first fortnight

Research published by Denuvo parent firm Irdeto based on one game

Endnight’s survival game The Forest climbs to over 5.3 million copies TIMBER Nov 7th, 2018

Endnight’s survival game The Forest climbs to over 5.3 million copies

Milestone announcement comes ahead of the game’s release on Playstation 4

Hearthstone has attracted 30m new players in the last year DECKED Nov 6th, 2018

Hearthstone has attracted 30m new players in the last year

Blizzard’s Warcraft card game spinoff hits the milestone over four years after launch

Football Manager 2019 tops the league in this week’s Steam Top Ten STEAM CHARTS Nov 5th, 2018

Football Manager 2019 tops the league in this week’s Steam Top Ten

Sports spreadsheet launches out of a strong pre-order run in the past two weeks

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