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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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More game workers have lost their jobs in first quarter of 2019 than in all of 2018 DATA Apr 1st, 2019

More game workers have lost their jobs in first quarter of 2019 than in all of 2018

Close to 1,500 people have been made unemployed in the first three months of the year

Warframe celebrates six years of sci-fi swordfights with almost 50 million registered players ONLINE Mar 26th, 2019

Warframe celebrates six years of sci-fi swordfights with almost 50 million registered players

Nearly 50 million players have killed a combined 783 billion foes in the free-to-play shooter

Microsoft: Xbox Live users spend 4.28bn hours in game each month across all platforms XBOX LIVE Mar 25th, 2019

Microsoft: Xbox Live users spend 4.28bn hours in game each month across all platforms

64 million monthly active users

From Software nails a perfect strike as Sekiro takes No.1 in this week’s Steam Top Ten STEAM CHARTS Mar 25th, 2019

From Software nails a perfect strike as Sekiro takes No.1 in this week’s Steam Top Ten

Sekiro joins Dante and Co. as Japanese swordfighters claim the top of the Steam Charts

Dead Cells has sold over 1m copies, PC still the leading platform $$$ Mar 22nd, 2019

Dead Cells has sold over 1m copies, PC still the leading platform

But the Nintendo Switch edition is actually the fastest selling

GDC 2019 - ID@Xbox games have made more than $1.2bn in revenue since programme's launch $$$$ Mar 19th, 2019

GDC 2019 - ID@Xbox games have made more than $1.2bn in revenue since programme's launch

Titles in Microsoft's indie scheme had generated $200m in the last 12 months

GDC 2019 - Oxenfree has sold 1.5m copies but boasts 3m installs $$$$ Mar 19th, 2019

GDC 2019 - Oxenfree has sold 1.5m copies but boasts 3m installs

PC still leading the pack, but the gap ahead of console is closing

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

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