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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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SteamSpy: $4.3bn was spent on games alone on Steam in 2017 DATA AND RESEARCH Apr 5th, 2018

SteamSpy: $4.3bn was spent on games alone on Steam in 2017

23 per cent rise year-on-year

REVEALED: How well are UK games companies paying women workers? DATA Apr 4th, 2018

REVEALED: How well are UK games companies paying women workers?

UK games companies with more than 250 staff are having to reveal the pay gap between male and female employees - and the results show a startling disparity.

SuperData claims Fortnite has more MAUs than Grand Theft Auto V DATA Apr 3rd, 2018

SuperData claims Fortnite has more MAUs than Grand Theft Auto V

That's quite a level of mainstream success

Far Cry 5 ends PUBG's reign at Steam No.1 spot - sold twice as many copies last week NOT BAD Apr 3rd, 2018

Far Cry 5 ends PUBG's reign at Steam No.1 spot - sold twice as many copies last week

Ubisoft's cult-shooter sold more than 500k units in its first week on Valve's platform

Sea of Thieves has two million players a week after launch THAT'S A LOT OF SAILS Mar 28th, 2018

Sea of Thieves has two million players a week after launch

Is the best-selling Microsoft game of this generation

Report: 30 per cent of PC gamers around the globe played a battle royale game in February FORTNITE'S HAVING CHICKEN DINNER Mar 28th, 2018

Report: 30 per cent of PC gamers around the globe played a battle royale game in February

Newzoo's research into this burgeoning genre shows Fortnite holding a growing lead on Playerunknown's Battlegrounds

Far Cry 5 pre-orders were fourth most-purchased item on Steam last week STEAM CHARTS Mar 26th, 2018

Far Cry 5 pre-orders were fourth most-purchased item on Steam last week

PUBG and Warhammer: Vermintide 2 still top the charts

Revenue from ID@Xbox games has doubled to $1bn since August 2017 DATA Mar 21st, 2018

Revenue from ID@Xbox games has doubled to $1bn since August 2017

"That's great for Microsoft, it's great for the developers"

Vermintide 2 has made more revenue than the original title in under two weeks EXCLUSIVE Mar 19th, 2018

Vermintide 2 has made more revenue than the original title in under two weeks

PC version of the sequel smashes original on all platforms

French PC games market worth $1.4bn in 2017 DATA Mar 16th, 2018

French PC games market worth $1.4bn in 2017

Hardware drives growth as software stalls

Twitch viewer record smashed as 600k-plus people tune in to watch Drake and Ninja play Fortnite OH WOW Mar 15th, 2018

Twitch viewer record smashed as 600k-plus people tune in to watch Drake and Ninja play Fortnite

World famous rapper + high profile streamer + insanely popular free-to-play battle royale game = big numbers

38m people have signed up to play free-to-play Warframe FRAMING DEVICE Mar 14th, 2018

38m people have signed up to play free-to-play Warframe

"We had no expectations it would endure even half as long," creative director Sinclair says

More people played Fortnite than PUBG in February, Newzoo claims DATA AND RESEARCH Mar 13th, 2018

More people played Fortnite than PUBG in February, Newzoo claims

Epic's game is more popular in Europe, PUBG reigns Asia

Warhammer Vermintide 2 sells half a million copies in two days NICE! Mar 13th, 2018

Warhammer Vermintide 2 sells half a million copies in two days

Developer and publisher Fatshark did not anticipate reaching this sales milestone so fast

PUBG is third highest-grossing game ever on Steam $$$$ Mar 13th, 2018

PUBG is third highest-grossing game ever on Steam

Valve chief Gabe Newell says the Chinese market is in part key to the project's success

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