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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

Latest Data & Research

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

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 takes second place in Steam Top Ten STEAM CHARTS Mar 12th, 2018

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 takes second place in Steam Top Ten

Meanwhile Final Fantasy XV Windows Edition debuts at No.3 spot

72.2 per cent of indie devs prefer to publish on Steam, GameMaker firm Yo Yo reports DIGITAL RETAIL Mar 7th, 2018

72.2 per cent of indie devs prefer to publish on Steam, GameMaker firm Yo Yo reports

Second place goes to Itch.io

Is PUBG or Fortnite dominating the streaming space at the moment? DATA Mar 6th, 2018

Is PUBG or Fortnite dominating the streaming space at the moment?

The two titles are spearheading the creator space right now – but which one is triumphing?

Final Fantasy XV takes No.4 spot in Steam charts on pre-orders alone STEAM CHARTS Mar 5th, 2018

Final Fantasy XV takes No.4 spot in Steam charts on pre-orders alone

Nier: Automata second in the Top Ten

20m people have played The Division in the last two years DIVIDE AND CONQUER Mar 2nd, 2018

20m people have played The Division in the last two years

Ubisoft notes that this is twice the size of the population of Sweden

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