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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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Civilization VI: Rise and Fall DLC climbs up the Steam charts STEAM CHARTS Feb 12th, 2018

Civilization VI: Rise and Fall DLC climbs up the Steam charts

The weekly charts ending February 11th

Fortnite hits 3.4m concurrent users, servers go dark NIGHT NIGHT Feb 9th, 2018

Fortnite hits 3.4m concurrent users, servers go dark

And Epic has detailed what it's going to do to stop this happening again

Blizzard made more money than ever in 2017 and didn't even release a game PLAY OF THE GAME Feb 9th, 2018

Blizzard made more money than ever in 2017 and didn't even release a game

Activision Blizzard made $4bn from microtransactions last year

2017 was GTA Online's biggest year yet, Take Two isn't interested in battle royale games $$$ Feb 8th, 2018

2017 was GTA Online's biggest year yet, Take Two isn't interested in battle royale games

Digitally delivered revenue grow eight per cent to $258.4m - that's 54 per cent of total revenue

26m people played Playerunknown's Battlegrounds in Early Access YOU SAY INFO, I SAY GRAPHIC Feb 7th, 2018

26m people played Playerunknown's Battlegrounds in Early Access

There's been enough chicken dinner to feed Iceland's population for just under one year, too

The average 'good' indie game makes just $25,000 in its first year on sale, says Grey Alien's Birkett INSIGHT Feb 6th, 2018

The average 'good' indie game makes just $25,000 in its first year on sale, says Grey Alien's Birkett

Birkett shares his research about how indie games perform in the first week and first year

Over 1m people were banned from PUBG in January alone PLAYERUNKNOWN'S CHEATING NONSENSE Feb 6th, 2018

Over 1m people were banned from PUBG in January alone

“Unfortunately things continue to escalate.”

Dragon Ball FighterZ brawls its way to Steam second place STEAM CHARTS Feb 5th, 2018

Dragon Ball FighterZ brawls its way to Steam second place

Big week for Square Enix with the Japanese publishing having three games in the Top Ten - and they're not all JRPGs, either

After making 11 acquisitions in 2017, Keywords reckons it will make $186m in 2017 fiscal year $$$ Feb 1st, 2018

After making 11 acquisitions in 2017, Keywords reckons it will make $186m in 2017 fiscal year

Would represent a 55 per cent growth year-on-year

Playerunknown's Battlegrounds China user base flatlines at just below 10m DATA Feb 1st, 2018

Playerunknown's Battlegrounds China user base flatlines at just below 10m

Users could be waiting for the Tencent-published official release for the region

SuperData: Global games market brought in $108.4bn in 2017, PUBG generated $712m DATA Jan 30th, 2018

SuperData: Global games market brought in $108.4bn in 2017, PUBG generated $712m

$33bn was from PC, roughly 30 per cent of the market last year

Unknown Worlds' Subnautica takes No.2 spot on Steam STEAM CHARTS Jan 29th, 2018

Unknown Worlds' Subnautica takes No.2 spot on Steam

Up on the shore they work all day / Out in the sun they slave away / While we devotin' / Full time to floatin' / Under the sea

Minecraft saw 74m monthly active users in December BLOCKBUSTER Jan 22nd, 2018

Minecraft saw 74m monthly active users in December

144m copies sold across all platforms, Marketplace saw its strongest month also

Early Access CCG Slay the Spire shoots to second place in Steam Top Ten STEAM CHARTS Jan 22nd, 2018

Early Access CCG Slay the Spire shoots to second place in Steam Top Ten

Human: Fall Flat takes third place again as sales close in on two millon

More than ten million people tuned into Overwatch League's first week ESPORT CRAZY Jan 19th, 2018

More than ten million people tuned into Overwatch League's first week

First day saw peak of 437,000 people across official partner Twitch and MLG

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