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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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Playerunknown's Battlegrounds crosses 3m concurrent player barrier NICE Jan 2nd, 2018

Playerunknown's Battlegrounds crosses 3m concurrent player barrier

Title reached 3.1m people at peak

PUBG, Rocket League, Divinity, GTA V and Witcher 3 among top-grossing Steam games of 2017 THE YEAR THAT WAS Jan 2nd, 2018

PUBG, Rocket League, Divinity, GTA V and Witcher 3 among top-grossing Steam games of 2017

Steam has revealed which games made the most money on its platform in 2017, kind of.

Surprise, surprise - Playerunknown's Battlegrounds ends 2017 in Steam top spot STEAM CHARTS Jan 2nd, 2018

Surprise, surprise - Playerunknown's Battlegrounds ends 2017 in Steam top spot

Divinity: Original Sin 2 and They Are Billions chart in Top Ten despite little to no Steam Sale price reduction

Steam bandwidth increases four times following Playerunknown's Battlegrounds 1.0 release ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER PUBG STORY Dec 22nd, 2017

Steam bandwidth increases four times following Playerunknown's Battlegrounds 1.0 release

60 per cent of title's playerbase is in China

Playerunknown's Battlegrounds has been downloaded 30m times WOW Dec 21st, 2017

Playerunknown's Battlegrounds has been downloaded 30m times

Battle royale game has sold around ten million units in six weeks

Cuphead smashes 2m sales barrier SUCCESS! Dec 21st, 2017

Cuphead smashes 2m sales barrier

1930s-styled indie run-and-gun title goes double platinum after just under 12 weeks

PC games made $32.2bn globally in 2017 DATA! Dec 21st, 2017

PC games made $32.2bn globally in 2017

Rise of 1.4 per cent year-on-year

Ark: Survival Evolved dominates Steam charts, Capcom's Okami HD debuts at No.9 STEAM CHARTS Dec 18th, 2017

Ark: Survival Evolved dominates Steam charts, Capcom's Okami HD debuts at No.9

Aberration DLC drives sales Studio Wildcard's title

In 2019 UK is getting a combined physical-digital games chart ABOUT TIME Dec 14th, 2017

In 2019 UK is getting a combined physical-digital games chart

Market research firm GfK loses exclusive rights to boxed title info

UK Gambling Commission says 11% of 11-16 year-olds have used skin-betting sites, but less than 1% are problem gamblers GAMBLING Dec 12th, 2017

UK Gambling Commission says 11% of 11-16 year-olds have used skin-betting sites, but less than 1% are problem gamblers

Boys also more likely than girls to have gambling with game skins.

Doki Doki Literature Club has been downloaded 1m times MORE SUCCESSFUL VISUAL NOVELS Dec 11th, 2017

Doki Doki Literature Club has been downloaded 1m times

"I’m doing my best to keep up with everything business- and development-related so that I can give the community more of what they want"

Discord's userbase almost doubles to 87m in last six months HOW MANY? Dec 7th, 2017

Discord's userbase almost doubles to 87m in last six months

Chat company says it will have 90m users by the end of the year

Rainbow Six: Siege hits 25m players DATA Dec 5th, 2017

Rainbow Six: Siege hits 25m players

Title has added five million new users since August

Call of Duty: WWII and Divinity: Original Sin 2 return to Steam Top Ten as PUBG continues No.1 reign STEAM CHARTS Dec 4th, 2017

Call of Duty: WWII and Divinity: Original Sin 2 return to Steam Top Ten as PUBG continues No.1 reign

Grand Theft Auto V holds second place

Full price PC spending up 28 per cent in October SUPER DATA SUPER DATA SUPER DATA Dec 1st, 2017

Full price PC spending up 28 per cent in October

PUBG sold 5m copies in that month

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