XCOM 2: War of the Chosen debuts in second place in Steam Top Ten

Absolver debuts in fourth place, Witcher 3 returns on the back of franchise tenth anniversary

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• xcom 2

Absolver is Devolver's biggest launch yet, concurrent player figure estimated to be 30k across PC and PS4

But servers buckling under the pressure

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The Escapists 2 debuts in third place in Steam Top Ten

Codemasters F1 2017 also goes straight to No.5

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1m copies of Football Manager 2017 have been sold

Sports Interactive chief Miles Jacobson reveals this is the fifth Football Manager game in a row to hit this milestone

• sales data
• football manager

Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds has sold 8m copies

Has shifted 4m units since June

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No Man’s Sky returns to Steam Top Ten following Atlas Rises update

Prey comes in at fourth place following free trial

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• no man's sky

1m people have played Epic’s Fortnite

Firm announces milestone via Twitter, players have doubled since start of August

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Nielsen is now tracking the eSports market

“There’s a high demand for reliable, independent measurement of value in eSports"

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• pro-gaming

Planet Coaster hits 1m sales, Elite Dangerous has sold more than 2.75m copies

"We are delighted with the continuing popularity of both Elite Dangerous and Planet Coaster"

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• planet coaster

SteamSpy claims indie games sell for average of $8.72 on Steam

Founder Sergey Galyonkin writes that indie titles need to be profitable off the back of a small audience

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• indie games

Hellblade and Lawbreakers debut in Steam Top Ten, PUBG still claims No.1 spot

Ninja Theory's Hellblade takes second place while CliffyB's grand return, Lawbreakers, charts at No.5

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• market data

Meet the PCGamesInsider.biz Top 20 PC Developers to Watch 2017

We have picked twenty of the most exciting developers working in the PC space right now

Why did 500k people pay for Epic’s free-to-play title Fortnite on its first day?

Despite going free-to-play in 2018, half a million people just paid at least $39.99 for Fortnite

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• sales data

Kingdoms and Castles sees 100% return on investment for Fig backers

Investors double money on city-building sim

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• Funding
• crowdfunding
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• kingdoms and castles

Artifact could broaden DOTA appeal, but Valve should consider mobile to make it a smash hit, analysts say

Strong IP and eSports heritage mean success for Artifact is all but assured

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• artifact
• card games