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Tencent PC revenues drop 9% to $1.7 billion in Q2 News Aug 15th, 2019

Tencent PC revenues drop 9% to $1.7 billion in Q2

Overall online games business grew eight per cent to $3.9bn

Activision says that annual Call of Duty releases are "critical" News Aug 9th, 2019

Activision says that annual Call of Duty releases are "critical"

"We're taking some important steps to grow the franchise overall," publisher's president Kostich said

PC and browser made up a fifth of EA net revenue for last quarter News Aug 7th, 2019

PC and browser made up a fifth of EA net revenue for last quarter

Platforms brought in $249m, a 3.2 per cent increase year-on-year

87% of Games Workshop royalty income comes from PC and console News Jul 31st, 2019

87% of Games Workshop royalty income comes from PC and console

Total War: Warhammer 2 and Warhammer: Vermintide 2 cited for their strong performances in boosting royalty revenue

My.Games incurs $10m impairment charge as Skyforge fails to meet expectations News Jul 25th, 2019

My.Games incurs $10m impairment charge as Skyforge fails to meet expectations

Games business revenue continues to rise however to $117m

Increase in subscription revenue offsets Fortnite decline for Microsoft as Xbox Live hits 65m monthly users News Jul 19th, 2019

Increase in subscription revenue offsets Fortnite decline for Microsoft as Xbox Live hits 65m monthly users

Games cash dips ten per cent year-on-year for the Big M

Anno 1800 helped drive PC to be Ubisoft's biggest cash cow for last quarter News Jul 18th, 2019

Anno 1800 helped drive PC to be Ubisoft's biggest cash cow for last quarter

"So the 34 per cent was also pushed by Anno which is a PC specific game. But even with that launch, we had a very good performance on PC overall"

No Man's Sky developer Hello Games' cash reserves rose over 2,500% between 2016 and 2018 News Jul 10th, 2019

No Man's Sky developer Hello Games' cash reserves rose over 2,500% between 2016 and 2018

Finally, an indication of how the ambitious sci-fi game performed

India's Reliance Entertainment owns just 14.2 per cent of Codemasters today News Jun 27th, 2019

India's Reliance Entertainment owns just 14.2 per cent of Codemasters today

Racing firm's CEO Frank Sagnier says that OnRush has been played by 2.5m people as of March 2019

EA execs turn down bonuses, add $5.5m to company incentive pot News Jun 24th, 2019

EA execs turn down bonuses, add $5.5m to company incentive pot

But CEO Andrew Wilson is still earning 200 times the median salary at the firm

Jurassic World Evolution helps Frontier revenue increase 175 per cent year-on-year News Jun 18th, 2019

Jurassic World Evolution helps Frontier revenue increase 175 per cent year-on-year

Cambridge game firm made $111.5m for the 12 months ending May 31st, 2019

Jagex subscription revenue up 22.9 per cent in 2018 News Jun 14th, 2019

Jagex subscription revenue up 22.9 per cent in 2018

Offsets declines in microtransaction and advertising revenue

Warhammer maker Games Workshop brought in $322.6m in the last year News Jun 11th, 2019

Warhammer maker Games Workshop brought in $322.6m in the last year

This includes approximately $102m in profit

29 per cent of EA's FY18/19 net revenue went on R&D News May 27th, 2019

29 per cent of EA's FY18/19 net revenue went on R&D

Firm spent a cool $1.43bn on research and development, a nine per cent increase year-on-year

Grand Theft Auto V was behind over a quarter of Take-Two's net revenue for last financial year News May 27th, 2019

Grand Theft Auto V was behind over a quarter of Take-Two's net revenue for last financial year

91.8 per cent of net revenue came from the firm's Top Five titles

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