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Discord hits 130m users, userbase tripled in last year News May 16th, 2018

Discord hits 130m users, userbase tripled in last year

Chat app has added 85m users in the last twelve months

Conan Exiles takes a hefty swing at Steam’s No. 3 spot News May 14th, 2018

Conan Exiles takes a hefty swing at Steam’s No. 3 spot

Funcom scrambles to keep up with server demand after a herculean launch.

Chinese PC games revenue to reach $17.4 billion by 2022 News May 10th, 2018

Chinese PC games revenue to reach $17.4 billion by 2022

Esports and battle royale credited for faster-than-expected growth

Things are looking up for SteamSpy News May 1st, 2018

Things are looking up for SteamSpy

Founder Sergey Galyonkin is trying out some new ways of tracking games

Frostpunk is looking cool at Steam No.2 spot News Apr 30th, 2018

Frostpunk is looking cool at Steam No.2 spot

Follows game selling 250,000 copies in its first 66 hours on sale

Military sim Arma 3 surpasses four million sales News Apr 27th, 2018

Military sim Arma 3 surpasses four million sales

Average play time per use clocks in at more than 150 hours

Sonic Mania has sold one million copies worldwide News Apr 25th, 2018

Sonic Mania has sold one million copies worldwide

Since its August 2017 release

Twitch is giving developers more info about their games on the streaming platform News Mar 14th, 2018

Twitch is giving developers more info about their games on the streaming platform

First of many new resources for studios

The UK spent £5.11bn on video games in 2017 News Mar 2nd, 2018

The UK spent £5.11bn on video games in 2017

Digital and online games raked in £1.6bn, while PC hardware was up 51 per cent

PUBG and Fortnite made more than $200m in digital revenue this January News Feb 27th, 2018

PUBG and Fortnite made more than $200m in digital revenue this January

Premium PC spending up 24 per cent year-on-year

Report: Playerbase of H1Z1 battle royale mode King of the Kill down 91 per cent from peak News Feb 21st, 2018

Report: Playerbase of H1Z1 battle royale mode King of the Kill down 91 per cent from peak

Battle royale isn't proving lucrative for everyone in the sector

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

With Steam new releases almost doubling year-on-year, Valve needs to take a closer look at what should make the cut Interviews & Opinion Jan 11th, 2018

With Steam new releases almost doubling year-on-year, Valve needs to take a closer look at what should make the cut

"Human curation - like that seen on GOG - won't be perfect, but I would far rather a storefront control what appears on its platform in a proactive way as opposed to the reactive way in which Steam appears to act"

2017 video games crowdfunding estimated to have brought in $25m News Jan 11th, 2018

2017 video games crowdfunding estimated to have brought in $25m

Figures from Ico Partners show a less-than two per cent decline year-on-year

Interest in cryptocurrency sees GPU prices and demand soar News Jan 9th, 2018

Interest in cryptocurrency sees GPU prices and demand soar

Some AMD cards now costing twice their launch price

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