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How Discord attracted 250m users in four years Success Story Aug 7th, 2019

How Discord attracted 250m users in four years

CTO Stanislav Vishnevskiy tells us more

How My Friend Pedro shot past 250,000 sales in seven days Success Story Jul 8th, 2019

How My Friend Pedro shot past 250,000 sales in seven days

One-man developer Victor Agren aka Deadtoast Entertainment tells us more

How Superhot sold over two million copies and where its developer goes from here Success Story May 31st, 2019

How Superhot sold over two million copies and where its developer goes from here

Business developer Tomasz Kaczmarczyk tells us more

Why Anno 1800 became the fastest-selling entry in the 21-year-old franchise Success Story May 22nd, 2019

Why Anno 1800 became the fastest-selling entry in the 21-year-old franchise

Creative director Dirk Riegert tells us more

How 11 Bit Studios' Frostpunk is closing in on 1.5m sales Success Story May 14th, 2019

How 11 Bit Studios' Frostpunk is closing in on 1.5m sales

"Think of mainstream hits as Hollywood movies and our games like the movies you can see at Sundance"

Why Chucklefish's Wargroove made back its dev costs within just three days Success Story Feb 22nd, 2019

Why Chucklefish's Wargroove made back its dev costs within just three days

COO Donna Orlowski tells us more

How Farming Simulator 19 sold over one million copies in just ten days Success Story Dec 13th, 2018

How Farming Simulator 19 sold over one million copies in just ten days

PR and marketing manager Martin Rabl tells us more

Why Jurassic World Evolution has been a roaring success for Frontier Developments Success Story Sep 21st, 2018

Why Jurassic World Evolution has been a roaring success for Frontier Developments

Assistant marketing director Zac Antonaci tells us what worked for the Cambridge-based game maker and what lessons it has learnt

"Going into Quarantine Circular I was unsure whether Subsurface was a fluke or a repeatable event" Success Story Jun 29th, 2018

"Going into Quarantine Circular I was unsure whether Subsurface was a fluke or a repeatable event"

Mike Bithell on Quarantine Circular’s successful launch, and surviving through small experimental game development

"We're looking forward to adding to Cultist Simulator for a good while yet" Success Story Jun 15th, 2018

"We're looking forward to adding to Cultist Simulator for a good while yet"

With 40,000 sales under their belt in just two weeks, developer Weather Factory has expanded its plans for post-launch DLC

"We had a good game and following with the first Vermintide - but you never know when you do a sequel" Success Story Apr 27th, 2018

"We had a good game and following with the first Vermintide - but you never know when you do a sequel"

In which Fatshark CEO Martin Wahlund - man pictured with massive sword - tells us about the early success of Vermintide 2 and what the studio's plans for the future are

'Human: Fall Flat shows that releasing a game is just a lottery - anyone can play but you can't plan on winning' Success Story Feb 28th, 2018

'Human: Fall Flat shows that releasing a game is just a lottery - anyone can play but you can't plan on winning'

Developer Tomas Sakalauska on how the physics-based title broke 1.7m sales

Just over a month after launch, Divinity: Original Sin 2 is closing in on 1m units Success Story Oct 18th, 2017

Just over a month after launch, Divinity: Original Sin 2 is closing in on 1m units

'It's going better than I expected, and I'm an optimist'

“Perhaps sex really can sell” – Christine Love on the success of Ladykiller in a Bind Success Story Jul 30th, 2017

“Perhaps sex really can sell” – Christine Love on the success of Ladykiller in a Bind

Developer Christine Love thought it would take years to recoup Ladykiller in a Bind's budget; it took just nine months

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