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Total War: Three Kingdoms is the fastest-selling game in the franchise's history News May 30th, 2019

Total War: Three Kingdoms is the fastest-selling game in the franchise's history

"We knew we had something special with Three Kingdoms but the response from players has exceeded all expectations"

Dauntless strikes up six million players in its first week News May 30th, 2019

Dauntless strikes up six million players in its first week

Dauntless doubles its open beta player figures after launching into 1.0

10 years of Killing Floor brought developer Tripwire over $100 million in franchise revenue News May 15th, 2019

10 years of Killing Floor brought developer Tripwire over $100 million in franchise revenue

Two mainline games and a PSVR exclusive netted the series over 15 million unique players

One million players infect World War Z in its first week News Apr 24th, 2019

One million players infect World War Z in its first week

Zombie shooter finds PC success despite the lack of a Steam release

As Artifact flounders, DOTA Auto Chess hits seven million subscribers News Apr 2nd, 2019

As Artifact flounders, DOTA Auto Chess hits seven million subscribers

Modders may have found the next big thing as Auto Chess prepares for a Dota-less mobile version

Warframe celebrates six years of sci-fi swordfights with almost 50 million registered players News Mar 26th, 2019

Warframe celebrates six years of sci-fi swordfights with almost 50 million registered players

Nearly 50 million players have killed a combined 783 billion foes in the free-to-play shooter

Titanfall 2 PC playerbase increases almost sixfold following Apex Legends launch News Feb 12th, 2019

Titanfall 2 PC playerbase increases almost sixfold following Apex Legends launch

Respawn’s robot shooter hit highs not seen since 2017

The Sims 4 has become a billion-dollar success for EA News Feb 7th, 2019

The Sims 4 has become a billion-dollar success for EA

The legacy lifestyle game gained almost five million new players in 2018

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive hit an all-time peak of 20 million unique players over December News Jan 3rd, 2019

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive hit an all-time peak of 20 million unique players over December

Record player count follows Valve’s shooter going free-to-play last month

Hearthstone has attracted 30m new players in the last year News Nov 6th, 2018

Hearthstone has attracted 30m new players in the last year

Blizzard’s Warcraft card game spinoff hits the milestone over four years after launch

Assassin's Creed Odyssey peak Steam player count already 33 per cent higher than Origins' News Oct 9th, 2018

Assassin's Creed Odyssey peak Steam player count already 33 per cent higher than Origins'

Title hits 62,000 user peak

78.3m people played Fortnite in August News Sep 21st, 2018

78.3m people played Fortnite in August

Game's biggest month yet

Rocket League has attracted 10m new players since start of 2018 News Sep 20th, 2018

Rocket League has attracted 10m new players since start of 2018

Car football title hits 50m total player count - but we don't know how well it has sold

SCUM caps off first week with 700,000 players and a server wipe News Sep 6th, 2018

SCUM caps off first week with 700,000 players and a server wipe

Developer reminds players that Early Access means more wipes are likely in future

Report: Realm Royale player base has dropped by 94 per cent since launch News Aug 16th, 2018

Report: Realm Royale player base has dropped by 94 per cent since launch

Looks like people played it for just fortnight

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