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Australia and New Zealand games markets worth combined $3.1bn in 2018 News May 23rd, 2019

Australia and New Zealand games markets worth combined $3.1bn in 2018

Former worth $2.8bn; the latter $355.6m

Tencent responsible for 15 per cent of 2018's global games revenue, according to Newzoo News Apr 18th, 2019

Tencent responsible for 15 per cent of 2018's global games revenue, according to Newzoo

Chinese tech and entertainment giant saw close-to $20bn coming in last year

Report: Video games firms clocked in $5.7bn in investment in 2018 News Jan 29th, 2019

Report: Video games firms clocked in $5.7bn in investment in 2018

More than double the year prior

SuperData: $35.7bn was spent on digital PC games in 2018, Fortnite made more money in one year than any game ever News Jan 16th, 2019

SuperData: $35.7bn was spent on digital PC games in 2018, Fortnite made more money in one year than any game ever

$120bn revenue generated by the global market in total

Valve boasts 47m daily active users for Steam for 2018 News Jan 14th, 2019

Valve boasts 47m daily active users for Steam for 2018

90m people visited the platform every single month last year

Service-based games dominate the Steam top-selling and most-played charts of 2018 News Jan 3rd, 2019

Service-based games dominate the Steam top-selling and most-played charts of 2018

Valve has revealed the top-selling, most-played and most successful games of the last twelve months

Cyberpunk 2077 - The one that showed how to build and manage hype in 2018 Feature Dec 24th, 2018

Cyberpunk 2077 - The one that showed how to build and manage hype in 2018

In a market that has us excited and disappointed all the time, we take a look at how CD Projekt RED rode the wave of hype in the wake of this year's E3

5 Diablo Immortal - The one that showed everyone unfairly still hates mobile games Feature Dec 24th, 2018

Diablo Immortal - The one that showed everyone unfairly still hates mobile games

How a smartphone title from one of the world's most respected developers showed yet another ugly side to the video games community

The Walking Dead - The one that showed we need to change how games are made Feature Dec 21st, 2018

The Walking Dead - The one that showed we need to change how games are made

How Telltale's implosion gave a voice to overworked and mistreated developers around the world

What were The PC Pulse's favourite games of 2018? The PC Pulse Dec 21st, 2018

What were The PC Pulse's favourite games of 2018?

As 2018 draws to a close, we decided to turn to our incredibly smart panel of PC games industry experts to see what the biggest trends and stories of the year were.

Gaming PCs generated more than $12bn in 2018 by October News Dec 20th, 2018

Gaming PCs generated more than $12bn in 2018 by October

Made up 19 per cent of the global PC market for that period

UKIE's Twist: "The UK games industry is one to be proud of despite the current challenges facing it" Interviews & Opinion Dec 14th, 2018

UKIE's Twist: "The UK games industry is one to be proud of despite the current challenges facing it"

We caught up with Dr Jo Twist OBE, CEO of the UK's trade body, to get a feeling for how the sector is doing

The PC Pulse: What were the most important trends in the PC games market in 2018? The PC Pulse Dec 7th, 2018

The PC Pulse: What were the most important trends in the PC games market in 2018?

As 2018 draws to a close, we decided to turn to our incredibly smart panel of PC games industry experts to see what the biggest trends and stories of the year were

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