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Q1 2019 revenue up 31 per cent for GOG, offsets slight decline from CD Projekt RED News May 24th, 2019

Q1 2019 revenue up 31 per cent for GOG, offsets slight decline from CD Projekt RED

Platform brought in $8.8m in first three months of the year

Epic’s “aggressive fraud rules” are blocking users for buying too many games News May 21st, 2019

Epic’s “aggressive fraud rules” are blocking users for buying too many games

Fraud protection and conspicuously-missing shopping cart are behind the aggressive security action

The Epic Games Store quietly opens its doors in China News May 16th, 2019

The Epic Games Store quietly opens its doors in China

Epic joins Steam in operating a technically-not-legal digital storefront on the Chinese mainland

Valve launches new resource for marketing games on Steam News May 15th, 2019

Valve launches new resource for marketing games on Steam

Make the most of Steam's store model with a new guide on marketing for the platform

Epic’s Tim Sweeney believes creators, not consumers, are the key to the next generation of stores News Mar 13th, 2019

Epic’s Tim Sweeney believes creators, not consumers, are the key to the next generation of stores

The user experience is "nearly perfect" right now, so Sweeney suggests winning over developers

Take-Two isn't interested in launching its own store News Feb 7th, 2019

Take-Two isn't interested in launching its own store

Rockstar parent firm says it wants to be in as many places where consumers are as possible

Good Shepherd: More storefronts means a publisher's role has to change (again) Interviews & Opinion Feb 6th, 2019

Good Shepherd: More storefronts means a publisher's role has to change (again)

The indie publisher's producer Lélia Peuchamiel talks platforms, indie publishing and games that put prestige before profit

Developers don't think Valve's 30 per cent rev share is justified, but Steam is still the most popular PC storefront News Jan 25th, 2019

Developers don't think Valve's 30 per cent rev share is justified, but Steam is still the most popular PC storefront

Meanwhile 47 per cent of respondents think unionisation is a good idea

The PC Pulse: What sort of impact will the new storefronts from Epic, Discord and Kongregate have on the PC retail landscape? Feature Jan 18th, 2019

The PC Pulse: What sort of impact will the new storefronts from Epic, Discord and Kongregate have on the PC retail landscape?

And will they eat at Valve's market share or force the PC giant to change

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