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ERA: UK games revenue up 2.3% to $5.7bn in 2022 News Jan 10th, 2023

ERA: UK games revenue up 2.3% to $5.7bn in 2022

“Gaming remains the often-unheralded leader of the entertainment market"

Xbox Game Pass generated over $2.9bn during 2021 News Oct 11th, 2022

Xbox Game Pass generated over $2.9bn during 2021

The service boasts 25 million subscribers

E3 2020 cancellation saw ESA revenue drop 25% News Jul 25th, 2022

E3 2020 cancellation saw ESA revenue drop 25%

That's a loss of $10 million

Apex Legends has made EA over $2bn to date News May 12th, 2022

Apex Legends has made EA over $2bn to date

Around half of that was made in the last 12 months

Assassin's Creed Valhalla hits $1bn in revenue News Feb 18th, 2022

Assassin's Creed Valhalla hits $1bn in revenue

First time an entry in the franchise has hit this milestone

New World, Valheim and Battlefield 2042 among 2021's top Steam games by revenue News Jan 5th, 2022

New World, Valheim and Battlefield 2042 among 2021's top Steam games by revenue

Four of the top 12 games by the year were new releases

User-driven creative platform Playerstate goes into early access News Aug 20th, 2021

User-driven creative platform Playerstate goes into early access

A new global co-creation community for games where players become rewarded creators

Almost 30% of EA's 2021 net revenue came from Ultimate Team News May 28th, 2021

Almost 30% of EA's 2021 net revenue came from Ultimate Team

The company calls it "a substantial portion"

Microsoft slashes PC games revenue cut to 12% News Apr 30th, 2021

Microsoft slashes PC games revenue cut to 12%

The Big M is the latest to adopt this new standard

UK consumers spent £7 billion on the games market last year News Mar 19th, 2021

UK consumers spent £7 billion on the games market last year

Digital PC sales made up £669 million

Team17 sees sixth straight year of growth due to new releases News Mar 16th, 2021

Team17 sees sixth straight year of growth due to new releases

Revenue grew 34% to £83 million

Discord revenue almost tripled during 2020 News Mar 9th, 2021

Discord revenue almost tripled during 2020

Platform boasts 140 million monthly active users

Report: Doom Eternal made $450m in nine months News Mar 1st, 2021

Report: Doom Eternal made $450m in nine months

The shooter had the best launch weekend for the series when it debuted 12 months ago

Australian games studios generated $140.4m in revenue in 2020 News Jan 29th, 2021

Australian games studios generated $140.4m in revenue in 2020

That's a 29 per cent increase year-on-year

Xbox Game Pass now boasts 18m subscribers News Jan 27th, 2021

Xbox Game Pass now boasts 18m subscribers

Microsoft's games business brought in $5bn in this quarter for the first time ever

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