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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

Apex Legends had the biggest release month of any F2P game ever News Mar 22nd, 2019

Apex Legends had the biggest release month of any F2P game ever

Respawn’s first bash at battle royale brought in roughly $92 million in February

GDC 2019 - ID@Xbox games have made more than $1.2bn in revenue since programme's launch News Mar 19th, 2019

GDC 2019 - [email protected] games have made more than $1.2bn in revenue since programme's launch

Titles in Microsoft's indie scheme had generated $200m in the last 12 months

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

Galyonkin: Epic storefront could target younger audience than Steam News Jan 15th, 2019

Galyonkin: Epic storefront could target younger audience than Steam

And only 40 per cent of that figure use it

SuperData: $586m was spent on premium digital PC games during Black Friday and Cyber Monday News Nov 27th, 2018

SuperData: $586m was spent on premium digital PC games during Black Friday and Cyber Monday

Rise of 18.3 per cent year-on-year

Tencent's PC revenues dip 15% in Q3 as players migrate to mobile News Nov 15th, 2018

Tencent's PC revenues dip 15% in Q3 as players migrate to mobile

We hear mobiles are like PCs, only smaller

Newzoo: Top 25 publicly-traded games firms earned $50bn in H1 2018, lowest level of growth since 2014 News Nov 8th, 2018

Newzoo: Top 25 publicly-traded games firms earned $50bn in H1 2018, lowest level of growth since 2014

Rise of 12 per cent year-on-year

Newzoo's prediction for 2018 global games revenue drops by $3bn News Nov 2nd, 2018

Newzoo's prediction for 2018 global games revenue drops by $3bn

Mobile dip by $8bn, PC and console forecasts lower overall decline

Quiet release slate sinks Digital Bros’ 2018 end of year results News Nov 1st, 2018

Quiet release slate sinks Digital Bros’ 2018 end of year results

505 Games’ parent company predicts a stronger 2019 with Overkill and Remedy releases

Focus Home Interactive names John Bert as new COO News Oct 29th, 2018

Focus Home Interactive names John Bert as new COO

French publisher also posts 33 per cent year-over-year growth during H1 2018

A quiet Q1 2019 hasn’t stopped Microsoft gaming revenue from climbing 44 per cent News Oct 25th, 2018

A quiet Q1 2019 hasn’t stopped Microsoft gaming revenue from climbing 44 per cent

Gaming was one of the fastest-growing parts of the computing firm's business this quarter

SuperData claims No Man’s Sky made more than $24 million in July News Aug 24th, 2018

SuperData claims No Man’s Sky made more than $24 million in July

Space sim’s rebirth saw over two active players take flight last month

Gamescom 2018 - RuneScape hitting $1bn is nice, but Jagex says its community is king News Aug 23rd, 2018

Gamescom 2018 - RuneScape hitting $1bn is nice, but Jagex says its community is king

CEO Phil Mansell says that money is a good indication of success, but it doesn't tell the whole story

Report: Titles with battle royale modes to earn 12 per cent of 2018's games revenue News Jul 17th, 2018

Report: Titles with battle royale modes to earn 12 per cent of 2018's games revenue

PC to be behind 37.3 per cent of total battle royale revenue this year

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