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CHARTS: Battlefield V takes Steam No.1 almost three years after launch STEAM TOP TEN Sep 6th, 2021

CHARTS: Battlefield V takes Steam No.1 almost three years after launch

Thanks to a 90 per cent price cut

Video game Kickstarter campaigns raised $13m in first half of 2021 $$$$ Sep 3rd, 2021

Video game Kickstarter campaigns raised $13m in first half of 2021

One of the most successful periods since 2015's blockbuster year

CD Projekt revenue up 29% for first half of 2021 NEWS Sep 2nd, 2021

CD Projekt revenue up 29% for first half of 2021

Cyberpunk 2077 was "leading source" of revenue for firm

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Steam hits 132m monthly active players during 2021 DATA Mar 10th, 2022

Steam hits 132m monthly active players during 2021

"Player spending on games rose 27% compared to 2020, growing even more than playtime did"

CHARTS: Elden Ring spends second week at Steam No.1 spot STEAM TOP TEN Mar 7th, 2022

CHARTS: Elden Ring spends second week at Steam No.1 spot

While Risk of Rain 2 makes a return thanks to the Survivors of the Void DLC

11 Bit Studios donates $688.8k to Ukrainian Red Cross $$$ Mar 4th, 2022

11 Bit Studios donates $688.8k to Ukrainian Red Cross

“Your support gathered for Ukraine warms our hearts"

Report: Games investments hit $38.5bn in 2021 $$$$ Mar 2nd, 2022

Report: Games investments hit $38.5bn in 2021

New record for the industry, already dwarfed by 2022

Newell: Half of Steam Bitcoin transactions were "fraudulent" NEWS Feb 28th, 2022

Newell: Half of Steam Bitcoin transactions were "fraudulent"

The company stopped accepting this payment method back in 2017

Elden Ring hits 765k concurrent players on Steam DATA Feb 25th, 2022

Elden Ring hits 765k concurrent players on Steam

Game reached this marker within hours of release

Record number of games funded on Kickstarter in 2021 $$$$ Feb 22nd, 2022

Record number of games funded on Kickstarter in 2021

This is only the third time more than 400 projects in this category have reached their mark

Metro Exodus has sold six million copies DATA Feb 21st, 2022

Metro Exodus has sold six million copies

"Together we're millions of players – let's make it millions more"

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

Assassin's Creed Valhalla hits $1bn in revenue

First time an entry in the franchise has hit this milestone

Starbreeze hits $13.5m net sales in 2021 NEWS Feb 17th, 2022

Starbreeze hits $13.5m net sales in 2021

Payday continues to bring in the money

Lost Ark hits 1.3m concurrent players on Steam NEWS Feb 14th, 2022

Lost Ark hits 1.3m concurrent players on Steam

Follows its launch on Friday

Resident Evil 3 hits five million sales DATA Feb 9th, 2022

Resident Evil 3 hits five million sales

Title has shifted three million units since April 2020

Lost Ark surpasses 505k concurrent players on Steam DATA Feb 9th, 2022

Lost Ark surpasses 505k concurrent players on Steam

And that's ahead of its free-to-play launch

Activision Blizzard net bookings down 18% year-on-year $$$$ Feb 4th, 2022

Activision Blizzard net bookings down 18% year-on-year

The company has reported that it now has 370 million players now

EA net bookings up 22 per cent to hit $7.3bn $$$$$ Feb 2nd, 2022

EA net bookings up 22 per cent to hit $7.3bn

Apex Legends has seen a 30 per cent increase in active players year-on-year

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