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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 breaks simultaneous active player record AGAIN Mar 30th, 2020

Steam breaks simultaneous active player record

Both in-game and out

CHARTS: Half-Life: Alyx shoots its way to second place in Steam Top Ten STEAM CHARTS Mar 30th, 2020

CHARTS: Half-Life: Alyx shoots its way to second place in Steam Top Ten

Valve and Capcom have two entries

Bethesda claims Doom Eternal had series' best opening weekend yet COOL Mar 26th, 2020

Bethesda claims Doom Eternal had series' best opening weekend yet

Though no figures are given

SuperData: Digital PC games spending down 6% in February $$$ Mar 24th, 2020

SuperData: Digital PC games spending down 6% in February

Fortnite makes a return to the Top Ten

Call of Duty battle royale mode Warzone saw 30m players in first 10 days COOL Mar 23rd, 2020

Call of Duty battle royale mode Warzone saw 30m players in first 10 days

Double the 15m who played it in first four days

Doom Eternal hits 104.9k concurrent users on Steam DATA Mar 23rd, 2020

Doom Eternal hits 104.9k concurrent users on Steam

That's 236.9 per cent higher than the player record for 2016's Doom

Coronavirus leads to new Steam concurrent player record, again DATA Mar 23rd, 2020

Coronavirus leads to new Steam concurrent player record, again

More than 22m people were using Valve's platform at once this weekend

CHARTS: Doom Eternal shoots its way to the top of the Steam chart STEAM CHARTS Mar 23rd, 2020

CHARTS: Doom Eternal shoots its way to the top of the Steam chart

The majority of entries are recent releases

Borderlands 3 saw 93.5k concurrent players on Steam DATA Mar 17th, 2020

Borderlands 3 saw 93.5k concurrent players on Steam

Comes in the wake of exclusivity period on Steam

Call of Duty: Warzone attracted 15 million players in four days JOIN THE BATTLE Mar 16th, 2020

Call of Duty: Warzone attracted 15 million players in four days

It brought in six million in 24 hours

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive hits one million concurrent players NEW RECORD Mar 16th, 2020

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive hits one million concurrent players

The third time its broken a record this year

Steam hits 20.3m concurrent users DATA Mar 16th, 2020

Steam hits 20.3m concurrent users

Likely due to people staying at home due to coronavirus

CHARTS: Valve's Index VR Kit returns to the top of the Steam chart STEAM CHARTS Mar 16th, 2020

CHARTS: Valve's Index VR Kit returns to the top of the Steam chart

The majority of entries are new releases

Digi-Capital: $4.1bn was invested in AR and VR in 2019 $$$$$ Mar 13th, 2020

Digi-Capital: $4.1bn was invested in AR and VR in 2019

Bulk of this was seed funding

Monster Hunter World: Iceborne ships five million copies worldwide FLYING HIGH Mar 13th, 2020

Monster Hunter World: Iceborne ships five million copies worldwide

Six months after release

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