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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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Halo: The Master Chief Collection was one of Steam's most-played games on launch DATA Dec 4th, 2019

Halo: The Master Chief Collection was one of Steam's most-played games on launch

Saw a peak of 161,024 concurrent players in first 24 hours

Report: Media coverage dipping for E3 DATA Dec 4th, 2019

Report: Media coverage dipping for E3

Number of articles from traditional outlets down 40 per cent from 2017

Report: Microtransactions and loot boxes are becoming more common in PC games DATA AND RESEARCH Dec 3rd, 2019

Report: Microtransactions and loot boxes are becoming more common in PC games

Business model saw a huge increase between 2012 and 2014

CHARTS: Valve’s virtual reality kit secures the top spot STEAM CHARTS Dec 2nd, 2019

CHARTS: Valve’s virtual reality kit secures the top spot

Half of this week's entries are due to sales on the storefront

Star Citizen has raised $251m in funding $$$$ Dec 2nd, 2019

Star Citizen has raised $251m in funding

Title has raised $50m since last November

Resident Evil 2 is 2019's highest-reviewed game on Metacritic Metacritic list Nov 27th, 2019

Resident Evil 2 is 2019's highest-reviewed game on Metacritic

Nintendo had four entries in the list

EA reckons the cloud will bring another billion gamers into the market CLOUD Nov 26th, 2019

EA reckons the cloud will bring another billion gamers into the market

"I truly believe that these forces – cloud and AI – will change just about everything in games"

SuperData: COD Modern Warfare sold almost 5m copies digitally across PC and console in October DATA Nov 25th, 2019

SuperData: COD Modern Warfare sold almost 5m copies digitally across PC and console in October

Meanwhile, Apex Legends brought in $45m in revenue for the month

CHARTS: Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order holds Steam top spot DATA Nov 25th, 2019

CHARTS: Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order holds Steam top spot

Valve's Index VR headset returns to second place

Revenue up almost 40% at Witcher and Cyberpunk maker CD Projekt NICE Nov 22nd, 2019

Revenue up almost 40% at Witcher and Cyberpunk maker CD Projekt

The highly anticipated sci-fi RPG has entered testing and localisation

Report: South East Asian PC games revenue to grow 43% by 2023 $$$ Nov 19th, 2019

Report: South East Asian PC games revenue to grow 43% by 2023

Research firm Niko Partners reckons that consumers spending on PC will hit $3.14bn

CHARTS: Electronic Arts uses the force to take the top spot STEAM CHART Nov 18th, 2019

CHARTS: Electronic Arts uses the force to take the top spot

Two games reached the chart with pre-orders

Nvidia's games business rebounds with 26 per cent sequential growth $$$$ Nov 15th, 2019

Nvidia's games business rebounds with 26 per cent sequential growth

Still down six per cent year-on-year

Tencent games revenue up 11 per cent year-on-year for last quarter ¥¥¥ Nov 13th, 2019

Tencent games revenue up 11 per cent year-on-year for last quarter

But cash from PC titles decreased seven per cent over the last 12 months

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire sold fewer copies than first game OH DEAR Nov 11th, 2019

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire sold fewer copies than first game

The reasons are unclear

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