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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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Square Enix was the No.1 most-mentioned publisher in E3 2019 media coverage, according to Ico Partners DATA Jun 17th, 2019

Square Enix was the No.1 most-mentioned publisher in E3 2019 media coverage, according to Ico Partners

Cyberpunk was the most mentioned game for the show

EA held an event about tackling harassment and bullying in games at E3 NICE! Jun 14th, 2019

EA held an event about tackling harassment and bullying in games at E3

Research from anti-bullying charity Ditch the Label, 57 per cent of users have been bullied in an online title

E3 2019 attendance down by five per cent year-on-year WE GO AGAIN Jun 14th, 2019

E3 2019 attendance down by five per cent year-on-year

Next year's show will take place between June 9th and 11th, 2020

Jagex subscription revenue up 22.9 per cent in 2018 £££ Jun 14th, 2019

Jagex subscription revenue up 22.9 per cent in 2018

Offsets declines in microtransaction and advertising revenue

Grand Theft Auto studio Rockstar North's headcount almost doubled between 2017 and 2018 financial years WOW Jun 14th, 2019

Grand Theft Auto studio Rockstar North's headcount almost doubled between 2017 and 2018 financial years

For the 12 months ending March 31st, 2018, the Edinburgh studio had a monthly average of 1,063 members of staff

Warhammer maker Games Workshop brought in $322.6m in the last year PROFIT AND REVENUE Jun 11th, 2019

Warhammer maker Games Workshop brought in $322.6m in the last year

This includes approximately $102m in profit

E3 2019 - Fallout Shelter has been downloaded over 150m times FALLOUT MILESTONE Jun 10th, 2019

E3 2019 - Fallout Shelter has been downloaded over 150m times

Number of installs rises 30 million in a year

Troubled Swedish games firm Starbreeze to let go 25 per cent of workforce this year, but chair and board given pay rises $$$ Jun 5th, 2019

Troubled Swedish games firm Starbreeze to let go 25 per cent of workforce this year, but chair and board given pay rises

Around 60 members of staff to get the axe

Total War: Three Kingdoms extends its reign over this week’s Steam Top Ten STEAM CHARTS Jun 3rd, 2019

Total War: Three Kingdoms extends its reign over this week’s Steam Top Ten

Big sales bring back a few big names, but medieval tactics and slashers remain untouchable

Total War: Three Kingdoms has attracted lots of new players to the series, says developer Creative Assembly COOL! May 31st, 2019

Total War: Three Kingdoms has attracted lots of new players to the series, says developer Creative Assembly

Follows a launch that broke a lot of records for the strategy franchise

Total War: Three Kingdoms claims dominion over this week’s Steam Weekly Charts STEAM CHARTS May 28th, 2019

Total War: Three Kingdoms claims dominion over this week’s Steam Weekly Charts

Creative Assembly’s latest strategy is bolstered by massive popularity China

Superhot shoots past the two million sales mark, PC has around 40 per cent share SUPERHOT SUPERHOT SUPERHOT May 27th, 2019

Superhot shoots past the two million sales mark, PC has around 40 per cent share

'Normal' version of the game has shifted between 1.2m and 1.5m units; VR edition clocks in at 800,000 copies

29 per cent of EA's FY18/19 net revenue went on R&D $$$$ May 27th, 2019

29 per cent of EA's FY18/19 net revenue went on R&D

Firm spent a cool $1.43bn on research and development, a nine per cent increase year-on-year

Grand Theft Auto V was behind over a quarter of Take-Two's net revenue for last financial year $$$ May 27th, 2019

Grand Theft Auto V was behind over a quarter of Take-Two's net revenue for last financial year

91.8 per cent of net revenue came from the firm's Top Five titles

China drives Total War: Three Kingdoms to break series pre-order records NICE May 24th, 2019

China drives Total War: Three Kingdoms to break series pre-order records

Chief product officer Rob Bartholomew says the franchise has finally broken Korea and China

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