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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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Developers don't think Valve's 30 per cent rev share is justified, but Steam is still the most popular PC storefront DATA Jan 25th, 2019

Developers don't think Valve's 30 per cent rev share is justified, but Steam is still the most popular PC storefront

Meanwhile 47 per cent of respondents think unionisation is a good idea

Report: CS:GO played by 17 per cent of core PC gamers globally following battle royale addition and shift to free-to-play DATA Jan 24th, 2019

Report: CS:GO played by 17 per cent of core PC gamers globally following battle royale addition and shift to free-to-play

Newzoo records a rise of 39.3 per cent month-on-month

More than seven million people have played Forza Horizon 4 NICE Jan 21st, 2019

More than seven million people have played Forza Horizon 4

Five million users have raced in Playground's title in the last three months

SuperData: $35.7bn was spent on digital PC games in 2018, Fortnite made more money in one year than any game ever DATA Jan 16th, 2019

SuperData: $35.7bn was spent on digital PC games in 2018, Fortnite made more money in one year than any game ever

$120bn revenue generated by the global market in total

Frontier reveals Planet Coaster and Jurassic World Evolution have sold 2m copies each $$$ Jan 16th, 2019

Frontier reveals Planet Coaster and Jurassic World Evolution have sold 2m copies each

While Elite Dangerous has hit three million unit sales

Ico Partners: Successful video game Kickstarters raised $16m in 2018 DATA Jan 15th, 2019

Ico Partners: Successful video game Kickstarters raised $16m in 2018

Dip of eight per cent year-on-year

Valve boasts 47m daily active users for Steam for 2018 2018 IN REVIEW Jan 14th, 2019

Valve boasts 47m daily active users for Steam for 2018

90m people visited the platform every single month last year

There are now over 27,000 games on Steam DATA Jan 14th, 2019

There are now over 27,000 games on Steam

60 per cent of total number of titles on Valve's platform launched in 2017 and 2018

Resident Evil 2 pre-orders make a terrifying early entry near the top of this week’s Steam Top Ten STEAM CHARTS Jan 14th, 2019

Resident Evil 2 pre-orders make a terrifying early entry near the top of this week’s Steam Top Ten

Halloween comes early with pre-orders for Capcom’s classic spooker

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang claims there are more than 4 million VR headsets out in the wild VIRTUAL Jan 9th, 2019

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang claims there are more than 4 million VR headsets out in the wild

The PC VR market may be healthier than it appears

Valve's anti-cheat system booted 600k players in December, mostly from CS:GO NICE Jan 8th, 2019

Valve's anti-cheat system booted 600k players in December, mostly from CS:GO

Follows online shooter's move from premium to free-to-play

A rocky voyage sees Ark Survival Evolved maker Studio Wildcard's Atlas chart a course into the Steam Top Ten STEAM CHARTS Jan 7th, 2019

A rocky voyage sees Ark Survival Evolved maker Studio Wildcard's Atlas chart a course into the Steam Top Ten

As Steam’s winter sale winds down, big names remain dominant in the weekly charts

RuneScape monthly active users doubled in 2018 as the MMO turns 18 NICE Jan 4th, 2019

RuneScape monthly active users doubled in 2018 as the MMO turns 18

“With this success, we’ve continued to increase investment levels to expand our games, as well as bringing in a slate of hugely talented people to join us in development, technology and publishing.”

Service-based games dominate the Steam top-selling and most-played charts of 2018 2018 REVIEW Jan 3rd, 2019

Service-based games dominate the Steam top-selling and most-played charts of 2018

Valve has revealed the top-selling, most-played and most successful games of the last twelve months

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive hit an all-time peak of 20 million unique players over December STRIKE Jan 3rd, 2019

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive hit an all-time peak of 20 million unique players over December

Record player count follows Valve’s shooter going free-to-play last month

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