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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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38m people have signed up to play free-to-play Warframe FRAMING DEVICE Mar 14th, 2018

38m people have signed up to play free-to-play Warframe

"We had no expectations it would endure even half as long," creative director Sinclair says

More people played Fortnite than PUBG in February, Newzoo claims DATA AND RESEARCH Mar 13th, 2018

More people played Fortnite than PUBG in February, Newzoo claims

Epic's game is more popular in Europe, PUBG reigns Asia

Warhammer Vermintide 2 sells half a million copies in two days NICE! Mar 13th, 2018

Warhammer Vermintide 2 sells half a million copies in two days

Developer and publisher Fatshark did not anticipate reaching this sales milestone so fast

PUBG is third highest-grossing game ever on Steam $$$$ Mar 13th, 2018

PUBG is third highest-grossing game ever on Steam

Valve chief Gabe Newell says the Chinese market is in part key to the project's success

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 takes second place in Steam Top Ten STEAM CHARTS Mar 12th, 2018

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 takes second place in Steam Top Ten

Meanwhile Final Fantasy XV Windows Edition debuts at No.3 spot

72.2 per cent of indie devs prefer to publish on Steam, GameMaker firm Yo Yo reports DIGITAL RETAIL Mar 7th, 2018

72.2 per cent of indie devs prefer to publish on Steam, GameMaker firm Yo Yo reports

Second place goes to Itch.io

Is PUBG or Fortnite dominating the streaming space at the moment? DATA Mar 6th, 2018

Is PUBG or Fortnite dominating the streaming space at the moment?

The two titles are spearheading the creator space right now – but which one is triumphing?

Final Fantasy XV takes No.4 spot in Steam charts on pre-orders alone STEAM CHARTS Mar 5th, 2018

Final Fantasy XV takes No.4 spot in Steam charts on pre-orders alone

Nier: Automata second in the Top Ten

20m people have played The Division in the last two years DIVIDE AND CONQUER Mar 2nd, 2018

20m people have played The Division in the last two years

Ubisoft notes that this is twice the size of the population of Sweden

The UK spent £5.11bn on video games in 2017 DATA AND RESEARCH Mar 2nd, 2018

The UK spent £5.11bn on video games in 2017

Digital and online games raked in £1.6bn, while PC hardware was up 51 per cent

Report: Cryptocurrency miners spent $776m buying 3m GPUs in 2017 GOLDRUSH Feb 28th, 2018

Report: Cryptocurrency miners spent $776m buying 3m GPUs in 2017

Sales of AMD cards jump eight per cent

PUBG and Fortnite made more than $200m in digital revenue this January DATA Feb 27th, 2018

PUBG and Fortnite made more than $200m in digital revenue this January

Premium PC spending up 24 per cent year-on-year

Bethesda was Metacritic's top 'major' publisher in 2017 NICE Feb 27th, 2018

Bethesda was Metacritic's top 'major' publisher in 2017

Binding of Isaac and Cave Story+ outfit Nicalis takes 'mid-size' crown

Riot Games details League of Legends loot box odds LOOT OF LEGENDS Feb 26th, 2018

Riot Games details League of Legends loot box odds

Follows Star Wars Battlefront II drama

New European digital charts debuting in France ABOUT TIME Feb 26th, 2018

New European digital charts debuting in France

First of 42 European regions to get ISFE's new rankings

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