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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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Playerunknown's Battlegrounds China user base flatlines at just below 10m DATA Feb 1st, 2018

Playerunknown's Battlegrounds China user base flatlines at just below 10m

Users could be waiting for the Tencent-published official release for the region

SuperData: Global games market brought in $108.4bn in 2017, PUBG generated $712m DATA Jan 30th, 2018

SuperData: Global games market brought in $108.4bn in 2017, PUBG generated $712m

$33bn was from PC, roughly 30 per cent of the market last year

Unknown Worlds' Subnautica takes No.2 spot on Steam STEAM CHARTS Jan 29th, 2018

Unknown Worlds' Subnautica takes No.2 spot on Steam

Up on the shore they work all day / Out in the sun they slave away / While we devotin' / Full time to floatin' / Under the sea

Minecraft saw 74m monthly active users in December BLOCKBUSTER Jan 22nd, 2018

Minecraft saw 74m monthly active users in December

144m copies sold across all platforms, Marketplace saw its strongest month also

Early Access CCG Slay the Spire shoots to second place in Steam Top Ten STEAM CHARTS Jan 22nd, 2018

Early Access CCG Slay the Spire shoots to second place in Steam Top Ten

Human: Fall Flat takes third place again as sales close in on two millon

More than ten million people tuned into Overwatch League's first week ESPORT CRAZY Jan 19th, 2018

More than ten million people tuned into Overwatch League's first week

First day saw peak of 437,000 people across official partner Twitch and MLG

More than 40m people have played Fortnite BATTLE ROYALE Jan 16th, 2018

More than 40m people have played Fortnite

Epic's battle royale hits two million concurrent players

Report: PC sector could be behind third of games revenue by 2022 DATA Jan 16th, 2018

Report: PC sector could be behind third of games revenue by 2022

Napkin maths puts that in the region of $77.6bn

They Are Billions rises to second place in Steam Top Ten STEAM CHARTS Jan 15th, 2018

They Are Billions rises to second place in Steam Top Ten

While Curve's Human: Fall Flat has sold around 1.5m and charts in third

Overwatch League debut smashes Twitch expectations, brings in 415k viewers at peak OVERWATCH LEAGUE Jan 12th, 2018

Overwatch League debut smashes Twitch expectations, brings in 415k viewers at peak

Seoul Dynasty versus Dallas Fuel brings in a huge crowd

With Steam new releases almost doubling year-on-year, Valve needs to take a closer look at what should make the cut EDITORIAL Jan 11th, 2018

With Steam new releases almost doubling year-on-year, Valve needs to take a closer look at what should make the cut

"Human curation - like that seen on GOG - won't be perfect, but I would far rather a storefront control what appears on its platform in a proactive way as opposed to the reactive way in which Steam appears to act"

SteamSpy reports more than 7,600 games were released on Steam in 2017 HOW MANY? Jan 11th, 2018

SteamSpy reports more than 7,600 games were released on Steam in 2017

That's roughly a 46 per cent jump in new titles year-on-year

2017 video games crowdfunding estimated to have brought in $25m CROWDFUNDING DATA Jan 11th, 2018

2017 video games crowdfunding estimated to have brought in $25m

Figures from Ico Partners show a less-than two per cent decline year-on-year

INSIGHT: Ico Partners' Thomas Bidaux tells us about the video game crowdfunding market in 2017 INSIGHT - PC CONNECTS LONDON 2018 Jan 11th, 2018

INSIGHT: Ico Partners' Thomas Bidaux tells us about the video game crowdfunding market in 2017

Ahead of PC Connects London on January 22nd and 23rd, we have been speaking to some of the wonderful speakers who are going to be sharing their insight at the show

Steam hits new record of 18.5m concurrent users DATA Jan 10th, 2018

Steam hits new record of 18.5m concurrent users

42 per cent of users in games were playing PUBG

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