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Increase in subscription revenue offsets Fortnite decline for Microsoft as Xbox Live hits 65m monthly users News Jul 19th, 2019

Increase in subscription revenue offsets Fortnite decline for Microsoft as Xbox Live hits 65m monthly users

Games cash dips ten per cent year-on-year for the Big M

Anno 1800 helped drive PC to be Ubisoft's biggest cash cow for last quarter News Jul 18th, 2019

Anno 1800 helped drive PC to be Ubisoft's biggest cash cow for last quarter

"So the 34 per cent was also pushed by Anno which is a PC specific game. But even with that launch, we had a very good performance on PC overall"

No Man's Sky developer Hello Games' cash reserves rose over 2,500% between 2016 and 2018 News Jul 10th, 2019

No Man's Sky developer Hello Games' cash reserves rose over 2,500% between 2016 and 2018

Finally, an indication of how the ambitious sci-fi game performed

India's Reliance Entertainment owns just 14.2 per cent of Codemasters today News Jun 27th, 2019

India's Reliance Entertainment owns just 14.2 per cent of Codemasters today

Racing firm's CEO Frank Sagnier says that OnRush has been played by 2.5m people as of March 2019

EA execs turn down bonuses, add $5.5m to company incentive pot News Jun 24th, 2019

EA execs turn down bonuses, add $5.5m to company incentive pot

But CEO Andrew Wilson is still earning 200 times the median salary at the firm

Jurassic World Evolution helps Frontier revenue increase 175 per cent year-on-year News Jun 18th, 2019

Jurassic World Evolution helps Frontier revenue increase 175 per cent year-on-year

Cambridge game firm made $111.5m for the 12 months ending May 31st, 2019

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

Jagex subscription revenue up 22.9 per cent in 2018

Offsets declines in microtransaction and advertising revenue

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

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

This includes approximately $102m in profit

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

Q1 2019 revenue up 31 per cent for GOG, offsets slight decline from CD Projekt RED News May 24th, 2019

Q1 2019 revenue up 31 per cent for GOG, offsets slight decline from CD Projekt RED

Platform brought in $8.8m in first three months of the year

THQ Nordic snaps up Gothic and Elex studio Piranha Bytes News May 22nd, 2019

THQ Nordic snaps up Gothic and Elex studio Piranha Bytes

Net sales up 158 per cent, driven by Metro Exodus

Square Enix struggles in 2019 despite enduring successes and strong launches News May 17th, 2019

Square Enix struggles in 2019 despite enduring successes and strong launches

Solid releases couldn't sway the tide against slower-than-expected mobile and MMO performance

NetEase sales shoot up to $2.7 billion in Q1 2019 News May 17th, 2019

NetEase sales shoot up to $2.7 billion in Q1 2019

Chinese publishing giant also knocking it out the park at home

Tencent game revenue declines slightly year-on-year in Q1 2019 News May 17th, 2019

Tencent game revenue declines slightly year-on-year in Q1 2019

Publisher is now clear of China's licensing freeze

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