Microsoft cuts its take on all sales made on its PC games store
The reduction is more than half, dropping from 30% of every sale down to 12%. Which should make many indie developers very happy.
Business is booming for Microsoft; total gaming revenue up by 50%
I suppose that’s what happens when your purchase Zenimax, launch a console and offer the best deal in gaming right now.
Doom Eternal made $450 million in just nine months
People often forget that while The Doom Slayer is primarily a demon killer, he also moonlights as a stock exchange expert.
Genshin Impact grosses over $100m, manages to break even after just two weeks
The Breath of the Wild-like is apparently far more popular than the developers, or anyone else in fact, initially suspected.
2019 was the Witcher 3’s second best year, beaten only by it’s launch 5 years prior
No doubt encouraged along by the reception of the Netflix series, CD Projekt Red just can’t stop making money off of Geralt.
Greedfall earns Focus Home $41.2 million, exceeds all expectations
The publisher recently revealed their revenue earnings for this quarter, showing off that Greedfall made up a large portion of their income.
Fortnite’s in-game purchases have made Epic over $1 billion so far
Fortnite is unfathomably successful. The still young Battle Royale game has completely usurped PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds in both mind and market share – earning Epic games respect and a heck of a lot of money. Despite the game being free, Epic is raking in monumental amounts of cash from the microtransactions within the cartoon shooter.
Newzoo’s latest report puts esports revenue at $696 million this year
The latest Newzoo report is here and esports revenue is climbing by as much as 41%, anually.
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