After eight years of development, PlayStation's new shooter Concord made its PC debut to a tepid reception, failing to attract even 700 players on Steam at launch. This lacklustre start starkly contrasts the success of Helldivers 2, another live-service game from PlayStation that launched earlier this year. Concord and Helldivers …
Read More »Manor Lords has already sold over 1 million copies
Manor Lords, Steam's most wishlisted game in 2024, is already a success. The strategy game sold over one million copies in its launch weekend alone, and during the same period, it reached a peak concurrent player count of over 173,000. Manor Lords, released on April 26th, was at the top …
Read More »Following TV show success, the Fallout games are exploding in popularity
The Fallout series is experiencing a resurgence in its player base thanks to the popularity of the new TV series, combined with the fact that all of the Fallout games are currently on sale at discounted prices. Most of the Fallout games on Steam had their peak concurrent players quadruple in the last few days.
Read More »Starfield hits over 10 million players in less than a month
Over 10 million people have played Starfield. This milestone was achieved within two weeks of the game's release (three weeks if early access is included), making Starfield the largest launch in Bethesda history and one of the biggest launches of 2023 so far...
Read More »Overwatch has 15 million players worldwide
We already knew that Overwatch was off to a great start but it looks like Blizzard's latest franchise has really caught on, with over 15 million players worldwide already. The game officially launched on the 24th of May this year, so over the last two months, the player base has …
Read More »Overwatch already has over seven million players
It seems that quite a few of the 9.6 million people that tried out the Overwatch open beta have gone on to buy the game in its first week as right now, over seven million people are playing Blizzard's new shooter. “Over the months and weeks leading up to release …
Read More »Ninjas in Pyjamas eSports team fires CEO over non-payment
There's trouble in the eSports scene once again, proving that even the paradise-sounding world of professional video game playing, there are pitfalls. One of them is your CEO just not paying you, as appears to have happened in the case of Swedish gaming outfit, Ninjas in Pyjamas. While no concrete admissions …
Read More »Fans compare Star Citizen rentals to freemium games
If there's one game that has elicited nothing but love for a long time now, it's Star Citizen. Despite the large price tags on many of the game's biggest and baddest ships, some of which still aren't in the game yet, over three quarters of a million people have helped contribute more …
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