Thomas Altenburger, founder of Flying Oak Games, produced a thread comparing launch revenues from the studio’s two biggest hits across different timelines and platforms.

According to IDC data, the total revenue of the gaming industry in 2020 is approaching $180 billion.

The US video game content generated $35.4 billion in revenue in 2019, which is 2 percent up from 2018. That said, the overall PC software spending declined last year.

As Kotaku’s Jason Schreier learned from his source, one of biggest PS 4 exclusives Horizon: Zero Dawn might be coming to PC.

Microblogging service Twitter is the best platform for marketing PC and console games, according to marketing company Gamesight. It even surpasses the major ad network from Google.

SuperData and Wargaming published a joint report focusing on the CIS region. As per the findings of the study, Russia’s games market will grow 57% in 2019.

The last month of summer saw consumers spend $8.9 billion on digital copies of video games globally. 62% of this amount was spent on mobile.

Ubisoft believes that now is the best time to develop new IP. This is due to the imminent arrival of next-gen consoles and cross-platform gaming.

Glumberland, the indie studio behind Ooblets, signed a temporary PC exclusivity deal with Epic Games Store. The reaction of the community was overwhelmingly harsh, with the two-people studio of Rebecca Cordingley and Ben Wasser getting “thousands if not tens of thousands of hateful, threatening messages.”