Industry News October 1, 2020 GOG Galaxy testing option to buy games from other stores GOG GALAXY has started testing a new option to buy games from other stores via the GOG GALAXY launcher. As part of the internal beta, select GOG GALAXY users will be able to purchase certain “hand-picked Epic Games Store exclusive titles.”
Industry News October 1, 2020 GameDataCrunch: new website that collects and contextualizes data about games Lars A. Doucet, co-founder of indie studio Level Up Labs (Defender’s Quest I and II), has launched a new website called GameDataCrunch.
Industry News August 18, 2020 Simon Carless explains what percentage of gross revenue devs actually get In the latest blog post, discoverability guru Simon Carless discusses how developers or publishers’ net revenue compares to what gamers actually spend on the game.
Industry News August 5, 2020 Detroit: Become Human hits 5 million copies sold 1 month after debuting on Steam Detroit: Become Human has sold more than five million units, developer Quantic Dream announced via a press release.
Industry News July 21, 2020 Simon Carless calls for Steam reviews/sales ratio re-evaluation Simon Carless, the author of Game Discoverability Weekly newsletter, wrote a post arguing it’s time to re-evaluate the lifetime review/sales ratio on Steam.
Industry News June 24, 2020 Epic Games Store shoots past 61 million MAU during game giveaway campaign The Epic Games Store reached 61 million monthly active users as a result of its game giveaway campaign, “The Vault.”
Industry News June 17, 2020 “Decent first steps.” Despite silence on BLM, Valve does support black devs A number of indie developers are removing their games from Steam citing Valve’s failure to address the Black Lives Matter movement. By no longer profiting from the store, these devs refuse to remain “complicit with their silence on hate” in favour of “white angry male gamers.”
Industry News June 16, 2020 Indies pull games from Steam over Valve’s silence re Black Lives Matter A number of indie developers have removed their games Steam citing Valve’s failure to address the Black Lives Matter movement.
Industry News May 27, 2020 Steam China released in alpha Steam China has stealthily graduated to an alpha stage, according to WIN.gg.
Industry News May 15, 2020 Valve introduces Steam Labs Experiment 008: Play Next Valve has rolled out a new experiment that will point players towards the next game they might want to play from their library.
Industry News May 11, 2020 DOOM Eternal tops Steam best-selling list Steam has posted last week’s top 10 best-selling games. A month after its release, DOOM Eternal has claimed the top spot.
Industry News May 4, 2020 Half-Life: Alyx brings VR users on Steam to 2 million The release of Half-Life: Alyx was expected to get more Steam users into VR. And it did, even if owners of VR headsets still only consititute 1.9 percent of all Steam users.
Industry News April 20, 2020 Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord tops Steam best-selling list for third consecutive week Steam has posted last week’s top 10 best-selling games. The top spot is yet again held by Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord.
Industry News April 14, 2020 Steam to host third online game demo festival in June Valve has announced Steam Game Festival Summer Edition. From June 9 to June 14, free demos of the upcoming games will be featured on the store. Developers wishing to participate must submit applications by April 24.
Industry News April 8, 2020 Steam reports on how new releases performed in 2019 Steam shared information on developer earnings in 2019. Take this with a pinch of salt as Valve’s storefront might have slightly manipulated the stats in its favor.
Industry News April 6, 2020 Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord tops Steam best-selling list Steam has posted last week’s top 10 best-selling games. The top spot is held by Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, the game with impressive player counts and an unusual update schedule.
Industry News March 31, 2020 ? Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord is one of Steam’s biggest launches ever Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord came out in Early Access yesterday in Steam’s biggest launch of the year so far, with 209,234 concurrent players at its peak.
Industry News March 6, 2020 Steam Labs experiment No. 9: News Hub Valve has rolled out a News Hub for Steam as the latest of its Steam Labs experiment.
Industry News February 26, 2020 Steam Search updated. First Steam Labs experiment Valve decides to keep Valve has refined Steam Search. New filters were added, allowing you, for example, to filter out titles that you are already familiar with.