80% of Capcom's Game Sales are Digital
Already 80% of games with Capcom's logo are purchased digitally. The publisher wants to improve this result, but does not intend to abandon boxes yet.
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Adrian Werner
July 10, 2020
Satisfactory - Sales Results on Steam and Epic Games Store
A representative of Coffee Stain Studios revealed exactly how many people bought Satisfactory on Steam and how many on Epic Games store (where it was a temporary exclusive).
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July 4, 2020
Free Games Work - Epic Games Store is Becoming Increasingly Popular
The creators of Epic Games Store boasted some stats, from which we learned that the last period was a record one for the store in terms of user interest. But how does it compare to its biggest competitor, Valve's Steam?
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Damian Strozek
June 24, 2020
Minecraft Dungeons Becomes May's Biggest Debut
Minecraft Dungeons proved to be the best digital debut of May. In addition, Epic Games Store's giveaways of GTA 5 and Civilization 6 were great successes, with both games recording not only a large increase in user numbers but also in revenue.
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Adrian Werner
June 23, 2020
Microsoft Drops Adding Game Keys in Xbox Sets
Microsoft has made changes to the activation of digital versions of games added to its consoles. These will not be present in the form of a game key, but will automatically be assigned to the profile to which we first log in on our newly purchased device.
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Milosz Szubert
June 8, 2020
NFS Heat and Other EA Games Available on Steam; EA Access Coming Soon
Further EA games are available from today on Steam. The players can purchase Need for Speed: Heat or Crysis 3 on Valve. The EA Access subscription for Steam users is expected to be available soon.
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Paul Wozniak
June 4, 2020
Epic Games Store's Share in PC Game Market is Growing
Epic Games Store, a digital distribution platform launched by creators of Fortnite, is doing better and better. According to Tim Sweeney, EGS already controls about 15% of the PC game market. The developer also convinces that giving away free games brings measurable benefits not only to players but also developers.
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Bart Swiatek
June 2, 2020
Valve is Testing a Censored Chinese Version of Steam
Valve Software is working on a Chinese version of Steam - the program was announced in 2018 and recently received an alpha version. The application differs in several respects from the variant known from other regions of the world.
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Bart Swiatek
May 25, 2020
Record April For Digital Distribution and GTA Online
Last month turned out to be a record month for microtransactions in Grand Theft Auto Online and for the entire digital market. We also learned the sales results of such games as Final Fantasy VII Remake, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered or Resident Evil 3 in electronic distribution.
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Adrian Werner
May 24, 2020
G2A Will Pay Compensation to Devs of Factorio
The sales platform G2A has pledged to compensate Factorio's developers, paying almost $40,000 for illegally obtained game keys. This is a result of actions taken by G2A and Wube Software almost a year ago.
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Damian Strozek
May 21, 2020
Rumors About Steam's Loyalty Program
Pavel Djundik from Steam Database reported of plans to introduce a loyalty program on Steam. This would translate into the possibility to exchange points to obtain virtual items, but also discounts in Valve's store.
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Jacob Blazewicz
May 11, 2020
Great Quarter for EA and Activision - Cash Flowed in Streams
Financial reports of Activision and Electronic Arts have been published. Both made excellent profits, mainly from digital distribution, which accounts for the vast majority of revenues of both publishers.
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Adrian Werner
May 6, 2020
Call of Duty Beaten - New Digital Sales Record for Consoles
The SuperData analytics group published a report on global digital distribution in March. Last month turned out to be exceptionally good for the market, with great results of Doom Eternal, Half-Life: Alyx and Animal Crossing. The latter production broke the first month's digital sales record for console titles, set by Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII.
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Jacob Blazewicz
April 23, 2020
Epic Games Gives Up; Fortnite Launches on Google Play
Fortnite finally launched on Google Play, after a year and a half of distribution beyond this platform. This concession by Epic Games is the result of Google's policy to significantly hinder independent distribution.
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Jacob Blazewicz
April 22, 2020
Epic Games Store Presents Spring Releases
Epic Games has presented the list of spring releases on Epic Games Store. This includes a handful of intriguing indies, the first story DLC for Control, and the PC edition of Samurai Shodown.
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Jacob Blazewicz
March 23, 2020
Gabe Newell Comments on Competition From Epic Game Store
Gabe „Gaben” Newell commented on Steam's competition with Epic Games Store. He said that competition in the digital stores is necessary and beneficial for all, but criticized Apple's style approach and its „faceless bureaucrats” managing App Store.
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Jacob Blazewicz
March 21, 2020
Full Version of Steam's Interactive Recommender Goes Live
The full version of Interactive Recommender, i.e. an interactive advisor who analyses our preferences and recommends games that fit them, has launched on Steam. Over the last several months the project has been tested within Steam Labs.
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Adrian Werner
March 19, 2020
Goat of Duty Available for Free
For the next two weeks, Goat of Duty will be available for free. The game is a unique shooter, in which we're fighting a bloody battles in the vein of Quake III, only playing as... mutant goats.
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Christian Pieniazek
March 17, 2020
30 days to Return Games on GOG.com; Company Updates Refund Policy
GOG.com has updated its refund policy. From now on, customers of the platform will be able to get a refund for the game they've bought on the website up to 30 days after the purchase, regardless of the time they've spent playing.
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Michael Kulakowski
February 26, 2020
Upgrade for Steam Search Engine Improves Price Filtering
The game search engine on Steam has experienced several improvements that have been tested as part of Steam Labs program. From now on, players can more easily choose the price range they are interested in, add or remove appropriate tags or search among games localized in their native language.
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Paul Wozniak
February 26, 2020