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The PC version of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V has set a new record for the number of concurrent users on Steam playing a game not made by Valve. Steam data shows that at its peak in the last 24 hours GTAV was being played by 301,246 people. While this …
Read More »GTA V already competing for most popular game on Steam
A day after its PC release, Grand Theft Auto V is vaulting up Steam’s top games by current player count chart. VG247 points to Steam’s stat page, which currently shows the game peaking at over 300,000 concurrent users today. That doesn’t necessarily mean it’s sold 300,000 copies in less than …
Read More »PC version of GTA V ‘was planned from day one’
Rockstar has said that the PC version of Grand Theft Auto V was part of the plan from the beginning and that development of the SKU began early in the process. We were always going to bring GTA 5 to PC,” a group of Rockstar North developers told PC Gamer. …
Read More »Dying Light still No.1, GTA V back in second place
Warner Bros and Techland’s open world zombie title Dying Light once again takes pole position in the GfK Chart-Track Top 40. It keeps the top spot in spite of a 48 per cent decline in sales this week. The game has so far managed to outpace the other new IPs …
Read More »Opinion: The battle for the ‘mid-core’
Why are UK gamers so averse to spending money this year? It’s a question we’ve been asked, in varying forms, several times. And the answers are numerous: these consumers just spent lots on their consoles and they received loads of games with them. There actually haven’t been many games. And …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V is delayed on PC for a third time
Rockstar has announced a third delay for the PC version of Grand Theft Auto V. The game had at one stage been due out alongside the PS4 and Xbox One titles last November, but was subsequently pushed back to January 27th. However, this was then changed to March 24th. Now …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto tops boxed charts in quiet January
January is generally a quiet month for games, and this year it was no different. 3.5 per cent fewer units were sold this year – only 2m games – with 58m being generated from software sales. This is 4.5 per cent more revenue than last year. The rise in revenue …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V hits 45m sales as Take-Two raises outlook
Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V has now reached 45m unit sales, Take-Two has confirmed. Nearly 10m of those sales have come from the PS4 and Xbox One versions and the rest from sales on PS3 and Xbox 360. The PC version is currently scheduled to release next month following its …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: January 25-31
Grand Theft Auto V took the top spot for the second straight week, and Dying Light earned two top ten finishes on this week’s Steam best sellers chart. Techland’s survival horror game finished in the runner-up spot, while its aforementioned ultimate edition grabbing seventh place. Sony’s H1Z1 continues to hang …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: January 11-17
H1Z1 has finished on top of Steam’s weekly best sellers chart, outpacing pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto V. The Early Access launch of Sony Online Entertainment’s zombie survival affair helped push the game to victory, but the PC version of GTA V grabbing the runner-up spot during its first few …
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