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Nearly 19,000 games released on Steam in 2024
By Jonathan Bolding published
News You probably didn't play most of them.

Unlikely hit Nier: Automata has now sold over 9 million copies
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Absolute vindication of one studio's creative vision.

Factorio's expansion is setting record high player counts yet again so I'm expecting the world's IT infrastructure to collapse and innovation to stagnate any day now
By Jonathan Bolding published
News This has to be a statistically significant portion of the world's engineers, admins, and coders.

Crusader Kings 3 players have pet their digital cats and dogs over 11 million times
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Paradox shares some 4th anniversary stats for the historical grand strategy.

Baldur's Gate 3 anniversary statistics cement the popularity of Astarion, kissing, and being turned into a cheese wheel
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Why would you antagonize a wish-granting extraplanar entity?

Helldivers 2 player counts more than double launch weekend, 300K and climbing, as the co-op shooter goes viral
By Jonathan Bolding published
News Sweet liberty, the success!

Helldivers 2 is now PlayStation's biggest PC launch by a factor of two
By Jonathan Bolding published
News The peak concurrent players Steam has doubled God of War.

Resident Evil 4 remake sold well over 6M copies, comprehensive gold edition coming this week
By Jonathan Bolding published
News The gold edition will include both the Separate Ways DLC and the deluxe Extra DLC.
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