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Resident Evil Requiem, which launched at the end of February, is a behemoth. It’s just passed $500M. Revenue-wise, it’s outpacing every other game in the franchise and will certainly leapfrog the Resident Evil 4 remake’s $600M+ when all is...
Star Wars Zero Company sells 1M, as new 2026 games based on non-game IP near $1B
Star Wars Zero Company has passed a million sold-through across Steam (69.9%), PlayStation (19.9%), and Xbox (10.2%, including Xbox PC). Zero Company is a single-player, turn-based tactical game set during the final days of Star Wars’ Clone...
Wolverine sells 1.9M, despite the online mauling
In the three days since its launch, Wolverine has sold through 1.9M copies (1M in pre-launch digital pre-orders), generating $130M. Of these revenues, 22.9% were physical. As always, these estimates don’t include unsold retail copies, which...
Wardogs had a better Steam launch than Helldivers 2 and Arc Raiders
Within a week of its early-access launch, Wardogs has sold 2.2M copies on Steam. It’s even outselling two other modern $40 heavyweights on Steam, Arc Raiders (1.7M by this stage) and Helldivers 2 (about 1M). These games kept their momentum...
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Every other Thursday, we’re trying out a new section – Rhys’s Pieces (had to, and I don’t even like peanut-butter chocolate…) – where we look at some of the week’s biggest gaming news and developments, injecting some Alinea estimates where...
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I'm Alinea Analytics' Head of Market Analysis. I’ve been analysing and writing about games professionally for a decade now. I LOVE dissecting the latest gaming trends and analysing what they mean for the market. I also play WAY too many roguelikes
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