Twitch Hits Record 2.2 Billion Hours Watched In May

Primarily known for video game streaming, Twitch provides a platform for creators of any kind to show off their work and talent. Its title as the foremost online streaming platform has been cemented by the fact that it has broken viewership records for the fourth time this year. A breakdown of the top ten categories […]

Lexon Breaks Company Record with 6 Wins at the Red Dot Design Award 2021

The French brand turns 30 and proves its continuous leadership in innovative product design PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–April 13, 2021– Lexon today announced that it has received 6 Red Dot Awards for its outstanding product design quality in multiple categories, setting a new company record for the number of awards won in a single competition. Sister company […]

Control Developer Has A Record Year Despite No New Game Releases

Remedy Entertainment, a Finnish game studio best known for the first two instalments in the Max Payne franchise, Alan Wake, Quantum Break and Control, registered record full-year revenues, up 30% to €41.1 million. The company’s latest financial results reveal that operating profit for 2020 reached €13.2 million, up from €6.5 million in 2019. The unaudited […]

Alphabet reports record revenue for Q4 2020 as Google Cloud sales soar

(Reuters) — Google parent Alphabet on Tuesday reported record revenue for the second straight quarter despite the pandemic, driving shares up 6% as it topped estimates for both advertising and Cloud sales as customers unleashed budgets for the holidays. Cutbacks by travel and entertainment advertisers in 2020 were nearly made up as the year went […]

Riot Games Reports Record Viewership for LCS Summer Split

Riot Games has reported viewership figures for the 2020 Summer Split of the League of Legends Championship Series. The publisher described it as the most-watched Summer Split since 2016, attributing part of this growth to the revamped double-elimination format used during the playoffs. Peak viewership for the season reached 551.68K, up 12.4% from 2019. The […]

New Record Set For Pokémon Cards At Auction… Again!

It’s been a busy couple of months on the Pokémon auction scene, as not one but two individual card selling records have been beat! And let’s not forget about the rare collection of 1st Edition cards worth $45,000 in the UK. Well, buyers have gone and done it again with another astronomical price paid for a rare […]

VALORANT breaks Twitch record with 34 million hours watched on day one

It’s been a big week for Riot Games. The first day of VALORANT’s closed beta on Twitch was a record-breaking one with 34 million hours watched, Riot Games announced today. “Our hearts, inboxes, and social media DMs are filled to the brim with all of the enthusiasm for the VALORANT Closed Beta,” said Anna Donlon, […]

CS: GO Breaks Record With 1 Million Concurrent Users

For the first time in its eight-year history, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has hit 1 million concurrent players. CS:GO is the most popular game on Steam and continues to rise in popularity. This can be attributed to the game being free-to-play since 2018 and the release of a battle pass in 2019. It has been breaking its […]