Gamedev DOU has published a study on the largest gaming companies operating in Ukraine. It notes that GSC Game World was one of the few large companies to increase the number of employees over the past 6 months.
Gamedev DOU has published a study on the largest gaming companies operating in Ukraine. It notes that GSC Game World was one of the few large companies to increase the number of employees over the past 6 months.
As Gamedev DOU notes, Ukrainian game development continues to lose specialists, but more slowly than before. In particular, from February to August last year, their number decreased by 564 people (7.4%), and over the past six months, the number of specialists in the 25 largest game companies fell by 250 people (3.5%).
The 10 largest gaming companies in Ukraine include:
Studio 4A Games, whichis working on the new part of Metro, has 150 employees in Ukraine and ranks 13th on the list. Studio Reburn, formed from former employees of the Ukrainian office of 4A Games, has 110 developers and ranks 20th. The company is working on the shooter La Quimera .
Frag Lab, known for the online shooter Shatterline, has 59 employees and ranks 24th in the ranking. In February of last year, Frag Lab had 204 employees.
Another Ukrainian studio developing a post-apocalyptic shooter, VG Entertainment, has 51 employees and was not included in the ranking.
Among the ten largest companies, only two increased the number of employees in half a year: GSC Game World and Volmi — A Virtuos Studio, by 50 and 13 employees, respectively.
However, the top ten companies have lost a total of 241 employees in the last 6 months. The largest number of developers leaving was Room 8 Group (-135) and Ubisoft (-57). Kevuru Games (-70) is not among the top 10, and is in 12th place.
