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The median salary in Ukrainian game development has reached a new record. Which positions earn the most?

"Time to stop wasting your life on the bench": S1mple became a player for the little-known BC.Game after 9 years in NAVI

Gamers from around the world have united against payment systems to restore the ability to buy adult games

Shooter ARC Raiders will receive Ukrainian localization at release: this is confirmed on the game's page on the Epic Games Store

The Armed Forces of Ukraine will become a new faction in the Canadian tactical game Squad

An IT specialist from Ivano-Frankivsk has created a bot for jobseekers that checks suspicious game development companies.

EA has released the first Battlefield 6 trailer, in which NATO is fighting against former NATO

Ukrainian narrative game The Demons Told Me to Make This Game released in Steam Early Access

Ubisoft believes microtransactions make games "more interesting"

Roblox launches video age verification for new teen private chat feature

A "communist" mod for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 has appeared on Steam, which uses assets from a build stolen by the Russians

Steam has started removing some types of adult games to comply with payment system rules

Ukrainian-language eSports broadcasts are becoming more numerous — the number of hours has increased by 44.2% over the year

"Helped clean Russian games from the library". Ukrainian soldier created a website that promotes Ukrainian localization in games and warns about Russian projects

Ukrainian IT veteran Vitaliy, who joined the Defense Forces and is currently serving in the Marine Corps in the Unmanned Systems Battalion, created the website «Ihrovyy prystanok». It promotes Ukrainian localization and provides a personalized report on the user’s game library. dev.ua spoke with the developer and learned more about his project.

Discord launches Orbs virtual rewards system: beta testing now complete

New wave of blocking of Russian PlayStation users' accounts due to purchases from foreign profiles

“I’m a little worried that the server will hold up and that AWS won’t ruin me.” How a Ukrainian gamer with IT experience created a service for tracking gaming statistics GRAVK

Recently, a Ukrainian gaming enthusiast with the nickname N1kk0 introduced the GRAVK service, which allows gamers to manage their game library, track statistics, and create lists. dev.ua talked to the project developer and found out how tired he was of IT, but later found a «second wind», how much the number of registrations for the release exceeded his expectations, and why a dog appeared in the GRAVK logo.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 developers announced a version of the game for PlayStation 5

“I just hope it fails soon”. Cryptobro created memecoin exploiting Ukrainian game STONKS-9800 without developer’s permission

The scammers created the meme cryptocurrency STONKS9800 (STONKS), which uses the name and image of the game STONKS-9800: Stock Market Simulator by Ukrainian developer Ruslan «Ternox» Salikov without his permission. He told dev.ua that he has already filed complaints against the meme coin’s developers, but he doesn’t really believe they will act.

Activision suspends PC version of Call of Duty: WWII after multiple hacks due to critical vulnerability

Epic Games drops antitrust lawsuit against Samsung after negotiations

From a shooter with the Battle of Krynki to an interactive film about the Russian occupation. 10 games about the great war that Ukrainian developers are working on

The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine is reflected in all forms of art, and video games are no exception. In the fourth year of the great war, Ukrainian developers are working on a number of projects of different spirit that address this topic; dev.ua has collected the most notable games about the Russian-Ukrainian war in this material.