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Steam will host the fourth Ukrainian Games Festival. This time, developers who continue to sell games in Russia will not participate.

Doom: The Dark Ages has 3 million players - is it really a success?

Remasters of the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. parts received low ratings on Steam due to players from Russia who are "burned" by the removal of Russian voice acting and Soviet symbols

Fortnite is back on the App Store after years of legal wrangling with Apple

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"A few months of work just went down the drain. I wasn't going to do it again." Interview with the developer of Catfall, a game about a cat on a spaceship

Ukrainian Level Designer Eduard Pizhuk is working on the game Catfall, about a lonely cat astronaut who managed to survive a spaceship crash. dev.ua spoke with the developer about his experience in game development and work on a project that was previously nominated for the Indie Cup.

"Counter-Strike is already overtaking tennis, and 6 million hours of viewing is no longer a niche movement": what does Ukrainian esports look like in 2025

Esports in Ukraine is experiencing a boom. Views are growing, big investments are coming in, and old stereotypes — about «games for schoolchildren» and geeks in basements — are rapidly collapsing. dev.ua has collected the main insights from the esports panel at the SBC Summit Ukraine 2025.

Sony launches wave of blockings of Russian players who used Ukrainian and Turkish PSN accounts

A copy of the Kherson Art Museum was recreated in Minecraft

The developer of “tanks” in the style of Ukrainian embroidery showed what it looks like to destroy enemy soldiers in his game

With the new major patch for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, NPC stalkers "live long and happily ever after"

Hacker claims to have obtained data from 89 million Steam accounts. The company responded

The developers of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. have announced an improved edition of Legends of the Zone Trilogy, from which the Russian voice acting has been removed.

A modern military game called Hell Of War is being created in Ukraine, which combines elements of strategy and shooter.

Frogwares releases The Sinking City remaster, developers announce big plans for franchise

Plarium запустили в YouTube «9 чи 10 запитань» – серію геймдев-інтерв’ю, які створює авдиторія

Nintendo has warned that it will turn flashed Switch and Switch 2 consoles into "bricks"

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About 300,000 active PlayStation 5 consoles have been counted in Ukraine

Fortnite is preparing to return to the App Store

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Ukrainian psychedelic game PUSS! will receive DLC 7 years after release

Electronic Arts CEO says generative AI is the future after company lays off hundreds of employees

Ukrainian shooter La Quimera has finally been released in Steam Early Access. The game received terrible reviews

La Quimera, from Reburn studio, formed by former developers of 4A Games Ukraine, was supposed to be released on April 25, but the release was postponed due to poor reviews from reviewers. It was expected that the game would be postponed for further development, but on May 7, the project appeared in early access format.

A Ukrainian developer has released a puzzle game called Lağoda QT, where you have to match poems in the Crimean Tatar language. What is known about the non-commercial project?

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Oblivion Remastered became the third best-selling game of the year in the US

Rockstar releases second GTA VI trailer with explosions and chases

The Russian Federation has seized the assets of the Russian company Lesta, which bought regional rights to World of Tanks, on suspicion of financing the Armed Forces of Ukraine

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The head of Sandfall Interactive studio got bored working at Ubisoft and assembled a team of Junkies who created a potential game of the year

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What is the difference between a publisher and an investor for game developers?

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What is the difference between a publisher and an investor for game developers?

The world of game development is evolving rapidly, and every development team faces the issue of funding and publishing their project. How to release a game so that millions of players will learn about it? Where to find funds for marketing, localization, and distribution? Should I look for an investor who will invest in development, or should I contact a publisher who will help with market entry?