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Fraudsters are using a Ukrainian game to spend money on hacked accounts — the developer can't stop them, and Steam support is doing nothing

Game developer Ruslan «Ternox» Salikov, known for the game STONKS-9800, said that his older project Legend of Himari has become the target of fraudulent schemes selling items on Steam at significantly inflated prices. Affected players do not receive help from the service’s technical support, which redirects them to the game’s author, although he does not have the tools to solve such problems.

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Ukrainian game STONKS-9800 sold 50,000 copies. Developer reveals how it ended up on Steam's main page for a day

The Japanese stock exchange business simulator STONKS-9800 has already been purchased 50,000 times. The game’s author, Ruslan «Ternox» Salikov, told dev.ua how STONKS-9800 ended up in the Daily Deal section on the Steam main page and how this affected its sales.

After the spring price increase in Europe, Sony raised PS5 prices in the US: what does this mean for the European market

The official release date for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 on PlayStation 5 is known

Ukrainian game about the horrors of war Hollow Home nominated in the "Game with Social Impact" category at Gamescom 2025

"The goal is to show Ukraine to foreigners." Cossack game developer Bygoner presents new trailer

Nvidia has made its gaming AI assistant and DLSS technology more accessible to gamers

Steam has updated its review system: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is most loved by Ukrainians and Spaniards, and least by Chinese and Koreans

"The number of wishlists is kind of anomalous to me." In two days, the game "Chumaky" was added to the wishlist by 2,400 players

"I was fooled by the management's tales and empty chatter about prospects." The QA specialist said that he had not received a salary from the Reburn game studio for six months. Previously, the studio had problems with its debut game La Quimera

Shapik: The Quest developer has announced a new game, Whispers Among the Poppies, which follows a boy during a full-scale invasion

17 new game announcements, new trailers, demos and discounts on S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2. Ukrainian Games Festival 2025 has started on Steam

The fourth Ukrainian video game festival, organized by the Palaye communications agency, has launched on Steam. The Ukrainian Games Festival 2025 features over 480 games created in Ukraine, discounts on over 200 already released projects, and about 20 new announcements.

Ukrainian game about "tanks" in the style of embroidery Threads of War is released on Steam

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 will add night vision devices and port the game to a new engine. Details of the next major updates

"We made so many mistakes in the process that if we started now, we would have done everything much more efficiently." The developers of the Ukrainian Rage of Mechs talked about the errors in the game's release

“We agreed with my dad that I would program the next game, and he would do everything else.” How 13-year-old Askold Kostyushko and his father created “embroidered tanks” — Threads of War

The Ukrainian game Threads of War, created by game designer Andriy Kostyushko of Creoteam studio and his 13-year-old son Askold, is preparing to be released on Steam on August 14. It combines the mechanics of the classic NES era game Battle City and roguelite mechanics with pixel graphics in the spirit of Ukrainian embroidery and tells the story of a full-scale Russian invasion.dev.ua talked to the developers and learned about how they set up the workflow, created the graphics and soundtrack for «Threads of War,» and why the game will have Japanese localization at release.