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Playtika acquires Reworks. If the studio fails to meet its KPI by 2023, Playtika will get 20% for $1

Game development company Playtika announced the acquisition of Finnish studio Reworks, which developed designer simulator Redecor, the company’s official release reports. This deal has some conditions. Playtika has so far bought 80% of Reworks for $400 million in cash. The

Game by a Belarusian-Ukrainian studio hits No. 2 in the US App Store two days after release

Gismart, a Belarusian-Ukrainian developer and publisher of mobile games, has released a new game, Fighting Stance. Two days after the global release, the game reached second place in the US App Store, in the category of free games (Free Games

Only 256 bytes. Ukrainian creates a game that helps to learn Assembler

A Ukrainian developer, Andriy Brusnyk, has developed the Astra-256 Assembler game that helps students learn this elementary programming language and brings a lot of fun for “old-school” programmers. The app caught the attention of the ITC.UA journalists. “In this program, we tried

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 pre-sale kicks off in Ukraine. Prices start at $30

Pre-order for a new game of the Ukrainian studio GSC Game World – S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl, which will be released no earlier than April 28, 2022, on Xbox Series S|X and PC, have started in Ukraine. Prices for

GameDev studio Product Madness opens a new R&D office in Lviv designed for 200 people

Product Madness is a studio of mobile games for social casinos headquartered in London. The company was founded in 2007. Since 2012 it has been a part of Aristocrat Technologies Inc., one of the largest manufacturers and designers of slot

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 gameplay trailer released, pre-orders have kicked off

GSC Game World studio has released the first full gameplay trailer of the sequel to its cult game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl. Also, in its official Twitter account, the studio announced the start of pre-orders for the game on

Ukrainian scientists develop surface radiation-removal device

A group of Ukrainian scientists has developed a method that allows electrochemical removal of radiation from contaminated surfaces, the official website of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine reports. The research was conducted by scientists from the V.I. Vernadsky

How much money CD Projekt invested in Cyberpunk2077 (and what are its sales)

On April 22, 2021, the Polish video game developer CD Projekt (which previously released The Witcher game series and Cyberpunk2077) shared its financial results for 2020. It turned out that despite the controversial launch and criticism of the latter, the

Ukrainian scientists contribute to odderon discovery, which confirms new form of matter

On March 16, 2021, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Fermilab Science Center (U.S.) published an article on the discovery of a fundamental particle, which indicates the possibility of the existence of a new form of matter.

Playrix acquires Ukrainian game studio Boolat Games

The corporate group Playrix has acquired the Ukrainian game developer Boolat Games. The company will join Playrix under the renewed brand name Boolat Play. They have already started working together on an unannounced free-to-play project, as Playrix reported to AIN.UA.