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12.08.22

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WePlay Esports shortlisted for Ragan’s 2022 Video, Visual & Virtual Awards

WePlay AniMajor, the Dota 2 tournament hosted by WePlay Esports, got shortlisted to compete for the Livestream Event of the Year title by Ragan’s 2022 Video, Visual & Virtual Awards. The winner in the category will be announced on August

18.07.22

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Co-op Skyrim play is now possible thanks to a mod. How to install and set up

On July 8, 2022 was the release of the Skyrim Together: Reborn modification that allows gamers to play Skyrim in a party mode with 2 to 8 members. During the first weekend after the release, the mod download counter hit over 50,000, and now it’s over

20.06.22

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NAVI wins the BLAST Premier: Spring Finals 2022 and gets $200K prize

The Ukrainian esports team NAVI won the BLAST Premier: Spring Finals 2022, June’s biggest CS:GO tournament, which was held in Lisbon. In the Grand Final, NAVI defeated Team Vitality with a 2:0 victory. The total prize pool for the BLAST Premier: Spring Finals 2022

17.06.22

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“Work begins with sirens.” Developers of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 speak about the war (and the game)

During the Xbox Games Showcase Extended event, quite unexpectedly, the Ukrainian GSC Game World studio revealed some new details about the sequel to the game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, as well as the video diary of the developers, who

01.06.22

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Israeli mobile games company Playtika cuts 250 employees. Eastern Europe’s staff will remain

The Israeli mobile games company Playtika is about to cut its 250 employees, about 6% of its workforce. The company will close studios in Montreal, Los Angeles, and London and transfer some activities back to Israel, Globes informs. The company has

18.05.22

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How to support Ukraine by playing online games: Play for Ukraine, Musk vs Putin, Ukrainian fArmy

Ukrainians have been fighting heroically against Russian aggression for the third month in a row. Ukrainian developers do it in a creative way: they develop interactive online browser games where the players can both have fun and support Ukraine in

18.04.22

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Valve stops paying Ukrainian game developers

Valve Corporation, an American video game developer, has stopped making payments for games to Russian, Belarusian, and Ukrainian developers. While the halt of payments to users from Russia and Belarus can be explained by the war and sanctions, the decision

07.04.22

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Ukrainians develop a Street Fighter-style game where Musk kicks Putin’s ass

Ukrainian game developers have written a Street Fighter-style browser game where Elon Musk’s character fight against Russian officials, in particular, Ramzan Kadyrov and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Also, after the game, a player can donate to the Palianytsia (Паляниця) foundation,

05.04.22

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Wargaming leaves Russia and Belarus

On April 4, 2022, Wargaming announced that it is leaving the markets of Russia and Belarus and closing its Minsk office, as stated in the company’s Facebook post. As per AIN.Capital data, the company has made this decision due to the Russian aggression against

10.03.22

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Russians are review bombing S.T.A.L.K.E.R. on Steam

Russian players started review bombing the cult Ukrainian game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. on Steam after its developers, GSC Game World, took their games down from the Russian store segment. Starting March 8, Russians are no longer able to buy S.T.A.L.K.E.R. on Steam.