VG Entertainment
| File:Vostok Games.svg | |
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Predecessor | GSC Game World |
| Founded | March 2012 |
| Founder | Oleg Yavorsky |
| Headquarters | , Ukraine |
Key people | Oleg Yavorsky (marketing manager) |
| Products | Survarium |
Number of employees | 40 (2013) |
| Website | vostokgames.com |
Vostok Games is a Ukrainian video game developer based in Kiev. The company was founded in March 2012 by former employees of GSC Game World, including Oleg Yavorsky, following GSC's shutdown. The company developed Fear the Wolves, a battle royale game released in 2019, and is developing Survarium, a free-to-play shooter game.
History
Vostok Games' precursor, GSC Game World, was shut down by its founder, Sergei Grigorovich, on 9 December 2011. Following the closure, Oleg Yavorsky, who had been GSC's public relations manager, alongside many former GSC employees, set out to create a game on their own. They worked with several investors in Ukraine and Russia, but none had a large enough budget to fund development of a game on the same scale as S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, which had been cancelled with GSC's demise. Because of this, the development team lowered their ambition for the game, concluding that they would develop a free-to-play multiplayer shooter game for personal computers. Following this change, several investors stepped forward, and in March 2012, the team came in contact with Vostok Ventures, which was looking for a game development team. An agreement between the two parties was reached within two weeks, and Vostok Games was founded that same month, shortly after which the company settled in offices in an industrial park in Kiev. In September 2013, Vostok Games employed 40 former GSC employees in these offices.[1] Yavorksy acts as marketing manager for the studio.[2]
Games developed
| Year | Title | Platform(s) | Publisher(s) | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | XBO | PS4 | ||||
| 2015 (early access) | Survarium | Yes | No | No | Vostok Games | [3] |
| 2019 | Fear the Wolves | Yes | Yes | Yes | Focus Home Interactive | [4][5] |
References
- ^ Hall, Charlie (8 September 2013). "Stalker fallout: Polygon traces the exodus from Kiev's legendary GSC Game World". Polygon.
- ^ Seeder, Ben (30 June 2014). "STALKER: Who's the rightful heir?". GamesIndustry.biz.
- ^ Good, Owen S. (31 March 2015). "Survarium, the shooter made by STALKER alumni, launches April 2". Polygon.
- ^ O'Connor, Alice (6 February 2019). "Fear The Wolves howls out of early access with free trial". Rock, Paper, Shotgun.
- ^ Green, Jake (29 August 2018). "Fear the Wolves Battle Royale Guide – Full Release Date, Early Access Release Date, Stalker, Map Size, PS4, Xbox One". USgamer.
