GSC Game World
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| GSC Game World | |
| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Video game industry |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Founder | Sergei Grigorovich |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Sergei Grigorovich (CEO) |
| Products | Cossacks series S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series |
Number of employees | 300 (2022)  |
| Divisions | GSC World Publishing |
| Website | gsc-game |
Transavision Ltd., doing business as GSC Game World, is a Ukrainian video game developer based in Kiev, Ukraine. Founded in 1995 by Sergei Grigorovich, it is best known for the Cossacks and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series of games. Their first game was the 2000 Cossacks: European Wars, which directly led to their breakthrough. In 2004, GSC Game World opened their publishing arm, GSC World Publishing, which would publish and distribute their titles in the Commonwealth of Independent States. Their next successful series, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., started with S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl on 20 March 2007, and was followed up with two sequels in 2008 and 2009, respectively. In September 2009, they announced that the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series would be ported to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, however, due to a lack of manpower, they instead shifted to the development of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, which became stuck in development hell.[1]
On 9 December 2011, GSC Game World was officially dissolved, and, in March 2012, a new studio, Vostok Games, was opened by former GSC Game World staff to produce a free-to-play first-person shooter, which would later become Survarium.[2] In June 2012, a controversial new studio, Union Studio, was formed, which falsely claimed to employ former S.T.A.L.K.E.R. developers.[3] The studio renamed itself to West-Games and opened a Kickstarter campaign, looking for US$50,000 to produce Areal, a spiritual successor to the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series.[4] After reaching US$64,928, two weeks before the funding closed, the campaign was suspended by Kickstarter, stating contract violation.[5] It was later revealed that West-Games acted out fraud, having employed no former GSC Game World staff and tried to crowdfund a now-canceled Adobe Flash game.[6] On 22 December 2014, GSC Game World officially reopened and picked up development on a new game.[7]
On 18 May 2015, GSC Game World announced Cossacks 3, which is a remake of their real-time strategy classic, released on 20 September 2016.[8]
On 15 May 2018, CEO Sergei Grigorovich announced that S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 was in development and would be released in 2021.[9]
Games developed
- 2000 — Cossacks: European Wars
- 2001 — Codename: Outbreak
- 2002 — Cossacks: The Art of War
- 2002 — Cossacks: Back to War
- 2002 — Cossacks: Campaign Expansion
- 2003 — Hover Ace
- 2002 — American Conquest
- 2003 — American Conquest: Fight Back
- 2003 — FireStarter
- 2004 — Alexander
- 2005 — Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars
- 2006 — Cossacks II: Battle for Europe
- 2006 — Heroes of Annihilated Empires
- 2007 — S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
- 2008 — S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
- 2009 — S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
- 2016 — Cossacks 3
- 2021 — S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2
Cancelled
References
- ^ Makuch, Eddie (25 April 2012). "S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 canceled". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ Hall, Charlie (8 September 2013). "Stalker fallout: Polygon traces the exodus from Kiev's legendary GSC Game World". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ Cook, Dave (2 July 2014). "UPDATE: S.T.A.L.K.E.R successor scandal is media-fabricated, dev claims". VG247. Videogaming247. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ Tach, Dave (24 June 2014). "STALKER devs working on survival horror spiritual successor Areal". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ McWhertor, Michael (22 July 2014). "Kickstarter suspends Ex-STALKER devs' Areal campaign, West Games turns to direct funding". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ Pearson, Dan (22 December 2014). ""It's a hard time for Ukraine, but a good time to be a proud Ukrainian"". GamesIndustry.biz. Gamer Network. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ Hall, Charlie (22 December 2014). "The original developer of STALKER re-opens, has a good laugh, announces new game". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ Hall, Charlie (18 May 2015). "The company that made STALKER is back with their next game, Cossacks 3". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ http://m.ign.com/articles/2018/05/15/stalker-2-revealed-coming-in-2021
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