VG Entertainment Ltd (formerly Vostok Games) is a Ukrainian video game developer based in Kyiv. The company was founded in March 2012 by former employees of GSC Game World, including Oleg Yavorsky, after GSC had been shut down. The company developed the battle royale gameFear the Wolves (2019) and is working on Survarium, a free-to-play shooter game in early access since 2015.
On 9 December 2011, Sergiy Grygorovych shut down his video game development company, GSC Game World. Following the closure, Oleg Yavorsky, who had been GSC's public relations manager, and several other former GSC employees set out to create a game on their own. They contacted several investors in Ukraine and Russia, but none had a large enough budget to fund the 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. Consequently, the development team lowered their ambition for the game to a free-to-play multiplayer shooter game for personal computers. This led several investors to step 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 Kyiv. In September 2013, Vostok Games employed 40 former GSC employees in these offices.[1] Yavorsky acts as the studio's marketing manager.[2] Vostok Games' first project became Survarium, which it released into early access in 2015. It also created Fear the Wolves, a battle royale game set in Chernobyl, in 2019. In March 2022, shortly after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Vostok Games put the development of Survarium on hold to ensure that its developers were safe.[3] In July 2023, the company rebranded as VG Entertainment and announced that it was working on a new game.[4]
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entertainment, formerly, vostok, games, ukrainian, video, game, developer, based, kyiv, company, founded, march, 2012, former, employees, game, world, including, oleg, yavorsky, after, been, shut, down, company, developed, battle, royale, game, fear, wolves, 2. VG Entertainment Ltd formerly Vostok Games is a Ukrainian video game developer based in Kyiv The company was founded in March 2012 by former employees of GSC Game World including Oleg Yavorsky after GSC had been shut down The company developed the battle royale game Fear the Wolves 2019 and is working on Survarium a free to play shooter game in early access since 2015 VG Entertainment LtdFormerlyVostok Games 2012 2023 Company typePrivateIndustryVideo gamesPredecessorGSC Game WorldFoundedMarch 2012 12 years ago 2012 03 FounderOleg YavorskyHeadquartersKyiv UkraineKey peopleOleg Yavorsky marketing manager ProductsSurvariumNumber of employees40 2013 Websitevgentertainment wbr com Contents 1 History 2 Games developed 3 References 4 External linksHistory editOn 9 December 2011 Sergiy Grygorovych shut down his video game development company GSC Game World Following the closure Oleg Yavorsky who had been GSC s public relations manager and several other former GSC employees set out to create a game on their own They contacted several investors in Ukraine and Russia but none had a large enough budget to fund the 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 Consequently the development team lowered their ambition for the game to a free to play multiplayer shooter game for personal computers This led several investors to step 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 Kyiv In September 2013 Vostok Games employed 40 former GSC employees in these offices 1 Yavorsky acts as the studio s marketing manager 2 Vostok Games first project became Survarium which it released into early access in 2015 It also created Fear the Wolves a battle royale game set in Chernobyl in 2019 In March 2022 shortly after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine Vostok Games put the development of Survarium on hold to ensure that its developers were safe 3 In July 2023 the company rebranded as VG Entertainment and announced that it was working on a new game 4 Games developed editYear Title Platform s Publisher s Ref 2015 early access Survarium Windows Vostok Games 5 2019 Fear the Wolves Windows Focus Home Interactive 6 7 References edit Hall Charlie 8 September 2013 Stalker fallout Polygon traces the exodus from Kiev s legendary GSC Game World Polygon Archived from the original on 28 March 2019 Retrieved 26 July 2021 Seeder Ben 30 June 2014 STALKER Who s the rightful heir GamesIndustry biz Archived from the original on 2019 02 23 Retrieved 2021 07 26 Phillips Tom 10 March 2022 Kyiv based Survarium developer confirms work paused Eurogamer Archived from the original on 29 September 2022 Retrieved 29 July 2023 Harbuzova Asya 25 July 2023 Ukrayins ka studiya Vostok Games zminyla nazvu Teper vona VG Entertainment Ukrayinska studiya Vostok Games zminila nazvu Teper vona VG Entertainment Ukrainian studio Vostok Games has changed its name It is now VG Entertainment GameDev DOU in Ukrainian Archived from the original on 26 July 2023 Retrieved 29 July 2023 Good Owen S 31 March 2015 Survarium the shooter made by STALKER alumni launches April 2 Polygon Archived from the original on 8 November 2020 Retrieved 26 July 2021 O Connor Alice 6 February 2019 Fear The Wolves howls out of early access with free trial Rock Paper Shotgun Archived from the original on 2 December 2020 Retrieved 26 July 2021 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 Archived from the original on 23 February 2019 Retrieved 26 July 2021 External links editOfficial website nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title VG Entertainment amp oldid 1167701464, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
