Categories Posted inin BusinessDevelopment Ukrainian game devs show their resolve at GDC side event Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 2, 2026 5 min Ukrainian Games showed off 10 games made in Ukraine as an act of defiance and resilience, born from making games during wartime. Ukraine has... Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin BusinessDevelopment After 4 years of war, Ukraine will show up at GDC with 10 games to see | exclusive Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 26, 2026 3 min Ukraine has suffered through four years of war with Russia, but it is still making games. And the Ukrainian Games initiative will host its... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin BusinessDevelopment How the Stalker 2 team survived a tough game launch, the Ukraine war and a new update | exclusive interview Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 21, 2025 19 min It’s still a dangerous world. If anyone beat the odds in gaming in the past year, it was the developers GSC Game World in... Continue Reading 19 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay How Andrew Stephan made War Game — the Ukraine game documentary | The DeanBeat Posted byby GamesBeat October 18, 2024 12 min Andrew Stephan is the director of War Game: The Making of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, a documentary from Microsoft about the ordeal of the game developers... Continue Reading 12 min
Categories Posted inin Development Ukraine remains a living symbol of gaming’s resilience and adaptation Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 3, 2024 18 min During the summer, Ukraine’s victories winning Olympic gold medals in Paris made me think about the country’s resilience in the face of overwhelming odds.... Continue Reading 18 min
Categories Posted inin Development How the developers of Stalker 2 weathered the Ukraine war to make their game | The DeanBeat Posted byby GamesBeat August 30, 2024 18 min If anyone can say they have had challenges making a game, the team making S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2: The Heart of Chornobyl can make that claim.... Continue Reading 18 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl release delayed to November 20 Posted byby Rachel Kaser July 25, 2024 1 min GSC Game World announced today that it is once again delaying the launch of its upcoming title, Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl, from September... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl features enemies you can’t see | hands-on gameplay Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 9, 2024 4 min Fans of the Stalker series of open-world horror survival games have been waiting a long time for the next game in the series. I’m... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay PC Gaming Show honors Stalker 2 as most wanted PC game of 2024 Posted byby Rachel Kaser December 1, 2023 2 min PC Gamer today held a special PC Gaming Show called Most Wanted. This event reveals the “Most Wanted” PC games for the upcoming years,... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Stalker 2 delayed to 2023 as studio reveals working conditions in Ukraine Posted byby Rachel Kaser June 14, 2022 1 min GSC Game World, the developers behind Stalker 2: Hearts of Chornobyl, made an appearance at the Xbox Games extended showcase. While the game itself... Continue Reading 1 min