GSC Game World is a Kiev

Kiev

Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

-based computer game developer

Video game developer

A video game developer is a software developer that creates video games. A developer may specialize in a certain video game console, such as Nintendo's Wii, Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation 3, or may develop for a variety of systems, including personal computers.Most developers also...

. Founded in 1995 in Kiev, Ukraine, it released titles such as Cossacks: European Wars

Cossacks: European Wars

Cossacks: European Wars is a real-time strategy computer game for Windows made by the Ukrainian developer GSC Game World. It was released on April 24, 2001. The game has an isometric view and is set in the 17th and 18th centuries of Europe...

, American Conquest

American Conquest

American Conquest is a real-time strategy game developed by Ukrainian GSC Game World who is the developer of Cossacks: European Wars; and published by German CDV. It is set between the 15th and the early 19th centuries in the American continents...

, Alexander, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl is a first-person shooter video game by the Ukrainian developer GSC Game World, published in 2007.It features an alternate reality theme, where a second nuclear disaster occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Exclusion Zone in the near future and causes...

, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, is the prequel to S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, a first-person shooter video game by Ukrainian developer GSC Game World. The game consists of a roughly 50/50 mix of new areas and old, remodeled areas from the previous game...

and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat is the sequel to S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, a first-person shooter computer game by Ukrainian developer GSC Game World. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat is the third game in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series....

. In 2004, GSC Game World founded the publishing branch GSC World Publishing.

GSC Game World's most successful game series is S.T.A.L.K.E.R., a survival shooter that was in development for seven years, first released in March 2007. They are also known for the Cossacks

Cossacks: European Wars

Cossacks: European Wars is a real-time strategy computer game for Windows made by the Ukrainian developer GSC Game World. It was released on April 24, 2001. The game has an isometric view and is set in the 17th and 18th centuries of Europe...

series. Most of their titles are published in Europe by Cdv Software Entertainment.

GSC Game World is also the creator of the X-Ray Engine

X-Ray Engine

The X-Ray Engine is an engine created by Kiev-based computer game developer, GSC Game World. Released on the 20th of March in 2007.The engine is used in the first three S.T.A.L.K.E.R...

 used in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series.

Titles developed by GSC Game World

• 2001 - Codename: Outbreak
• 2001 - Cossacks: European Wars
  Cossacks: European Wars
  Cossacks: European Wars is a real-time strategy computer game for Windows made by the Ukrainian developer GSC Game World. It was released on April 24, 2001. The game has an isometric view and is set in the 17th and 18th centuries of Europe...
  
  
• 2002 - Cossacks: Art of War
• 2002 - Cossacks: Back to War
• 2003 - Hover Ace
• 2003 - American Conquest
  American Conquest
  American Conquest is a real-time strategy game developed by Ukrainian GSC Game World who is the developer of Cossacks: European Wars; and published by German CDV. It is set between the 15th and the early 19th centuries in the American continents...
  
  
• 2003 - American Conquest: Fight Back
• 2004 - Alexander
• 2004 - Firestarter
• 2005 - Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars
  Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars
  Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars is the fourth computer game in the Cossacks series of real-time strategy games, released in Spring 2005 to mixed reviews. This game focuses exclusively on the Napoleonic era, meaning it has a much shorter time span than others in this series, which spanned several...
  
  
• 2006 - Cossacks II: Battle for Europe
• 2006 - Heroes of Annihilated Empires
  Heroes of Annihilated Empires
  Heroes of Annihilated Empires is a real-time strategy – role-playing hybrid computer game developed by GSC Game World and released in October 2006.-Overview:Heroes of Annihilated Empires is the first installment of a planned trilogy...
  
  
• 2007 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
  S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
  S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl is a first-person shooter video game by the Ukrainian developer GSC Game World, published in 2007.It features an alternate reality theme, where a second nuclear disaster occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Exclusion Zone in the near future and causes...
  
  
• 2008 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
  S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
  S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, is the prequel to S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, a first-person shooter video game by Ukrainian developer GSC Game World. The game consists of a roughly 50/50 mix of new areas and old, remodeled areas from the previous game...
  
  
• 2009 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
  S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
  S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat is the sequel to S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, a first-person shooter computer game by Ukrainian developer GSC Game World. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat is the third game in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series....
  
  
• 2012 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2
  S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2
  S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is an upcoming video game developed by GSC Game World for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It is the next chapter in the series, which has been announced for release in 2012....
  
  - in development

Xbox 360 Developer rights

In November 2007 GSC acquired Xbox 360 developer rights. They now have permission to make games for the Xbox 360. In September 2009 GSC announced that it will port S.T.A.L.K.E.R. to consoles (360 and PS3) but only after Call of Pripyat comes out because of the lack of man-power in GSC.

External links

• GSC Game World Official Site