Stay tuned to GamesBeat for more PlayStation 4 coverage from Sony’s ongoing launch event in New York City.War Thunder is a popular free-to-play multiplayer combat game developed by Gaijin Entertainment. PlayStation Store a few weeks later (before the end of the year, promised Yudintsev). War Thunder will be available on the European PlayStation Store when the PS4 launches in that region on Nov. It’s already made a number of well-received flight combat games, including Birds of Steel and IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey. The company has grown to over 100 people and just opened an office in Germany. “In the brave new world of online gaming, it’s better to self-publish,” he said. “And Sony’s been much more open to indie development than any other platform holder for the past three years.”įounded in 2002, Gaijin has become the biggest independent video game developer in Russia. Obviously, Gaijin keeps a more substantial chunk of the revenue that way, but the benefits don’t stop there: It’s easier for Gaijin to communicate with its community without a publisher standing in the middle, noted Yudintsev. Gaijin is self-publishing War Thunder on PlayStation 4 as it did on PC (and will for Mac OS X, which will eventually see a War Thunder release). “We’re not the only ones doing this, but we’re part of the movement that’s helping to change that mindset.” “Today you can make a real, quality game, make it free-to-play, and actually earn money,” said Yudintsev. The 10-15 percent of players who purchase premiere accounts and content have spent enough for Gaijin to completely recoup its PC development costs.
Gaijin has spent about $10 million on War Thunder development so far, according to Yudintsev, but it’s already raking in substantial revenue on the game.
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