this is much better :).

A4 creative director responds

Hello everyone,

We've worked with THQ for 10 years (as we are the guys who made Stalker, too), and Jason is the only THQ President who visited us in Ukraine. And he did this on his second week in THQ. Keep in mind that he only had few months to somehow fix the situation. Alas, that didn't work out.

It is a fact that our work conditions are worse than those of other developers outside Ukraine. I don't think anyone can doubt that - yes, it's true that American and most of European developers operate in a country far more comfortable than Ukraine. And yes, the publishers pay them more. This is clear: the more "reasonable" the country the less the rrisks. And we don't want to be all dramatic about that - after all, better conditions are earned, and we strive to do this as soon as possible :)...

And we are thankful to Jason for his article.

Jason, please don't blame Deep Silver for not having our logo on the game site... just like us, they ended up in a harsh situation and had to do a lot of things in two months, which was definitely a very hard task. I don't blame them for letting the logo thing slip. They are trying hard.

After all, it's our game that matters and not our logo.

Also. We did want to make a multiplayer. Though if it was excluded from the start, a lot of precious time wouldn't be wasted and we'd make an even better single.

What else& We deserve the ratings we get. After all, the final consumer doesn't care about our conditions. And this is RIGHT. We need no indulgence.

PROF and all Ukrainian bobsled team:)

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-05-15-jason-rubin-metro-last-light-is-the-triumph-of-an-underdog#comment-67623

So the Ukrainians made them STALKER games? Heh, the irony

It doesn't seem that bad at all. Forward to 1:36

I find some of these topics ridiculous.  But anyone giving THQ crap for those kind of conditions is crazy. (I'm THQ and I'm going bankrupt but I'm going to make sure our employees of the best accomodations possible! That will surely help our financial Situation). There's many places in the world with exponentially worse conditions than that. And most people support them those companies putting those employees in those conditions (including myself), by buying things from china etc.

What's better to say is EA, bioware or whatever has better conditions than game studios in the Ukraine. But, many many people all over the world work in more difficult conditions.

kudos to 4A for telling the truth and clarifying.