News Dec 14th, 2022

RuneScape maker Jagex has bought Scum firm Gamepires

It's the UK company's second studio purchase

• Acquisition
• scum

News Sep 10th, 2018

SCUM lasts another week on the run as it steals No.1 in the Steam Top Ten

Gamepires' survival sandbox has managed more ups than downs in its first few weeks on Steam

• steam charts
• scum

News Sep 6th, 2018

SCUM caps off first week with 700,000 players and a server wipe

Developer reminds players that Early Access means more wipes are likely in future

• early access
• player figures
• scum

Success Story Sep 5th, 2018

“We found a great balance in realism and fun in SCUM” - How Gamepires and Devolver's survival title shifted 250k copies in 24 hours

Gamepires’ Josip Barisic reflects on the survival hit’s sudden success

• early access
• survival
• scum

News Sep 3rd, 2018

Devolver and Gamepires agree to remove Nazi tattoos from SCUM

Publisher offers a cool apology after a developer’s heated initial response

• nazi symbols
• scum