Today, 10/18/2022, marks 10 years since the release. Euro Truck Simulator 2. Prague-based SCS Software is celebrating, thanking the community, launching a small World of Trucks event and announcing that the game will continue to receive new content.
“Euro Truck Simulator 2 belongs to a different era in the gaming industry, a time when PC games were mostly boxed on store shelves. Our first retail release of ETS2 took place in the fall of 2012.” write the creators on the blog, saying that the success of the game in the first days after the release was completely unexpected for them.
“We had no idea it would become such a phenomenon when we saw it hit the top of the bestseller charts in Germany, the UK, Poland and France.” they continue. A few months later, on January 16, 2013 to be exact, he had Euro Truck Simulator 2. premiere on Steam.
“It turned out to be even crazier when the game also won the title of the best-selling game on Steam,” provided by the studio. From a small game focused on a truck simulator, from a secondary genre, it gradually turned into big game in the eyes of journalists and the global gaming community.
Sales prove it. It was sold within the first 10 years. more than 13 million pieces and it was on steam over 80 million DLC purchased, from small cosmetic sets to large expansions of the game world. And it doesn’t end with the expansion of the office in Prague.
“Euro Truck Simulator 2 has at least another decade of continued growth ahead of us – there are still so many features we want to implement and so many new things we plan to bring to you.” disclosed by the authors. Unfortunately, they did not say what exactly the community is waiting for. Instead, they attend the aforementioned World of Trucks event. This is about small task.
Anyone who delivers one cargo of any kind from any city will receive a unique reward in the form of a special achievement in the World of Trucks profile and anniversary paint for your truck and trailer. Only one is needed; have a game account linked to World of Trucks.
We will be able to learn more about SCS Software’s plans today at 18:00 on the stream with CEO Pavel Shebor (Twitch.tv). He will distribute keys to the game and possibly DLC. Meanwhile, two limited edition Thrustmaster wheels will be up for sale.
The basic version of ETS2 included Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Northeast France, Germany, Northern Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Western Poland, Bratislava in Slovakia, Switzerland and the UK. Today it looks like this (plus Spain and Portugal).
In conclusion, SCS Software is gradually improving/upgrading individual cities in the vast world of Euro Truck Simulator 2 and is currently working on the expansion of the Western Balkans, which will add Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia.
An ambitious expansion of the “Heart of Russia” was also created in Prague. However, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was postponed indefinitely and will only be released after the end of the war. The developers do not want the DLC to be perceived as an expression of support for the Russians or tolerance for aggression. The DLC was supposed to focus on the east and south of vast Russia. Part of Russia is already in Euro Truck Simulator 2. In particular, this is the Kaliningrad region, which was added by the “Beyond the Baltic Sea” package. The heart of Russia was to add Moscow and a number of other major cities and locations.
In addition, they are dedicated to the American Truck Simulator in SCS Software.
Source :Indian TV
