Type Private Area served Worldwide Website scssoft.com Founded 1997 | Industry Video game industry Key people Pavel Šebor (CEO) Number of employees 80 (2016) | |
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Products 18 Wheels of SteelTruck Simulator Motto Simulation games development since 1997 Video games Euro Truck Simulator 2, Euro Truck Simulator, American Truck Simulator, German Truck Simulator, UK Truck Simulator Profiles | ||
Inside scs software part 1
SCS Software s.r.o. is a Czech video game development company based in Prague, Czech Republic. It primarily produces simulation games for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux, including the 18 Wheels of Steel and Truck Simulator series.
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Bus Driver
SCS released a bus driving simulator, Bus Driver, in 2007. Later in 2014, an iOS version of Bus Driver was released, entitled Bus Driver - Pocket Edition.
18 Wheels of Steel
The 18 Wheels of Steel series primarily focuses on North America. The series was published by ValuSoft from 2002, with Hard Truck: 18 Wheels of Steel, to 2011, with 18 Wheels of Steel: Extreme Trucker 2.
Truck Simulator
The Truck Simulator series includes Euro Truck Simulator, published in 2008, its sequel game, Euro Truck Simulator 2, which was released in 2012, and American Truck Simulator. Both games focus on truck driving in European countries, such as the United Kingdom, Germany, Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Italy, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland. and three states in the U.S.A.
SCS Software has released a number of maps as downloadable content (DLC) for Euro Truck Simulator 2. The first DLC, "Going East!", was released in late 2013 and includes a number of Eastern European countries; adding Slovakia and Hungary and expanding on Poland. A further map-expansion for the Scandinavia; including Denmark, Norway and Sweden; was released on 6 May 2015. The update also included licensed Mercedes-Benz trademarks and branding.
Following the success of the Euro Truck Simulator series SCS announced that the next game in the series would be American Truck Simulator, released 3 February 2016. However, it released early on 2 February 2016. The game features officially licensed American and long nose trucks; including models by Peterbilt, and Kenworth, with Volvo and Freightliner trucks likely to be added later on. The game released with California and Nevada, with the state of Arizona releasing as a free DLC to owners of the game in June 2016. Most future states and map add-ons will be sold as paid DLC.