Ihor Panchenko

News writer

In 2015, Ihor graduated from Admiral Makarov National Shipbuilding University with a degree in Enterprise Economics, but he never worked in this field.

Instead, he worked as a programmer, website and typography designer, editor and author at the methodological center and vctr.media. He also wrote seo-articles on a freelance basis and was a photographer.

Ihor joined ITC.UA in July 2024 as an author of news about science and games.

He is interested in history, biology, physics, likes to read fantasy and is writing his book, collects a collection of board games, loves to watch festival films and play projects from FromSoftware. Igor has two Balinese cats — Elsa and Arwen.

«Leaked» GTA 3 development documents reveal Rockstar Games' ambitious plans

News Games 12-27-2024 comment
Design documents for several Grand Theft Auto games, including GTA 3, have been leaked online, revealing ambitious plans for the franchise.

An enthusiast recreated the Elden Ring game in Microsoft Excel

News Games 12-26-2024 comment
The player has created a full-fledged version of the Elden Ring game using an unusual tool — the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet processor.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 creators have no plans to port the game to PlayStation 5

News Games 12-24-2024 comment
GSC Game World currently has no plans to release a version of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 for PlayStation 5. About reported CEO of the studio Yevhen Hryhorovych in an interview with Tech4Gamers.

The Monkey King was cloned: Black Myth Wukong will be released on Nintendo Switch for $8

News Games 12-24-2024 comment
Wukong Sun: Black Legend, which will be released on December 26 on the Nintendo eShop, has attracted attention due to its obvious similarity to the hit Black Myth: Wukong.

EA Sports FC 25 conquers the charts, mobile projects generate 50% of revenue — gaming industry in 2024 in numbers

News Games 12-23-2024 comment
Analytical publication GamesIndustry.biz published its annual report on the state of the video game industry in 2024. Leading research companies, including Newzoo, Circana, Nielsen GfK, Sensor Tower, and Famitsu, contributed to the report.

Metacritic names the 20 best TV series of 2024 — Netflix's drama thriller takes the top spot

News Movie 12-23-2024 comment
The top ten are «Shogun», «Rivals», and «X-Men ’97».

GSC Game World has announced a next-gen update for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Legends of the Zone Trilogy

News Games 12-20-2024 comment
GSC Game World will release a next-gen patch for the console version of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Legends of the Zone Trilogy in 2025.

The Game Awards results: Astro Bot — game of the year 2024, Balatro wins three awards, Black Myth Wukong — best action game

News Games 12-13-2024 comment
On the night of December 13, the tenth anniversary ceremony of The Game Awards — «Oscars» in the world of video games took place. We have collected all the winners in one article.

Google reveals gaming trends in 2024: what gamers search for most often

News Games 12-10-2024 comment
Browser puzzle games are more popular than AAA games.

Red Dead Redemption's lead actor has created an unusual account on OnlyFans

News Games 12-10-2024 comment
John Marston pops up on OnlyFans, but don’t jump to conclusions.

Sony has temporarily allowed changing the PlayStation 5 interface elements — PS1, PS2, PS3, and PS4 themes have appeared

News Games 12-03-2024 comment
The update is timed to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the PlayStation brand, which is celebrated on December 3.

Margot Robbie admitted that the nude scene in «The Wolf of Wall Street» was her idea

News Movie 12-02-2024 comment
The three-time «Oscar» nominee revealed the details of creating one of the most revealing scenes of her career.

GSC has sold 1.4 million copies of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 on Steam: which countries buy the game the most

News Games 11-27-2024 comment
Ukraine’s share in the game’s sales amounted to 16%.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 features 120 Ukrainian songs: who made it to the soundtrack and how much it cost

News Games 11-26-2024 comment
The game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 has collected more than million downloads in the first two days and presented a large-scale selection of Ukrainian music to the world.

Mathematicians devised challenging problems to test the reasoning of Gemini, Claude, and GPT-4o — they failed almost all tests

News Science and space 11-20-2024 comment
The most advanced AI models have solved only 2% of complex mathematical problems developed by the world’s leading mathematicians.

The trailer for the film adaptation of «How to Train Your Dragon» — with Gerard Butler and Toothless has been leaked online

News Movie 11-19-2024 comment
The first trailer for the film adaptation of «How to Train Your Dragon» has been released online ahead of schedule. The premiere of the new film is scheduled for June 13, 2025.

First look at Tom Hardy in «Destruction» / Havoc by Netflix

News Movie 11-19-2024 comment
Netflix showed the first shot from the long-awaited action movie «Destruction» (Havoc) with Tom Hardy. The film will be released on the streaming platform in 2025 after four years of production and numerous reshoots.

Oppo releases Reno 12F collector's smartphone for Harry Potter fans — with wand and snitch

News Devices 11-18-2024 comment
The box also contains a pleasant surprise — a letter of acceptance to Hogwarts.

«Please die»: Google's Gemini chatbot suddenly wished the user death and called «a blot on the landscape»

News Technologies 11-14-2024 comment
Google Gemini unexpectedly showed aggression and wished the user to die.

Metacritic Names 20 Best Games of the 21st Century: Perfect Dark Takes First Place

News Games 11-11-2024 comment
The top ten games include Elden Ring, BioShock, and Red Dead Redemption.

Hogwarts Legacy 2 is already in development and is «consistent» with the Harry Potter series

News Games 11-06-2024 comment
Information about the development of the second part of Hogwarts Legacy and new game records appeared in the latest material Variety.

Elon Musk says he is among the world's top 20 Diablo 4 players (and even provides proof)

News Games 11-05-2024 comment
Musk was also once one of the best Quake players.

American researchers have developed a molecule that makes cancer cells kill themselves

News Science and space 11-05-2024 comment
Scientists from Stanford University (USA) have developed a molecule that makes cancer cells self-destruct through the mechanism of apoptosis.

Metal — music with «the highest intelligence», and Black Sabbath leads in vocabulary (study)

News Science and space 11-04-2024 comment
Finally, what metalheads have always known has been scientifically proven.

Full PlayStation 5 Pro specs leaked online — 16.7 teraflops and extra memory

News Devices 11-04-2024 comment
The full specifications of Sony’s PlayStation 5 Pro gaming console have been posted online. The next generation PS5 will feature an 8-core Zen 2 processor, a more powerful GPU, and other improvements.

Silo: characters who died in the books will survive in the second season — showrunner reveals changes

News Movie 10-30-2024 comment
The second season of the sci-fi series Silo from Apple TV+ will have significant differences from the book trilogy by Hugh Howey. The creators have changed the fates of several characters and rewritten key storylines.

IGN has chosen the 25 scariest video games of all time — Silent Hill 2 is on the first place

News Games 10-24-2024 comment
IGN portal published rating of the 25 best video games in the horror genre, where the cult Silent Hill 2 took the first place. The list also includes new titles, such as Alan Wake 2.

US teenager commits suicide after chatting with Daenerys Targaryen — chatbot from Character.AI

News Technologies 10-23-2024 comment
We are living in a time when artificial intelligence is becoming closer than our own.

The star of the series «The Boys» no longer wants to be naked: «My buttocks got too much screen time»

News Movie 10-21-2024 comment
Actor Jack Quaid, known for his role as Hugh Campbell in the TV series «The Boys», has expressed a desire to stop acting in nude scenes. He said this during a recording of the Happy Sad Confused podcast at New York Comic Con.

GTA 6 is in good hands: 80% of series veterans are still on board, — ex-Rockstar developer

News Games 10-21-2024 comment
Aubé Vermeij once again delights gamers with insights about GTA 6.

PC Gamer has named the 100 best PC games: Baldur's Gate 3 is on the first place

News Games 10-15-2024 comment
The top ten games also include the cult Half-Life 2, the farm simulator Stardew Valley, and the original 1993 Doom.

CD Project Red has problems with «diversity, equality and inclusion» and dismissal of experienced developers

News Games 10-10-2024 comment
CD Projekt Red has faced challenges due to the loss of experienced employees and diversity policy. This was reported by an Endymion, citing internal sources in the company.

The screenwriter of the new series «Harry Potter» has not finished the books and doubts the feasibility of an accurate adaptation

News Movie 10-10-2024 comment
Andy Greenwald, one of the most recent announced screenwriters of the upcoming TV series «Harry Potter» for HBO Max, expressed doubts about the feasibility of an accurate adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s books.

To see everything: Silent Hill 2 remake modders removed fog and added sunny weather

News Games 10-09-2024 comment
Silent Hill 2 remake hasn’t cooled down yet after release and the mods have already done some strange things to the game.

League of Legends players turned out to be the smartest among gamers, — research

News Games 10-07-2024 comment
A recent survey of more than 1,000 gamers found that League of Legends players have the highest level of intelligence among video game fans.

«It's a fucking dystopia»: Snow White actress» Rachel Zegler fears artificial intelligence will replace her in movies

News Movie 10-04-2024 comment
It seems that the fear of artificial intelligence has spread to everyone from programmers to actors.

The limited edition PS5 Pro in Japan is sold only to PSN account holders with 30+ hours of play

News Devices 10-01-2024 comment
Sony Japan has introduced special conditions for those wishing to purchase the PS5 Pro 30th Anniversary Edition.

Monster Hunter Wilds collector's edition for $1200 is sold with a bicycle

News Games 09-25-2024 comment
Japanese company Capcom has announced the release of Ultra Collector’s Edition for Monster Hunter Wilds. This exclusive version, available only in Japan, includes a Monster Hunter-style folding bike.

PS5 Pro: Sony announces upgrade for Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil and Stellar Blade

News Games 09-25-2024 comment
Sony has announced seven new games that will receive improvements for the PlayStation 5 Pro console.

OnlyFans instead of Netflix: an IT professional changed her job and now earns almost twice as much

News WTF 09-23-2024 comment
The 36-year-old OnlyFans star, who goes by the pseudonym Space Ghost, attracted the attention of X (Twitter) users with her post about a radical career change. The girl told how, after 15 years of working in the IT field, in particular at Netflix, she left the industry to work in the adult industry.

God of War Ragnarök on PC: players complain of numerous technical issues and poor performance

News Games 09-20-2024 comment
After the release of the PC version of God of War: Ragnarök, users have reported numerous technical issues, including low FPS, freezes, and sudden crashes.

Ubisoft accused of using bots to promote Assassin's Creed Shadows

News Games 09-16-2024 comment
Gamers have exposed suspicious activity in the comments under the new trailer for Assassin’s Creed Shadows, accusing Ubisoft of artificially inflating positive reviews. The video received approximately 18,000 likes and 80,000 dislikes from viewers.

OpenAI has released o1 — the first model with «reasoning abilities»

News Software 09-13-2024 comment
OpenAI Company introduced a new o1 model that can answer complex questions faster than a human thanks to advanced «reasoning» algorithms.

«Scary, but funny»: the movie «Alien: Romulus» in Japan presented in a very strange xenomorph costume

News Movie 09-06-2024 comment
The cosplayer said that she would like to stay in the character from the movie «Alien» forever.

«This is not what we've been waiting for for 10 years»: the first Minecraft trailer collected 230,000 dislikes in 7 hours — fans are outraged

News Movie 09-04-2024 comment
The first trailer for the Minecraft movie starring Jason Momoa has caused a wave of negative feedback among fans of the game.

Neuralink is lagging behind: the Swiss have created a tiny chip that converts thoughts into text with 91% accuracy

News Science and space 08-28-2024 comment
This chip is superior to its counterparts in terms of size and efficiency.

A house for the price of a smartphone: UN introduces 3D printing of clay homes in Colombia

News Games 08-27-2024 comment
3D printing technology inspired by mason wasps makes it possible to create affordable housing at a record low price.

GTA: Tokyo — an ambitious Rockstar project that never saw the light of day

News Games 08-27-2024 comment
Rockstar Games considered creating a sequel to GTA 3, which was supposed to take place in Tokyo, but ultimately decided to stick to familiar locations.

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