Online portal and search engine Rambler announced last week its first investment since its merger with media company Afisha. Rambler acquired Kanobu Network, the leading Russian network gaming site, for $3.5 million, an unnamed source told the Russian business daily Vedomosti.
International browser game leader Bigpoint and LSE listed Mail.Ru Group have announced that they will soon begin offering some of each other’s games on their respective portals. Mail.ru users will be able to find renowned Bigpoint games as Farmerama, DarkOrbit, Seafight or Battlestar Galactica Online and Bigpoint users will be able to access Russian award …
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Starting from last week, the users of select online gaming services provided by Mail.ru Group, a leading Russian Internet player, are no longer able to replenish their accounts through the Yandex.Dengi payment system owned by Mail.ru Group’s local archrival Yandex. The group has reduced the number of services for which it will accept payment through …
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Ambitious Russian social games developer Pixonic has just closed its third round of financing, raising $5 million from Russia’s Kite Ventures, Ukraine’s Take Advantage Venture and France’s Ventech. Founded in late 2009, Pixonic has already launched over 30 games on 13 different social networks.
