Moscow City Hall has announced the launch of its own version of online game “Pokemon Go.” Russians will be asked to find and “catch” historical figures in the streets of the capital via an app called “Know Moscow.Photo.” The game, which is due to be released in August, will use the augmented reality technology of …
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‘Pokemon Go,’ the latest online game by Nintendo, went viral in a matter of days after it was released in the United States, Australia and New Zealand on July 6. With its interface placing cartoon creatures on actual landscapes captured by a smartphone camera, “Pokemon Go” is said to have created a new reality — …
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Russia’s online and mobile games market amonted to 51.9 billion rubles in 2015, or $830 million at the average exchange rate, up 2% from the previous year. The estimate comes from Mail.ru Group, a major, LSE-listed Russian Internet group with leading positions in this industry. An earlier forecast from western market research agency Newzoo put the Russian market at some $1.3 …
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Next month Russian startup Fibrum, a developer of virtual reality headsets and applications, will launch a VR platform to bring together gamers, as well as game and VR headset developers from different countries. The platform will be made available in English and Russian. Users will be able to download applications for their VR headsets directly from the Fibrum Platform. They …
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The Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation officially recognized competitive video gaming (known as “eSports,” or “computer sports” in Russian) as a sport. The decision, published on June 3, will take effect on July 18, 2016. eSports will now benefit from support from the federal government while cyber-athletes will be able to receive such …
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Russian mobile gaming is continuing to drive the growth of the online gaming industry in Russia. According to eMarketer, Russia ranks 12th in the world for video game revenue at $1.3 billion in 2015, following Spain, Italy, and Brazil that are all driving in around $1.5 billion respectively. A typical Russian online gamer spends $40.95 per …
Russia’s Federal Anti-Monopoly Service has begun reviewing an allusion to World War II in an advertisement for the computer game “Armored Warfare: Project Armata,” which the Russian company Mail.Ru Group launched into open beta testing last October. Mail.Ru Group says the complaint submitted to Russian regulators is a scheme by its competitors—an unsubtle jab at the …
Last month GS Group, an internationally-oriented Russian tech company whose key activities include developing technologies for digital TV, presented the GS Gamekit, the first Russian game console with HD set-top box functions. The new device is now available from the authorized dealers of General Satellite equipment and Tricolor TV providers. The recommended retail price of the console is 14,990 …
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Yesterday USM, an investment company controlled by Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov, announced an investment of “$100 million or more” in Virtus.pro. Launched in 2003, this popular eSports resource organizes multiplayer video game competitions, particularly between professional players. “eSports are a unique proposition, uniting the sports, media and the internet industries,” stated Ivan Streshinsky, a member …
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Online gaming continues to grow in Russia due to more mobile use and the affordability of the hobby. According to Yandex.Worstsat, “Online games” receives over 4 million impressions per month. Searches patterns for online gaming on Yandex indicate noteworthy seasonality trends for the industry. Online gaming peaks during winter when more users are inside …
Commissioned by the news aggregator Rus2Web, the Web studio Lamarck has released an online game where players must try to save banned Western food imports from being destroyed. “Feed Russia!” is a clone of another computer game called “Just You Wait!” where a wolf tries to catch falling eggs. In “Feed Russia!” however, the wolf is …
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An international mobile and social game development and marketing conference, The White Nights Conference will open its doors for the seventh time on 26-27 June in St. Petersburg. The event will gather industry leaders from all over the world. Wooga, Twitter, Unity, Game Insight, Epic Games, Unreal Engine and more companies will be attending the event. 1,200 attendees …
