Ukraine’s Room 8 launches Cyto to break into Western mobile-game markets

Cyto

The great thing about app stores is that they’re democratizing game development, giving rise to studios all over the world that can publish their titles directly to consumers. The latest example we’re highlighting today is Kiev, Ukraine-based Room 8, which recently released Cyto on the Apple iTunes App Store. The game is one of many physics-based experiences with a zany premise, and it’s just the kind of title that has a chance of taking off on a worldwide stage.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.