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Nintendo starts selling digital games in Russia through Yandex

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Nintendo has started selling games as digital downloads through Yandex.Money, the largest electronic payment service in Russia.

Nintendo opened its eShop for Russian gamers two years ago. Now it is taking a further step in addressing that market by selling digital distribution codes for its games through Yandex.Money in Russia and other Eastern European countries. Gamers in those countries can use the service to buy games for the Nintendo 3DS handheld and Wii U home console.

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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.