How Alex Chachava extracted Warface maker My.Games from Russia and what’s next
Alex Chachava pulled off a difficult extraction last fall when he acquired much of My.Games and moved the company’s operations out of Russia because...
Family-run Arkadium embarks on a new leadership transition
Arkadium has been a family-run company for more than two decades. It still is, but now it is embarking on a new leadership transition....
In Death from Above, players will pilot drones and drop grenades on Russian tanks and soldiers
Germany’s Lesser Evil and Finnish developer Rockodile Games have launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for a game about Ukraine’s war against Russia. Death From...
Warface publisher My.Games revenue grows 30% to $562 million in 2020
Russian publisher My.Games said its revenue grew 30% to $562 million in 2020, as global gaming revenue stayed strong in the pandemic. My.Games, a...
Tilting Point opens a mobile game studio in Russia
Tilting Point has opened a new studio in St. Petersburg, Russia, as part of its effort to establish a multidisciplinary team to work on...
Russia’s esports market is heating up
2018 so far has saw some major moves in the Russian esports realm, which has emerged as a sizable European market with established players...
These were the 10 biggest European tech stories this week
This week, Tech.eu tracked 10 technology M&A transactions and 52 tech funding deals totaling €298 million (about $316 million) in Europe, Turkey and Israel....
Mail.ru Group acquires Warface publishing rights for North America and Europe
Starting next month My.com, the international branch of Mail.Ru Group, will take over publishing and operations in North America and Europe for Warface, an online multiplayer video game...
Playrix has become Europe’s quiet giant in mobile gaming
In the $36 billion mobile gaming market, Russian developers and publishers are on the rise. And one of the fastest-growing companies is Playrix, which...
From Russia with cash: Mail.ru bags War Robots studio Pixonic for $30 million
If the Cold War had gone differently, Russia would probably already have a reserve of walking tanks. Instead, our somewhat more peaceful reality will...