russia Archives

Posted inin Business

VRTech raises $5 million to fund virtual reality startups in Russia and Asian countries

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 22, 2016
1 min

Two figures of the Russian digital industry — Georgiy Tushinsky, founder of Digital October and of several controversial music content projects, and Igor Luts,...

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Crimean gamers blocked from World of Warcraft, Steam due to U.S. sanctions

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
April 8, 2015
2 min

Russia's actions have resulted in Blizzard ending its service in Crimea.

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2 min

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Arkadium’s husband-wife cofounders swap the CEO job (exclusive)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 17, 2015
4 min

After 14 years and a bout of geopolitics, Jessica Rovello takes the CEO job, and her husband Kenny Rosenblatt becomes president.

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Steam region-locks PC games to block cheap purchases as Russian ruble crashes

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 17, 2014
1 min

It appears Valve has taken steps to prevent people from buying cheap versions of video games in Russia as the value of that nation's currency tumbles.

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Posted inin Technology

From Russia without love: VB gets DDoS'd

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 4, 2014
2 min

Perhaps we have a warm-water port we're not aware of?

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2 min

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Inside the alternate gaming universe of Soviet Russia-era arcade machines (gallery)

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 14, 2013
5 min

The Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines showed me a side of gaming I had never seen before.

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Mario & Sonic head to Russia for the Winter Olympics

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 17, 2013
1 min

The pair of rivals will skate, ski, and more in competitions for gold medals.

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Posted inin Gaming Culture

Emerging markets will spend billions on games this year

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 13, 2011
2 min

Gamers are expected to spend billions of dollars in emerging markets this year such as Brazil, Mexico and Russia, according to market researcher Newzoo, based in...

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Social gaming firm CrowdStar moves into Russian market

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 5, 2011
1 min

CrowdStar is living up to its strategic expansion plan as it announces today that it will launch its hit game It Girl on three...

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