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Mobile games have "contributed significantly to this rise"
Read More »My.Games rises to become Europe’s third most successful mobile app publisher by revenue
Russian firm sues Twitch for £2.1bn following illegal streams of premier league football matches
"Our suit against Twitch is to defend our exclusive rights to broadcast English Premier League matches"
Read More »Cloud solutions company G-Core Labs opens new QA centre in Russia
"Even now, other Wargaming teams want to work with us"
Read More »Bethesda expands global publishing ops with Moscow office
Eighth worldwide HQ will oversee Russian/CIS marketing efforts
Read More »Wargaming to open new Moscow office for mobile development
Wargaming Moscow to be headed up by former Mail.Ru studio head Andrey Zimenko
Read More »Russian Mail.Ru group announces $100 million games development investment
The group, mostly known for communication and entertainment creates new division for gaming
Read More »Russia’s Mail.Ru launches $100m gaming division
One of Russia’s leading internet companies is making a bigger move into video games. Mail.Ru is the largest player in the Russian speaking internet world and already has a stake in the MMO and smartphone games scene in Eastern Europe, as well as in the global Russian games market. Now …
Read More »Apple found guilty of Russian iPhone price fixing
Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service has found Apple guilty of fixing the price of the iPhone 5 and iPhone 6 in the country. Russia first opened investigations into the issue last autumn, at which time Apple denied the accusations and insisted that retailers were solely responsible for setting the price of …
Read More »Overwatch comic containing a gay character is censored in Russia
Comic censored to avoid falling foul of infamous Russian "gay propaganda" laws
Read More »Blizzard withholds Overwatch comic from Russia due to gay propaganda law
A Christmas Overwatch comic released yesterday is not available in Russia because of the country’s gay propaganda laws. Blizzard has said before that the game contained gay characters, and the new short graphic novel confirmed that iconic gunner Tracer is among them. However, Russia’s dated gay propaganda laws – that …
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