My.Games leaves the Russian Federation: the local business will be transferred to Innova

IN My.Games They will conduct restructuring – part of the company that earns in Russia will be allocated to a separate independent organization Astrum Entertainment. Herself My.Games will leave the country and stop all operations in it.

The corporation will deal with the development of international business: in particular, it is going to strengthen the presence in Latin America, Indonesia and India. As noted in a press release, since 2020, more than 90 % of employees have already been working remotely. The company’s headquarters is in Amsterdam, it has offices in Cyprus, South Korea, Spain, China and Finland. The company began to open coworking in "Key regions of team placement»Turkey and Armenia. In 2023, they are going to open several more coworking in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

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As Kommersant specified, Astrum Entertainment forms a joint venture with Innova (publisher Lineage II, Blade & Soul and Ragnarok). The portfolio of the new organization will include Warface, Perfect World, "Allods online"And other games.

According to the publication, now Innova In fact, belongs to the fund Gem Capital former top manager of structures "Gazprom" Anatoly Pali. Ex-director for projects Innova Ivan Moroz He told reporters that a month ago the company left the entire management "Against the background of rumors about the upcoming change in the development vector". IN Innova And Gem Capital did not respond to a request about the comments.

The interlocutor of the publication from the industry believes that the creation of a joint venture is “An attempt to create a monopoly in distribution of games in the Russian market":

Being formally not related to VK, Which is now due to sanctions in the turbulence zone, a joint venture will be able to receive rights to the publishing house of foreign games. [A My.Games] It is important to distance the most from Russia in order to maintain the opportunity to sell their products abroad and, on the whole, do not lose the international market.

Back in April, along the same way of dividing Russian and international business, she went Wargaming. In the Russian Federation development "The world of tanks","WorldA ships" And "TankOv Blitz"Is engaged Lesta Games, which in November announced plans to invest 6–9 billion rubles in their games.