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Upcoming EA title The Sims 4 has been given an 18+ age rating in Russia owing to the country’s laws regarding promoting homosexuality to minors. The news was confirmed by the Russian Sims Twitter account, which Arstechnica translates as saying: "18+ [rating] has been assigned in accordance with the law …
Read More »Tools Spotlight: NeoAxis 3D Engine
Out to prove that Unity and UDK aren’t the only development platforms around is the NeoAxis 3D Engine.Created by founder Ivan Efimov (pictured below), the tool is capable of handling moderately complex environments and can throw plenty of polygons as it does it. “What makes NeoAxis different from competing engines, …
Read More »Nival secures £3.6m for further expansion
Russian studio with credentials on Heroes of Might and Magic gets a funding boost
Read More »Mail.Ru Games offers new developer platform
Developers offered API and tools support to launch games on Russian portal
Read More »Gioteck launches products in Russia, Nordic and Italy
UK peripherals firm Gioteck has signed new distribution deals that will see its products become available in three key new markets. 1C-SoftClub, NGS and Absolute Joy will now handle Gioteck’s range in Russia, the Nordic region and Italy respectively. All three are among the leading distributors in their markets and …
Read More »Free-to-play FIFA World announced for Brazil and Russia
The FIFA brand is to be released in free-to-play form for the second time. Hot on the heels on IP such as Need for Speed and Battlefield, FIFA World has been confirmed and is on the way to the Brazilian and Russian markets. It’s based on the current code used …
Read More »IGN empire grows with Russia launch
Online giant IGN is launching a Russian version of its site this month as part of a deal with Eastern Europe publisher Gameland. IGN Russia will offer Russian-language coverage of games, movies and PC hardware, with a team headed by Gameland magazine editor-in-chief Konstantin Govorun. The new site means IGN’s …
Read More »Crytek shooter Warface garners 5m users in Russia
Free-to-play title set to be released in North America and Western Europe 'in the near future'
Read More »Crytek’s Warface hits 5m registered users
Free-to-play FPS Warface is seemingly doing the business for Crytek in Russia. The studio has announced that the game has now reached 5m registered players in the territory. The news comes in the same week as the shooter received the Best Online Game accolade in Russia’s Runet Awards. Reaching the …
Read More »Russian MMO developer receives $1.86m investment
Investor believes developer expand with its backing
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