Lesta Games (russian: Леста, ООО, translit=Lesta, OOO; also known as Lesta Studio) is a Russian

video game development Video game development (or gamedev) is the process of developing a video game. The effort is undertaken by a developer, ranging from a single person to an international team dispersed across the globe. Development of traditional commercial PC ...

and film production company with studios in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

and

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of 2 ...

. From 2011 to 2022, the company was owned by

Wargaming A wargame is a strategy game in which two or more players command opposing armed forces in a realistic simulation of an armed conflict. Wargaming may be played for recreation, to train military officers in the art of strategic thinking, or to s ...

History

Lesta Studio was founded on 22 December 1991. In January 1998, the studio was one of three large

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companies of

, alongside Positive and Creat. In 2011, the company became part of Belarusian video game company

. On its 21st anniversary in 2012, Lesta Studio had 150 employees. On April 4, 2022, Wargaming announced that they would be pulling all operations out of Russia and Belarus, and transferring all its live games services in those regions to Lesta Studio, which was announced to no longer be affiliated with the company. On October 12. 2022. they released 3 new games that are based on Wargaming games. The games are licensed, but their development is different. The games are ''Mir Tankov'', ''Mir Korablej'',''Tanks Blitz'', and works with another company called EAST GAMES LLC who publishes the ''Tanks blitz'' game.

Games developed

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