Ice-Pick Lodge is a Russian video game developer based in

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 ...

, founded in 2002 by Nikolay Dybowski. The studio became known in Russia after releasing its first project ''

Pathologic ''Pathologic'' ( rus, Мор. Утопия, Mor. Utopiya, ˈmor ʊˈtopʲɪjə, , More. Utopia – a pun on Thomas More's ''Utopia'' and the Russian word for "plague") is a 2005 role-playing and survival game developed by Russian studio Ice-Pic ...

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In 2005, ''Pathologic'' won several awards in Russia. These being: “Game of the Year” by the Best Computer Games magazine, “Best Russian Game of the Year” by Gameslife And “Best Debut of the Year” by Playground. It was also listed in Ixbt as being one of their top 5 games of the year, and in

Igromania ''Igromania'' (russian: Игромания, Russian for "Game Mania") is a Russian video game website and formerly a magazine. The magazine was published in Moscow and distributed in Russia and the CIS countries. It was founded in September 199 ...

as one of their top 3, alongside ''Half-Life 2'' and ''GTA:San Andreas''. Both ''Pathologic'' and ''The Void'' won the "Most Non-Standard Game" award at the

Russian Game Developers Conference The Russian Game Developers' Conference (russian: Конференция Разработчиков Игр), or KRI (russian: КРИ, KRI), was an annual event for industry professionals devoted to game development, publishing and distribution in ...

in 2005 and 2007, respectively. ''Pathologic 2'' won the “Excellence in Game Design”, “Excellence in Game Narrative” and “Best Desktop Game” awards at DEVgamm 2019. It was also the conference’s Grand Prize winner.

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