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IgroMir
IgroMir (, ''Gaming World'') was the first large-scale annual exhibition of computer and video games in Russia, organized in Moscow by the committee of the Russian Game Developers Conference from 2006 to 2019. The exhibition quickly grew to a four-day event (Thursday to Sunday), with the first day reserved for industry members, the press, and VIPs. It was held on the first weekend of November at VDNKh Exhibition Center for its first five years, then from 2011 moved to Crocus Expo and was held on the first weekend of October. From 2014 to 2018, Comic-Con Russia was held as part of IgroMir and attendance averaged 160,000 people, the capacity of the venue. The 2019 event had the highest attendance record to date at over 183,000 people. History 2006 The exhibition was first held from 4 to 5 November 2006, at the VDNKh Exhibition Center. According to the organizers, attendance exceeded 25,000 people. About 45 domestic and foreign companies were present, showing more than 100 games for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic-Con Russia
Comic-Con Russia is a speculative fiction entertainment annual exhibition and fan convention of computer and video games, TV series and List of films based on comics, comic movies in Russia, organized by the committee of Russian Game Developers Conference and Bubble Comics. First convention was held alongside the 2014 IgroMir. From the beginning the showcasing primarily comic books and science fiction/fantasy related film, television, and similar popular arts, the convention includes a larger range of pop culture and entertainment elements across virtually all genres, including horror, animation, anime, manga, toys, collectible card games, video games, webcomics, and fantasy novels in the country. The 2019 event was the last held. The event for 2020 was postponed to October 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the organiser "went silent" following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The parent event IgroMir was cancelled in 2022, leading to a lawsuit against the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Game Developers Conference
The Russian Game Developers' Conference (), or KRI (), was an annual event for industry professionals devoted to game development, publishing and distribution in Russia and surrounding territories. The show also featured the presentation of the annual KRI awards, a professional game awards. Attendance at ''KRI'' was relative compared with some of the better-known game developer conferences abroad. However, this was mainly attributed to the population densities in the enormous geographic range that the conference covered and the difficulties in transportation. Back then Russian distribution video game networks were often plagued by software pirates. Due to the spread of digital distribution and the adoption Russian anti-piracy legislation, ''KRI'' grew each year, having been able to provide accommodation for attendants from afar. ''KRI'' also helped to establish and entrench various anti-piracy measures. Starting with its inception in 2003, ''KRI'' quickly became Russia's leading ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video Game
A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, game controller, controller, computer keyboard, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual feedback from a display device, most commonly shown in a video format on a television set, computer monitor, flat-panel display or touchscreen on handheld devices, or a virtual reality headset. Most modern video games are audiovisual, with Sound, audio complement delivered through loudspeaker, speakers or headphones, and sometimes also with other types of sensory feedback (e.g., haptic technology that provides Touch, tactile sensations). Some video games also allow microphone and webcam inputs for voice chat in online gaming, in-game chatting and video game livestreaming, livestreaming. Video games are typically categorized according to their hardware platform, which traditionally includes arcade video games, console games, and PC game, comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jade Raymond
Jade Raymond (born 28 August 1975) is a Canadian video game producer, best known for helping create the ''Assassin's Creed'' and '' Watch Dogs'' franchises, as well as building Ubisoft Toronto and Motive Studio. In March 2021, Raymond announced the founding of a new independent development team called Haven Studios, which was later acquired by Sony Interactive Entertainment in July 2022, making them a first-party developer for PlayStation Studios. Early life and career Jade Raymond was born 28 August 1975 in Montreal. She graduated from St. George's School of Montreal in 1992 and Marianopolis College in 1994. She received a Bachelor of Science degree from McGill University in 1998, where she majored in computer science. Raymond's first post-university job was as a programmer for Sony, where she eventually helped in the creation of Sony Online's first Research and Development group. This led to Electronic Arts where she worked as a producer on '' The Sims Online''. From 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Underwood (rapper)
Underwood may refer to: People *Underwood (surname), people with the surname Places Australia * Underwood, Queensland, a suburb of Logan City, Australia * Underwood, Tasmania, a locality United Kingdom * Underwood, Devon, a location * Underwood, Newport, village in Wales * Underwood, Nottinghamshire, village in England * Underwood, Pembrokeshire, a location * Weston Underwood, Buckinghamshire, village in England * Weston Underwood, Derbyshire, village in England * Wotton Underwood, village in England Canada * Underwood, Markham, Ontario, an unincorporated community now within the city of Markham * Underwood, Bruce County, Ontario, a village United States * Underwood, Shelby County, Alabama, a place in Alabama * Underwood-Petersville, Alabama, a census-designated place * Underwood, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Underwood, Iowa, a city * Underwood, Minnesota, a city * Underwood Township, Redwood County, Minnesota, a township * Underwood, New York, a hamlet within the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noize MC
Ivan Aleksandrovich Alekseyev (; born 9 March 1985), known professionally as Noize MC, is a Russian rapper, singer, and actor. Biography Childhood, early work (1985–2002) Alekseyev was born on 9 March 1985 in Yartsevo, Smolensk Oblast, Yartsevo, Smolensk Oblast. His father is a musician and his mother is a chemist. His parents divorced in 1994. When he was about eight or nine years old, Alekseyev first began to write poetry, and at the age of ten became interested in music. In the winter of 1995–96 he enrolled in music school, studying classical guitar. In 1997 he moved with his mother to the city of Belgorod, where he twice won the regional competition for classical guitar: 1st place in 1998 and 2nd in 2000. When Alekseyev was 13 he formed his own rock band. His idols were Nirvana (band), Nirvana and The Prodigy. In 2001 Alekseyev graduated music school and in 2002 he graduated high school with a "gold medal". That summer, the musician went to the Russian State University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaijin Entertainment
Gaijin Entertainment is a Hungarian video game developer headquartered in Budapest. The company is mostly known for '' War Thunder, Crossout'', '' Star Conflict'', '' CRSED: Cuisine Royale'' (formerly known as ''Cuisine Royale'' and ''CRSED: F.O.A.D.'') and '' Enlisted.'' History ''Gaijin Entertainment'' was founded in Russia in 2002 by Anton and Kirill Yudintsev, whose first big project was the PC racing game ''Adrenaline''. After the successful launch of ''War Thunder'' in 2012'','' an office in Germany was established, to manage global operations and marketing. The company moved their distribution business from Moscow to Budapest around 2015, and their development headquarters followed shortly after. According to Hungarian tax records, Gaijin had 42 employees in Hungary by January 2022 and 56 employees by January 2023. Presently, all ''Gaijin'' online games are operated from Germany, Cyprus and Hungary, while the development is scattered across Europe. The company now h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wargaming (company)
Wargaming Group Limited is a global video game company headquartered in Nicosia, Cyprus. As of 2022, the company operates more than 15 offices and development studios worldwide. Originally focused on turn-based strategy and real-time strategy games, Wargaming transitioned in 2009 to developing free-to-play Action game, online action games. The company is best known for its military-themed team-based shooter, team-based titles, including ''World of Tanks'', ''World of Tanks Blitz'', ''World of Tanks: Modern Armor, World of Tanks Modern Armor'', ''World of Warplanes'', ''World of Warships'', ''World of Warships: Legends'', and ''World of Warships Blitz''. History Wargaming was founded by Victor Kislyi in Minsk on 2 August 1998, intending the company to be a Video game developer, developer of strategy video games. The company's first project was ''DBA Online''—the digital version of a miniature tabletop rule set ''De Bellis Antiquitatis''—launched in 2000. Wargaming starte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mail
The mail or post is a system for physically transporting postcards, letter (message), letters, and parcel (package), parcels. A postal service can be private or public, though many governments place restrictions on private systems. Since the mid-19th century, national postal systems have generally been established as a government monopoly, with a fee on the article prepaid. Proof of payment is usually in the form of an adhesive postage stamp, but a postage meter is also used for bulk mailing. Postal authorities often have functions aside from transporting letters. In some countries, a Postal Telegraph and Telephone, postal, telegraph and telephone (PTT) service oversees the postal system, in addition to telephone and telegraph systems. Some countries' postal systems allow for savings accounts and handle applications for passports. The Universal Postal Union (UPU), established in 1874, includes 192 member countries and sets the rules for international mail exchanges as a List of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anatoly Wasserman
Anatoly Aleksandrovich Wasserman (, ; born 9 December 1952) is a politician, journalist and political commentator, political pundit who has won numerous television intellectual quiz shows. Since September 2021 he is a member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation (8th State Duma, the 8th convocation). Biography Wasserman studied thermal physics at the Odessa National Academy of Food Technologies, Institute of refrigeration and cryotechnologies in Odessa, specializing also in computer programming. In 1974—1991 he was employed as a programmer at different R&D centers in Odessa dealing with low-temperature food technologies. Wasserman has worked as a journalist since 23 November 1991 to the present (from 1996 to 1999, for computer magazines in particular). In 1994, he ran for office as a Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and took second place in his constituency. After the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in 2014 and the start of the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Kucan
Joseph David Kucan is an American video game developer, director, actor, screenwriter, and casting director for various gaming companies and films. He is a resident of Las Vegas, Nevada. He is well known for his role as Kane from the ''Command & Conquer'' series. Career Kucan started working with Westwood Studios in 1992. He was originally hired to direct the voice talent, but as CD-ROMs became more popular, he began to experiment with recording full motion video. In the ''Command & Conquer'' saga, Kucan portrays the series' most iconic character, Kane, the messianic/prophetic leader of a pseudo-religious mass movement with transhumanist ambitions called The Brotherhood of Nod. He is also featured in '' Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars'' and the subsequent expansion pack '' Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath'' for both PC and Xbox 360, where he reprises his role as Kane. This was the first entry in the series he did not direct. In 2008, Kucan was inducted into the Guinness ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Activision
Activision Publishing, Inc. is an American video game publisher based in Santa Monica, California. It serves as the publishing business for its parent company, Activision Blizzard, and consists of several subsidiary studios. Activision is one of the largest third-party video game publishers in the world and was the top United States publisher in 2016. The company was founded as Activision, Inc. on October 1, 1979, in Sunnyvale, California, by former Atari, Inc., Atari game developers upset at their treatment by Atari in order to develop their own games for the popular Atari 2600 home video game console. Activision was the first independent, third-party, console video game developer. The video game crash of 1983, in part created by too many new companies trying to follow in Activision's footsteps without the experience of Activision's founders, hurt Activision's position in console games and forced the company to diversify into games for home computers, including the acquisition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
