Interview

“Up until the age of 30, I never looked at game development as a business,” Dmitry Morozov from Rightsoft Labs on his journey in the industry

We’re launching a new interview format — extensive personal stories. We begin with a conversation with Dmitry Morozov, who has been in the industry for over 25 years. He co-founded Panzar and worked on games like “Vangers,” “Perimeter,” “Dungeon Cleaners,” and “Fight Club.” Currently, he is the co-founder and creative director of the Cyprus-based studio Rightsoft Labs, which recently released the mobile battler Mech vs. Aliens. We talked to Dmitry about how funding for development…
Industry

The authors of The Muller-Powell Principle accused the publisher of stealing the rights to the game

The head of Three Dots Games, Artem Perevoz, wrote an extensive (80-page) open letter detailing the unfair practices of the publisher Take Aim Games. According to him, the company failed to fulfill its obligations, withheld developer payments for months, and ultimately claimed the rights to the puzzle game The Muller-Powell Principle. The other party disputes the allegations — here’s a look at the situation from both perspectives.
News

Igor Matsanyuk accused the judges and the trustee in the bankruptcy case of “Game Insight” of illegal activities

In 2022, the Russian subsidiary of Game Insight found itself at the center of a scandal: it decided to close, leaving several hundred employees without pay. This led to a legal proceeding seeking the company’s bankruptcy declaration. Three years later, the chairman of the board of directors of Game Insight, Igor Matsanyuk, claimed that the insolvency practitioner handling the case attempted to illegally enrich himself — “with the active participation or connivance” of the judges.