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All publications for 13.01.2025

Tax Realities 2025 for IT Companies and Their Owners — A Detailed Analysis by Prospectacy

About the new tax changes in Russia concerning IT companies, explained senior legal counsel at Prospectacy Viktor Ivanov.

Итоги 2024 January 13

“Indie development has turned from a creative endeavor into a business with million-dollar budgets,” says Elena Morina from Ravenage about the main highlights of 2024

We continue to wrap up the year 2024 with gaming teams (or those associated with the gaming industry) and experts. Next up is an interview with Elena Morina, the CEO and founder of the publishing company Ravenage.

News January 13

VG Insights: the gross revenue of MiSide surpassed the 25 million dollar mark in one month

The Russian anime horror MiSide has generated significant revenue for its creators. Based on data from the analytical service VG Insights, it reports earnings of over $25 million since its release on Steam on December 11, 2024.

News January 13

KRAFTON spent 680 million dollars on M&A over two years

The South Korean company KRAFTON is an active investor. Its CEO, Changhan Kim, shared in an interview with Bloomberg that over the past two years, the owner of PUBG has allocated approximately $680 million for the purchase and investment in gaming studios.

News January 13

The mobile game Where Winds Meet generated $1.4 million in China in just three days, with a projected annual revenue of $573 million

Recently in China, Where Winds Meet—a role-playing game from Everstone Studio and NetEase—was released for PC and smartphones. The game’s setting takes place during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. At least on mobile devices, the new release has shown excellent initial results.

Итоги 2024 January 13

“With our support, 16 game projects were released over the year,” said Andrey Voronkov from IRI about the results of 2024

Continuing to sum up the results of 2024 with gaming (or gaming industry-related) teams and experts. Next up is an interview with Andrey Voronkov, Deputy Director of the Internet Development Institute (IDI).

News January 13

Weekend Highlights (January 11-12)

The start of the first season led to a record number of online players for Marvel Rivals on Steam. Jason Schreier believes that game budgets are growing largely due to inefficient management. The Russian Duma chairperson stated that Russia does not plan to completely ban video games. We report on the main events in the gaming industry over the past weekend.