In the coming year, Russian game developers will be able to apply for grants to the state for the first time. The total amount of grants is 3 billion rubles. The contest was announced by the first deputy head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation Sergey Kiriyenko.

Epic Games has already invested $13 million in projects for Unreal Engine and 3D developers. In less than a year, 200 teams received financial support from Epics.

Leading game studios need to be supported by the ruble, says Konstantin Sinyushin, co-founder of The Untitled ventures. In July, he and the managing partners will launch the Caravan Fund investment fund.

Xsolla has introduced the Xsolla Funding Club investment platform. Its goal is to establish a connection between investors and talented indie developers.

The first game funded on the Fig crowdfunding platform — Kingdoms and Castles — brought profit to investors in the amount of their investments in the first two weeks of sales.

The developer of social games Roblox closed the investment round with a result of $ 92 million. With this money, the company will hire employees to support 48 million players of the monthly audience of the Roblox MMO sandbox.