About how the team, previously engaged in hyper-casual games, took on the development of “Sparta 2035”, a turn-based tactical game in the style of XCOM for PC — the editorial board of App2Top spoke with Gleb Durnovo, one of the founders of the Lipsar studio.

The CEO of Radiance Star Studio, Andrey Zyazev, has prepared a table that outlines the requirements of the Internet Development Institute (IRI) for those wishing to receive a grant for game development in plain language.

The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, has instructed the government to allocate funds from the federal budget aimed at supporting Russian game developers. This initiative is undertaken “for the purpose of developing creative industries” in the country.

The studio Cyberia Nova received 100 million rubles from the Institute for Internet Development (IID) to expand the educational mode for “Smut” called “Time of Troubles.” This was reported by “Kommersant” referring to sources.

Game developers from Russia have yet to present a worthy alternative to international gaming companies, stated Alexey Goreslavsky, General Director of the Internet Development Institute (IRI), at the “MediaSib-2024” forum.

Andrey Voronkov, Deputy Director General of the Institute for Internet Development (IRI), said this in an interview with the newspaper Vzglyad. According to him, in total, Iran provided the developers of the mentioned games with more than 1.5 billion rubles.

The Internet Development Institute (IRI) regularly allocates money to Russian game developers. Last year alone, he invested a billion rubles in the studio. Baba Yaga Games, whose game the organization agreed to finance, explained how the work with Iran is arranged.

KB Production Studio, based in Moscow, received financial support from the Internet Development Institute (IRI). According to Kommersant, the organization provided developers with 100 million rubles for mobile games for children based on the animated series Soyuzmultfilm.

Organized this year by the Association of Professionals of the Operating and Game Development Industry (A PRIORI) together with the Institute for Internet Development (IRI) and the Foundation for the Development of Internet Initiatives (FRII) is discussing the possibility of creating an acceleration program for game dev. This was stated during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum by A PRIORI CEO Alexander Mikheev. Here is an edited version of his speech.

Alexey Goreslavsky, Director General of the Internet Development Institute (IRI), gave an interview to RBC, in which he touched on the topic of grants for video games. During the conversation, he mentioned that last year the organization spent almost a billion rubles on video games.

This is reported by Vedomosti with reference to Alexey Goreslavsky, Director General of the Internet Development Institute (IRI).

On December 29, the Russian Watt Studio announced the suspension of the creation of the game TRAINS: Through electric storms. The developers said that they could not agree with the Internet Development Institute (IRI) and receive money from the promised grant for 100 million rubles. Soon after, the IRI made an explanation of its position.

In October, the Internet Development Institute (IRI) allocated a grant of 100 million rubles to the Russian Watt Studio to create the game TRAINS: Through electric storms. In an interview with The House of the Dev portal, the developers admitted that cooperation with Iran did not go according to plan.

According to Kommersant, the Internet Development Institute (IRI) plans to support 177 projects in total. It is not disclosed when the remaining grants will be allocated.

Last Friday, the Institute for Internet Development (IRI) opened the reception of competitive applications for the creation of Russian content in the digital environment. Games are also accepted for the competition.