Nintendo does not plan to finally leave Russia until at least the end of 2025. TASS, with reference to the annual report of <url>, reports that all this time it will maintain a minimal presence in the country.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko is dissatisfied with the way Russian characters are portrayed in Western video games. In his opinion, the developers are trying to form a negative image of Russia.

Gaming expert Simon Carless (Simon Carless) in the newsletter of the GameDiscoverCo portal told how the audience of PlayStation, Xbox and Steam was distributed across different countries. In all cases, Russia was at least in the top 15.

More and more IT companies are appearing in Russia. According to “TASS” with reference to the study of the “Business Environment”, in the first quarter of 2023, 13% more IT companies were registered in the country than a year ago. No other segment has achieved such growth.

Microsoft is not going to finally leave the Russian market. Microsoft Rus, a legal entity of a corporation in Russia, reported in its accounting report that at least at the end of March 2023, Microsoft did not consider the possibility of liquidating a business in the country.

On April 12, the “Association of Professionals of the Operating and Game Development Industry” (A PRIORI) was established in Russia. This is reported by Kommersant with reference to the data of the SPARK-Interfax database.

At the beginning of April, VK Play told about the games for which films gamers from Russia would like to play. Now, in a new study, she, along with the direction of “Games” in Skillbox, found out what gamers think about movie adaptations of games.

Another gaming company has decided to finally leave Russia. Nintendo, in a comment to the Eurogamer portal, announced that it was engaged in the liquidation of the Russian division.

After February 2022, Steam and other major foreign stores stopped accepting payments from Russia. XYZ School looked at how it affected Russian gamers.

Owners of Xbox consoles from Russia can no longer apply for warranty repairs directly to Microsoft. The Izvestia newspaper, with reference to the technical support of the corporation, reported that Microsoft had stopped warranty service in the country “due to the current situation.”

Group of companies “M.Video-Eldorado” told which console games were best sold in Russian retail in the first quarter of 2023.

95% of Russian gamers do not mind playing a game based on their favorite movie or TV series, according to the VK Play platform. She conducted a study and found out which game adaptations of film works the residents of Russia would most like to see.

At the end of March, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation sent a request to the leadership of 219 universities. It asked to transmit to the “Organization for the Development of the Video Game industry” (RVI) information about the research conducted by universities in the field of video games.

VK Play conducted a new study. This time she asked 1,840 Russians what games they played in 2022.

Gaming companies from Russia want to obtain licenses for the release of games in China, bypassing the queue, according to sources of Kommersant. They asked the government to negotiate with the Chinese regulator to grant them 50 special licenses each year.

The Vedomosti newspaper, citing a government representative, reports that there may be one more gaming association in Russia. She will be engaged, in particular, in the development of the export potential of the Russian games.

The Russian authorities want to stimulate the development of Russian simulators for controlling drones and other similar equipment. The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation believes that game studios can create such software.

The Russian government may help domestic developers with publishing games in China. Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Chernyshenko instructed gaming companies that are part of the Competence Center for the Development of System-wide and Applied Software for Gaming Services (hereinafter CCR) to prepare proposals for the necessary measures of state support for the export of games.

The sanctions have seriously affected the Russian gaming market. According to the results of last year, its volume decreased by 80%, the Russian Association of Electronic Communications (RAEC) estimated.