We continue the mini-series of interviews within the framework of the WN Dev Contest. In them, the jury of the competition shares tips on working in the game market. This time we talked with Mikhail Isidorov, Head of Products at Wargaming Nexus.

Wargaming still fails to advance in litigation with indie studio Press Fire Games (formerly known as BlitzTeam). Now the lawsuit against the former employees of the corporation was rejected by the District Court of California.

The Wargaming case against Blitz Team continues to evolve. The Belarusian court sided with the former employees of the company, who were accused of violating intellectual property and unfair competition, and denied the claim for $ 1.69 million.What happened?

At the beginning of this year Vyacheslav Makarov left Wargaming to get involved in politics. However, he has now announced his resignation from the Direct Democracy Party, of which he was one of the founders.Makarov’s departure became known yesterday on the official website of the Direct Democracy Party.

Wargaming is expanding. The company announced the launch of a new office, which will be located in the capital of Lithuania — Vilnius. The division will open early next year.

In the first half of 2020, Russians spent $ 1.14 billion on games, Wargaming experts estimate. Mobile titles got the most money — they collected 43.5% of the total earnings of the Russian gaming market.

Developer and publisher Wargaming has closed the R&D division. Information about this in the letter App2Top.ru the company’s press service confirmed.

Support for Pagan Online as a multiplayer game turned out to be unprofitable. The publisher of Wargaming decided to leave only the singleplayer in the project and sell it only on Steam.

On May 23, a free Unreal Meetup #2 developer meeting will be held on the WN Hub platform. There will be lectures on animation, narrative design, content management and prototyping.

This year Wargaming will celebrate 10 years of World of Tanks. The company reported that 160 million players had registered in the game during the operation.

The Federal Tax Service of the Russian Federation registered the “Party of Direct Democracy” on April 1. Recall that this party is headed by Vyacheslav Makarov, ex-product director of World of Tanks.

Conflict between Wargaming and the studio Blitz Team founded by its former employees is heating up. Wargaming claims that it paid the future founders of the Blitz Team, when they were still employees of the “tank” company, more than $ 10 million. Moreover, it is alleged that a non-competition agreement was concluded. The director of the Blitz Team denies both the first and the second.

The judicial history between Wargaming and the Blitz Team, founded by former employees of the corporation, continues. Today, the “tank” company announced a new lawsuit against the indie team. This time it is filed in the Federal District Court of Los Angeles. This is the third Wargaming lawsuit against Blitz Team.

Continuation of the story with the Wargaming lawsuit against its former employees. Legal proceedings have begun in Cyprus. The defendant, an indie developer of the Blitz Team, may be banned from using his own name. From the lawsuit, Apple removed his game in European stores. 

An exclusive bundle will appear in World of Warships for nine weeks. All proceeds from its sales will be used to provide psychological assistance to veterans and US military personnel.

Wargaming is ready to deploy its tactical shooter Caliber in Europe. In the CIS countries, the game has already gained more than a million users.

Last Friday, World of Tanks product director Vyacheslav Makarov said he was going into politics and creating a “Party of Direct Democracy.” The continuation of the story did not take long to wait. Today Makarov announced that he is leaving Wargaming.

World of Tanks Product Director Vyacheslav Makarov goes into Russian politics. He plans to create a party and participate in the elections to the State Duma.

We continue to summarize the results of 2019 together with the managers of gaming companies and market experts. Next up is an interview with Justin Farren, an executive producer at the Wargaming mobile studio in Minsk.