Mobile games in Russia
Magesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim arrives at mobile phones
Written by Russia-Mobile.com Saturday, 12 February 2011 15:23
Magesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim, one of the most exciting and outstanding RTS videogames with indirect control, has made its’ way to mobile phones with the help of Russian mobile game developer and publisher HeroCraft.
Majesty, the popular PC strategy game from developers Paradox Interactive, has been painstakingly adapted to mobile devices and now offers Android and Nokia Ovi users an engaging and in depth strategy gaming experience on this platform. With its legendary indirect control system, Majesty has gained a cult following on PC and sensing its suitability to the modern high powered mobile devices, HeroCraft has been able to bring it to a wider audience.
“We’re all huge fans of Majesty at HeroCraft HQ and it’s been a pleasure to work on bringing this game to Android and Nokia Ovi devices” remarked Pavel Prokonich, CEO of HeroCraft, “we were confident it would be a popular choice among these users and early indications are that the public love the game”.
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Top 10 mobile games in Russia for 2010
Written by Russia-Mobile.com Friday, 28 January 2011 18:33
Russian mobile content specialist IMMO (Inform Mobil) unveils TOP 10 mobile Java games for 2010 in Russia. The rating is based on the number of games sold by IMMO throughout the year starting from 1st of January 2010 and ending 31st of December 2010.
Only four out of ten games is published by Russian mobile game developers that is HeroCraft, Net Lizard and INT Corporation. HeroCraft occupies 2 out of 10 positions in the chart with Farm Frenzy and Wheel of Fortune. EA Mobile has 4 games in the chart (Dakar 2010, Zuma’s Revenge, Need for Speed Shift and EA Sports FIFA 2010), while Glu Mobile and Disney earned one position each (Who wants to be a millionare? 2010 and Split Second Velocity respectively).
IMMO operates in Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Ukraine, Turkmenistan, Kirgizstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Georgia. The company partners more than 60 cellular network operators and serves mobile content to more than 120 mln mobile users.
Mobile game Robo 3: Gears of Love
Written by Russia-Mobile.com Monday, 10 January 2011 18:51
Russian mobile game developer and publisher HeroCraft announces its’ new puzzle game Robo 3: Gears of Love for J2ME and Android mobile devices.
A robot’s reproduction is a very interesting but rather laborious process. You have to wrestle the problem of creation of a new cybernetic organism; it takes longer than the human average of two minutes! So our good friends Robo and Eny have decided to make a baby. Unfortunately they haven’t the suitable components handy: microchips cost a lot in shops and modern processors are lacking even on the black market. But Robo would do anything for a happy future for his cyber-child. That’s why he has to penetrate a frozen military laboratory. It is not easy to get there because its factories are located on a gigantic proving ground. This vast territory is full of abandoned machinery, deadly lasers and reflectors and dotted with portals and tunnels. There are few brave ones who’d dare even enter this zone, let alone pass through it from to the end.
Every level of the game is a maze full of different obstacles, traps and dangerous equipment. Upon passing 30 levels you can use the level editor and try to create your own levels or download the creations of other players.
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i-Free will provide China Mobile with mobile games
Written by Russia-Mobile.com Tuesday, 21 December 2010 21:44
One of the largest Russian mobile content and service providers i-Free has won a tender to supply mobile games to Chinese largest mobile operator, that is China Mobile. i-Free was awarded with the title “Best Content Provider of China Mobile.”
i-Free, which first came to China in 2006, is now the only Russian content provider in that market. So far, i-Free has supplied mobile content to Chinese cellular companies China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom via local service providers. After winning the China Mobile tender, i-Free will now supply mobile games directly to that operator.
The bidders in the China Mobile tender included some of the major content and service providers active in China, as well as local and international mobile game publishers. The main selection criteria in the competition were quality and commercial potential.
Mobile games have always featured very large in i-Free’s product portfolio. While developing its own mobile games, the company also outsources games from top Russian and international developers.
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HeroCraft boasts more than 12 mln downloads in Nokia Ovi Store
Written by Russia-Mobile.com Wednesday, 01 December 2010 21:55
Russian mobile game developer HeroCraft today announced that its’ titles scored 12 345 678 downloads in Nokia Ovi Store.
“Clearly the gaming public share our fun attitude to life” , noted Alexey Sazonov, Sales Director at HeroCraft, “this is reflected in the huge numbers of downloads of our titles we’ve seen across all platforms, particularly Nokia’s Ovi Store. Our ethos at HeroCraft is one of fun and enjoyment, we enjoy making the games and it’s thrilling to know the consumer enjoys playing them”
“When we surged past 12 million downloads there was only one number we were looking out for and now we’ve hit it. With this great achievement under our belts and the continued growth and success of Nokia’s Ovi Store, who knows, maybe one day we’ll hit 123,456,789 downloads?!”
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HeroCraft’s Farm Frenzy goes for BlackBerry Apps Developer Challenge
Written by Russia-Mobile.com Monday, 01 November 2010 16:10
Russian mobile game developer HeroCraft announced that mobile game “Farm Frenzy” (developed by HeroCraft and licensed by Alawar Entertainment) was chosen as a Regional Selection in the 2010 BlackBerry Partners Fund Super Apps Developer Challenge.
Although this is a preliminary stage of the global Apps Developer Challenge, this selection still highlights Farm Frenzy amongst the countless applications in Blackberry App World, so it once again proves the high quality of this game.
“It’s a pleasure to work with Blackberry App World”, says Alexander Dovbnya, Head of Internet Sales at HeroCraft, “and it’s especially delightful that Alawar’s Farm Frenzy was acknowledged as a real contender for the title of best application”.
HeroCraft is challenged by Android
Written by Russia-Mobile.com Saturday, 07 August 2010 14:31
Alawar’s Farm Frenzy, created and published by Russian mobile game developer HeroCraft has been selected for Droid Gamers Android Gaming Challenge. The first in what is hoped to be many similar events worldwide.
As well as providing a free version of Farm Frenzy specifically for the contest, HeroCraft is also sponsoring the event and providing free games as prizes for various levels of winner. The full results will be announced by the end of August.
“We’re delighted that Farm Frenzy has been chosen for the Android Gaming Challenge”, commented Andrey Horozov, PR Manager of HeroCraft, “It is a pleasure for us to reward the winners with free copies of our games. We expect this contest to draw the attention of a great many Android gamers and we hope to maintain a relationship with the Android Gaming Challenge in future”.
Iricom is the winner of Global Mobile Awards 2010
Written by Russia-Mobile.com Friday, 19 February 2010 07:55
Unique multiplayer online role-playing game for mobile phones from Iricom – The Last City became the winner of Global Mobile Awards 2010 in the category – Best Mobile Game 2010. Having received this prestigious award, the company Iricom became the first in the history of Russia’s developer to be awarded this honor.
Jury of Global Mobile Awards 2010, consisting of 110 distinguished experts in the mobile industry from all the world, which was unanimously chosen as the winner of The Last City from the company Iricom, describing it as – “A perfect example of games for mobile phones. Excellent graphics and superb attention to detail in design, which also provides a wide range of opportunities in the game and is available on all platforms.”
The Last City is a multiplayer online role playing game. The action takes place in a post-apocalyptical world.
The game has exiting plot. 6 clans, 2000 locations, 100 types of monsters, various algorithms battle, series of non-linear quests, multi-tiered economy.
The City is governed by unique six major Families to which the player can join: Tantalia, Ljao-Khan, Mambato, Miroshniki, Brittons and Police.
The game has unique art. Each unique characters, locations and artifacts created by a team of professional artists.
The Last City connecting last people: Chat, IM, Profile, Dating, Forum, Group.
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