Games

Finnish-Ukrainian startup Madberry secures $1 million from SMRK and Viewster

Madberry, a startup offering advanced advertising solutions for game companies, has raised $1 million from Ukrainian investment fund SMRK and Swedish company Viewster, a global video-on-demand service. Madberry’s aims to “help mobile game advertisers in acquisition and retention of loyal and paying users on a performance basis.” Its approach combines in-game behaviour patterns knowledge with …

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Ukrainian web-based 3D holiday game gets recognition in international contests  

Earlier this month Eleks, a global software development company with head office in Lviv (Lvov), Ukraine, saw one of its recent digital projects, a multi-device WebGL virtual reality game, honored as People’s Champ at the 10th annual Pixel Awards. Based on the votes of a digital savvy audience, Back2Pack led the Experimental category. Developed as the company’s interactive greeting for the holiday …

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Madberry CEO Dmitry Sverdlik: “Like Israel, Ukraine may build a fantastic tech sector in spite of external threats”

Helsinki-based Madberry offers a global automated advertising system specially designed for the needs of game companies. The company does not outsource its research and development works; yet it has launched an R&D center in Kyiv (Kiev) in partnership with Ukrainain IT firm Innovecs. Dmitry Sverdlik, Madberry’s co-founder and CEO, explains the strategy behind this offshore center and speaks frankly about …

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US sanctions block Crimeans from World of Warcraft, Diablo III

Crimean gamers were locked out of playing popular online multiplayer games World of Warcraft and Diablo III last week, as the game publisher was forced to suspend the accounts in compliance with Western sanctions. Major US Internet and tech companies such as Apple, Google and PayPal have suspended services to Crimean users over the last year. The United States in December barred US-registered companies from investing in Crimea or providing …

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Innovecs acquires outsourcing division of Tatem Games

Last week Innovecs, a Kyiv (Kiev)-headquartered IT outsourcing company operating mainly in the USA, announced the acquisition of the outsourcing division of Tatem Games, a major game publisher and developer in Ukraine. “The global games market is rapidly growing every day,” says Innovecs co-founder and CEO Alex Lutskiy, who approached Tatem due to its “quite professional and experienced …

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Game studio Nravo has picked up $200,000 in funding from Ukrainian investment firm Digital Future

Nravo, a game studio based in Lviv (Lvov) in western Ukraine, has obtained $200,000 from investment company Digital Future, reports Ukrainian tech blog AIN.UA. The funding will be directed towards the development and marketing of new games that Nravo is creating. According to the terms of the deal, Digital Future will not receive equity in Nravo, but …

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“Battle for Donetsk:” Belgian game studio launches war game with anti-war message

Belgian game studio LuGus Studios has developed “Battle for Donetsk,” a mobile game that has no winners. The anti-war game was created to raise awareness about the current eastern Ukraine conflict and educate a larger audience on what exactly is happening in the region. The fighting in eastern Ukraine between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian forces continues despite …

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Game developer Gameloft opens office in Lviv for 50-100 new employees

International game developer Gameloft is opening a second office in Ukraine. The company has operated in Kharkiv (Kharkov) since 2007, but now announces plans to open a Lviv (Lvov) location. Evgeniy Birenbaum, HR manager at the company’s Kharkov office, said that the company intends to hire 50-100 new employees at the Lviv office, with the …

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Patriotic game created in Zaporozhye with proceeds to go to the army

GBKSOFT, a team of mobile app developers from Zaporizhia (Zaporozhye), has released a game for iOS devices called Defend Ukraine. The app, which is available i Ukrainian, Russian and English languages, can be purchased in AppStore for $0.99. All money from sales will be sent to Wings Phoenix, a volunteer organization that supports the Ukrainian …

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Game of Code: Checkio gamifies and crowdsources the task of programming

Who says coding has to be boring? Checkio, a Las Vegas company with Ukrainian origins funded by Zappos founder Tony Hsieh, has come up with a way to turn writing code and helping others write code into a game. The company’s latest addition to its web-based code-editing platform is a publish-and-share feature, where players can …

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