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RIFT
RIFT Live Producer Hal Hanlin and Systems Producer Adam Gershowitz were flagged down by fansite Magelo to tackle a grab bag of various questions about the game, including the process of injecting this title into the hearts of the Russian populace. According to Hanlin, the Russian release of RIFT was "very smooth," and he credits Trion Worlds' partner in the region, GFI, with assisting in that.

Even as itemization improvements continue to roll into RIFT, the devs state that they're constantly monitoring damage output. For the next patch, Warriors will see a buff to their DPS as attack power will be tweaked to boost the pain.

Hanlin promises that "soloable content is very important to us" and pointed at the success of Instant Adventures and the Chronicles of Telara as proof that Trion has responded to the desire for such content in the game.

The devs touch on small details from the recent patch and their vision for expert dungeons as well.

MassivelyRIFT devs on Russian revolution, improved itemization, and solo success originally appeared on Massively on Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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RIFT
Earlier this year we heard that RIFT would be bridging US-Soviet relations in a way unseen since Rocky Balboa stood toe-to-toe with Ivan Drago in '85. Today that dream has become a reality, as RIFT is now live across Russia.

This follows a string of beta tests and language localization for the title in the region. To make this happen, Trion Worlds partnered up with Belver, which will operate the MMO in the area. Russian fans can now check out a localized edition of the RIFT website in their native tongue.

Next up on RIFT's worldwide tour? The game is headed to South Korea "sometime next year."

[Source: Trion Worlds press release]

MassivelyThe Iron Pine Peak Curtain falls: RIFT launches in Russia originally appeared on Massively on Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>belvardragoi-must-break-youivan-dragolaunchlocalizationriftrockyrocky-ivrussiarussiantriontrion-worldsThu, 15 Dec 2011 10:30:00 EST<![CDATA[World of Tanks tops its own Guinness World Record]]>http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/12/08/world-of-tanks-tops-its-own-guinness-world-record/http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/12/08/world-of-tanks-tops-its-own-guinness-world-record/http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/12/08/world-of-tanks-tops-its-own-guinness-world-record/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

World of Tanks
If your hard-won Guinness World Record has to be beaten one day, it's best that you do it yourself.

That seems like Wargaming.net's philosophy, as the studio just announced that it's already broken World of Tanks' previously established record for Most Players Online Simultaneously on One MMO Server. 250,000 players crammed onto the game's Russian server simultaneously in November, far outstripping the title's earlier achievement of 91,311.

CEO Victor Kislyi said that its upcoming technology and software upgrades will enable World of Tanks to do even better: "We are more than happy to watch our World of Tanks win over hearts and minds of gamers all around the world. The multicluster technology will enable us to move steadily towards new milestones and records."

We recently gave World of Tanks a close look in our Firing Line column.

[Source: Wargaming.net press release]

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APB Reloaded
All Points Bulletin's comeback looks to be in a stronger position than ever before as GamersFirst has just inked a deal with Innova Systems to publish and distribute the title in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. This hugely expands APB Reloaded's potential market as the title is on the verge of relaunch.

While you may not have heard of Innova, GamersFirst's Rahul Sandil said that the company is well-established with a solid reputation in the region. "After an exhaustive diligence, it became clear that Innova was truly the only choice for distributing APB Reloaded to the Russian Federation. With six years of local market experience and more than two million active users, we know that APB Reloaded will flourish in Russia under Innova's watchful guidance," he said.

APB players in Russia will need to use Innova's 4game publishing platform to access the game -- which, like it is elsewhere, will be free-to-play.

MassivelyIn Russia, APB Reloaded hijacks you! originally appeared on Massively on Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Welcome to Not So Massively, our weekly roundup of the top news from popular multiplayer online battle arenas (MOBAs) and other multiplayer online games that aren't quite MMOs. Published every Monday, the column covers games such as League of Legends, Heroes of Newerth, Rise of Immortals, Bloodline Champions and more.

It's PAX week, and that means there are plenty of new game trailers to show off. In this week's Not So Massively, we check out the latest Firefall and Blacklight: Retribution trailers and hear about Bloodline Champions' impending release in Russia. Riot Games revealed new details on its upcoming Dominion game mode this week and announced that over 2.4 million League of Legends fans tuned in to last week's Gamescom livestream to check out the tournament and Dominion preview. League of Legends released its new melee assassin champion Talon this week, while Heroes of Newerth finally released Geomancer, the winner of last year's intelligence hero design contest.

Skip past the cut for details of this week's biggest news from the world of MOBAs and other online games that aren't quite MMOs.

Continue reading Not So Massively: PAX trailers edition

MassivelyNot So Massively: PAX trailers edition originally appeared on Massively on Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Like its iconic vehicles, World of Tanks is proving to be an unstoppable beast rolling over everything in its path. And if numbers are any indication, there's no sign of this newly released game slowing down.

Today, Wargaming.net announced that World of Tanks has crossed the line of two million registrations for its Russian server. The European and North American servers add another million to the roster as well.

The game is proving to be a smash hit in Russia, which recently awarded it Best Game of GDC Russia 2011.

CEO Victor Kislyi says that this well exceeds any predictions the company had for the game's growth: "At the very beginning of development for World of Tanks, we were assuming that the maximum number would be around 600,000 players worldwide. Now, we have two million registrations in Russia alone, not to mention the Western audience and its immense growth. With the tremendous number we've reached in Russia as well as the dynamics of community growth in Europe and North America, we are looking forward to the many more milestones to come."

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Hey look, it's another RIFT tidbit! We know it's been several hours since the last one, and honestly, the void was making us all a bit weepy. Seriously, though, we do have some good news for our Russian comrades who're itching to take a peek at the Telara the rest of the MMO world has been fawning over for the past month.

Trion has just announced a publishing deal with Belver to bring a localized version of the game to Russia as well as 14 Commonwealth of Independent States. Currently, there's no firm release date, though Trion's press blurb mentions a late 2011 window.

"The work going into launching on Russian servers is significant, but with skilled specialists on either side of [the] Atlantic, RIFT's release in Russia is sure to be a solid product," said Belver CEO Slava Plotnikov.

MassivelyTrion signs deal with Belver to localize RIFT for Russia originally appeared on Massively on Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>belverfantasylauncheslocalizationmmo-industrypublishing-dealriftrift-planes-of-telararussiarussian-launchslava-plotnikovtelaratriontrion-worldsThu, 24 Mar 2011 18:00:00 EST<![CDATA[World of Tanks hits 74,536 peak concurrent users on one server]]>http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/01/06/world-of-tanks-hits-74-536-peak-concurrent-users-on-one-server/http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/01/06/world-of-tanks-hits-74-536-peak-concurrent-users-on-one-server/http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/01/06/world-of-tanks-hits-74-536-peak-concurrent-users-on-one-server/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,

When it comes to smashing expectations, one MMO that's certainly delivering is Wargaming.net's upcoming title World of Tanks. The game isn't even in release yet, and already it has been pushing out some impressive numbers. Last week, Wargaming.net confirmed that over one million accounts had been registered for its closed beta. That milestone figure is a huge increase over last month's 700,000 registered accounts. The majority of the interest in WoT so far has been in the Russian version of the game, which boasts over 70% of the total accounts registered. It's not surprising that the latest big number to make its way to us from the World of Tanks team comes from the Russian server.

Yesterday, the peak concurrent user number on the Russian server reached a whopping 74,536. Wargaming.net is calling this a new world record for the maximum number of users playing concurrently on the same game server. In the past, CCP Games has claimed a world record for EVE Online based on the peak concurrent users in a single game universe without the use of sharding or instancing. Although 74,536 beats EVE's latest personal record of 60,453, it's known that Second Life broke the 75,000 barrier in 2008 and peaked at just under 90,000 concurrent users in the same game universe the following year. If World of Tanks keeps growing at the rate it is, however, it seems set to eventually top that total and potentially secure a world record of its own.

MassivelyWorld of Tanks hits 74,536 peak concurrent users on one server originally appeared on Massively on Thu, 06 Jan 2011 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We're always happy to hear about a game expanding into a new territory, as it's a good indicator of a title's strength. Russian gamers can now participate in the open beta for the free-to-play fantasy MMO Runes of Magic, and that's also a very good thing. We're sure they're already dual classing to to their heart's content.

As with the English and German betas, characters won't be wiped after the open beta ends -- something that we're happy to see continuing with Runes of Magic. Out hats off to Frogster for that call, too.

So what's next for Runes of Magic? We're sure they'll continue to expand their user base as the months go by, but by the measure of their expansion it wouldn't be too surprising for a different kind of expansion in the future. That is to say, we're sure some interesting content expansions are somewhere down the line.

MassivelyRunes of Magic expands into Russia with open beta originally appeared on Massively on Wed, 27 May 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>betafantasyfree-to-playfrogsteropen-betarunes-of-magicrussiaWed, 27 May 2009 20:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Lord of the Rings Online launches in Korea and Russia]]>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/04/23/lord-of-the-rings-online-launches-in-korea-and-russia/http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/04/23/lord-of-the-rings-online-launches-in-korea-and-russia/http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/04/23/lord-of-the-rings-online-launches-in-korea-and-russia/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


Turbine has issued an announcement regarding the regional availability of their number one title. Just ahead of Lord of the Rings Online's second birthday, the folks over in Russia and Korea are now able to join in the Tolkien-inspired fun with new localized versions of the game. Pictured above are the logos for the two new regions, Korean on top and Russian underneath. Noticeably, the Korean logo is in the Mines of Moria format that we've all become used to now, whereas the Russian logo takes after the original logo from vanilla LotRO (Shadows of Angmar). We aren't sure whether this means that Korea's LotRO is Moria enabled and Russia's is not. Perhaps a couple of our readers could translate the sub-headings and shed some light on the issue (and yes, they did! See the comments for info).

Korean company NHN is handling their region's version following a deal from December of 2007, and IT Territory made a similar agreement to bring the game to Russia in January of 2008. Both of these companies made statements emphasizing their high expectations for the success of LotRO in their respective markets, but the real test of that begins now.
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MassivelyLord of the Rings Online launches in Korea and Russia originally appeared on Massively on Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The sci-fi massively multiplayer online title EVE Online is very much a game of galactic conquest. In that spirit of world domination, CCP Games has been working on establishing the title's presence in both Russia and Japan. EVE developer CCP Caedmon is part of the company's localization team, and has written a dev blog titled "Machine Translation's Bad, M'kay?", dealing with CCP's efforts to reach out to Russian and Japanese gamers.

Both Japanese and Russian localizations of the EVE client are now up on the Singularity test server. By all indications, the Russian client's localization is further along, as CCP Games opened up the client for public testing in 2008. However, they're interested in pushing ahead with Japanese localization as well. CCP Caedmon writes, "We know there is a highly dedicated community of Japanese players out there who have been with EVE since the early days and we are excited to hear your feedback."

For more on the status of EVE Online as it applies to other markets, see CCP Caedmon's "Machine Translation's Bad, M'kay?".

MassivelyEVE Online extending reach into Russia and Japan originally appeared on Massively on Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Okay, that's a pretty sensational headline, so we're not going to waste any time at all here. WARHAMMER ONLINE. Yep, a computer game. Not the bad kind of war. The people of Russia will get to enjoy a new game -- we're not in the business of reporting on emerging world conflicts. A fully localized version of WAR will be released in Russia on the 5th of February in three versions: a barebones jewel case package that includes the game and a key for an account with 14 days play-time; a limited edition pack with metal casing, a Russian user manual and 30 days play-time; and a collector's edition that has the perks we've seen in other regions, and is limited to 5100 copies.

Brand new servers will be opened up for the incoming Russian players. Better yet, they will be locally based, and so will the region's customer support. Apart from that, there's not really much more to say here -- in fact, we're going to call it right now before the temptation to use the "In Soviet Russia..." line takes over. Welcome to the WAR, comrades.

MassivelyWAR to invade Russia originally appeared on Massively on Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>age-of-reckoningeaelectronic-artsmythicmythic-entertainmentrussiarussianwarwarhammerwarhammer-onlineThu, 15 Jan 2009 09:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Conan will start speaking Russian later this year]]>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/07/31/conan-will-start-speaking-russian-later-this-year/http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/07/31/conan-will-start-speaking-russian-later-this-year/http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/07/31/conan-will-start-speaking-russian-later-this-year/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Funcom today announced a partnership with huge Russian developer/publisher 1C Company to localize Age of Conan for the Russian-speaking market. All text and voices in the game will be translated to Russian, and 1C will provide customer support and community services to the Russian community. There will also be a Russian server. This is all due in Q4 of this year.

The English language version of the game has already been released in Eastern Europe, and it's done pretty well. All the marketing hype quotes in the press release stress that the game will be a massive success when available in the native tongue of the region. We're not going to make any predictions about that, but this is probably good news either way if your native language is Russian and you're already playing the game.

MassivelyConan will start speaking Russian later this year originally appeared on Massively on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>1c1c-companyage-of-conanaoceastern-europefuncomlanguagelocalizationq4russiarussianserverThu, 31 Jul 2008 20:00:00 EST<![CDATA[WoW's global conquest continues: Russian version imminent]]>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/06/29/wows-global-conquest-continues-russian-version-imminent/http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/06/29/wows-global-conquest-continues-russian-version-imminent/http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/06/29/wows-global-conquest-continues-russian-version-imminent/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

Blizzard will begin testing a Russian version of World of Warcraft next week. The first phase will be called the technical alpha, and will focus on "the technical aspects of the game." Never would have guessed! After that, the localization beta will commence. Blizzard has invited all its Russian-speaking subscribers (of the European version of WoW, presumably) to participate. A Russian-language forum will launch next week as well. There's a fancy flash-powered Russian teaser page already.

Even though the Massively staff includes folks of several nationalities, we unfortunately don't have any Russians on the team to analyze this. We're talking about the country of the great novels The Brothers Karamazov and The Master and the Margarita, the films of ultra-weighty director Andrei Tarkovsky, and the experimental, unforgiving, plague-themed video game drama Pathologic. Is Russia going to be receptive to the lightness that is World of Warcraft? Oh, hell, probably so!

[Via WoW Insider]

MassivelyWoW's global conquest continues: Russian version imminent originally appeared on Massively on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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IGN has posted part one of a series taking a look at European RPG and MMO developers, beginning with Nival Online, Russia's number-one dev house. Nival's president, Sergey Orlovskiy discusses upcoming titles, like Allods Online, expected to arrive in Russia the first quarter of next year; rising development costs and how to manage them; the influence on the East of Western MMOs, and other interesting topics.

It's true that the Eastern market news tends to be dominated by China and Korea, and this is a shame, because Russia is on its way to becoming a major power in the MMO industry. Enjoy the interview!

[Source]

MassivelyNival Online's president discusses Russian MMOs originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 23 May 2008 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>allods-onlineigninterviewnival-onlinepiratiarussiasergey-orlovskiyFri, 23 May 2008 13:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Knock comrade and enter]]>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/01/28/knock-comrade-and-enter/http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/01/28/knock-comrade-and-enter/http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/01/28/knock-comrade-and-enter/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

Turbine announced today that The Lord of the Rings Online, already available in North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan, will soon be available in Russia and Eastern Europe. This is something they hinted at in last week's dev chat and will be part of a larger roll out of the game into new territories this year including the previously announced partnership in Korea.

LotRO Russia will be handled by Moscow based IT Territory which develops its own games as well as publishes titles from other companies.

MassivelyKnock comrade and enter originally appeared on Massively on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>eastern-europeit-territorylocalizationlotrorussiaturbineMon, 28 Jan 2008 15:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Legend: Legacy of the Dragons becomes first Russian MMO to get English translation]]>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/01/21/legend-legacy-of-the-dragons-becomes-first-russian-mmo-to-get-e/http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/01/21/legend-legacy-of-the-dragons-becomes-first-russian-mmo-to-get-e/http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/01/21/legend-legacy-of-the-dragons-becomes-first-russian-mmo-to-get-e/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


European publishing company Waygate Publishing Limited has issued a press release to announce a new, free-to-play browser MMO called Legacy: Legend of the Dragons, which has now gone live. They say that theirs is the first Russian MMO to receive an English translation, and the decision to bring it over was due to its popularity in its home market.

Part of this popularity is apparently because of the game's combat system, which is fully animated in its 2D engine, whilst keeping system requirements low. Players join one of two factions, and can participate in PvE, PvP, professions and questing. The game's free-to-play system is supported by microtransactions, with players able to "invest as much, or as little as they like." The press release provides a link to the game's new website for those who want to learn more, or give it a try.

[Via PlayNoEvil]

MassivelyLegend: Legacy of the Dragons becomes first Russian MMO to get English translation originally appeared on Massively on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>2dIT-territory-llclegacy-legend-of-the-dragonsmicrotransactionsrussiarussianwaygate-publishing-limitedMon, 21 Jan 2008 20:10:00 EST<![CDATA[Virtual gang violence turns real in Russia]]>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/01/17/virtual-gang-violence-turns-real-in-russia/http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/01/17/virtual-gang-violence-turns-real-in-russia/http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/01/17/virtual-gang-violence-turns-real-in-russia/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

Russian news outlet Russia Today is reporting that a clash between two Russian clans bled into the real world, and led to the brutal beating and murder of a young man from Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia. The two clans, Coo-clocks and Platanium, were reportedly engaged in a bitter in-game struggle that developed to the point where the two groups agreed to go toe-to-toe. The victim's sister was quoted as saying, "I think they have confused the game and reality. And after we buried him on December 31, they continued to threaten us"

It's not clear from Russia Today's account exactly what game the two groups were playing, though they did include a Lineage 2 screenshot. Regardless, it seems clear from the details we have that any link between the violent acts and the games that the two groups were playing is circumstantial at best. That the two groups agreed ahead of time to engage in a fight away from the game speaks to their character. Game or no, these young men were bound to get themselves into trouble. It's unfortunate that their conflict led to the death of a young man, but blame in this case doesn't have anywhere to go but to the participants.

[Via PCWorld]

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