Nikolski is back at the helm under new ownership, and runs it from offices in Amsterdam and another hotbed further south in Cyprus. My.Games no longer has a legal base in Moscow. Then, in December, My.Games joined the game lab as Playrix, Wargaming, Nexters and Belka Games – all of which moved from the country where their companies were born. The founders of Candy Crush, Fishdom, and Playrix are Igor, left, and Dmitry Buchman, Gardenscapes, according to Newzoo, migrated from China to the US with more than 30 million daily users and annual sales of $1.2 billion. In September, VK sold My.Games to Cyprus-based venture capitalist Alexander Chachava in a deal valued at $642 million. He founded My.Games about a decade ago, sold it to Group (known as VK), and became an executive there. Vladimir Nikolsky co-founded the game, one of four game developers based out of Russia. Operations that were happening too much for some from Russia. IT techies were among the first to leave. Quitting continues, even as Russia’s economy handles the pressures of sanctions and war better than anyone expected. Russia may even exist on another planet for some commercial partners, so they are making sure they can leave and continue doing business with their main markets. They will tell you that they are international companies first and foremost. They even meet with Ukrainian techies, so I hear. The on-background gist is that they are treated well in their adopted homeland. Most of the companies that have left are lying low. Since the war in Ukraine began a year ago, Russian techies have been leaving the homeland – whether as employees or as company founders packing their company bags. They are on their way to better participation in the growing global gaming market. latest:, Five video game developers including Candy Crush creators. From bankers to high tech, company founders and executives continue to leave Russia.
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