The State Of Russian Gaming, According To 1C

Gamasutra brings us an interview with 1C sales director Nikolay Baryshnikov about the Russian video game market, the company's continued expansion into international territories, the upcoming North American release of King's Bounty: The Legend, and more.
How has the distribution agreement with Atari been?

NB: We have already released several games together and are now preparing for our biggest launch -- King's Bounty: The Legend. This should become one of 1C's biggest titles -- I was really impressed by the overall quality of Katauri's latest game. These guys have proved once again (since the release of Space Rangers) that they can deliver highly addictive and interesting games.

There were some doubts since after creating a space game it is not that easy to switch to fantasy, and many fans in Russia were demanding a third game in the Space Rangers saga, but the developers decided to do something really different. It turned out to be another big success for them. The game has been recently released in Russia and got both great ratings in the press and high popularity among gamers.