Wargaming announces Leaving Russia and Belarus
Commercial sanctions, studios in the future uncertain, charitable mobilization... The impact of the war in Ukraine on the videoludic industry has already taken various forms, but the announcement that the Wargaming group will probably remain like the One of the most significant, both politically and commercially. Founded in Minsk in 1998, the known network for World of Tanks , World of Warships and World of Warplanes announces its decision to leave Russia and Belarus. A gesture decided after "a strategic review of its business activities around the world" which implies that the group will no longer own any subsidiaries in these countries, directly or indirectly. Wargaming has also already transferred the management of its games in Russia and Belarus to the local department of Lesta Studio, which is no longer part of Wargaming. Based in St. Petersburg, Lesa Studio had joined Wargaming in 2011 and participated in the creation of World of Warships . According to its o...