Industry Video game industry Products Video games Website gaijinent.com Type Privately held company | Key people Anton Yudintsev (CEO) Number of employees 150 to 200 Founded 2002, Moscow, Russia | |
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Headquarters Moscow, Russian Federation Video games War Thunder, Crossout, IL‑2 Sturmovik: Birds of P, Blades of Time, Birds of Steel | ||
Gaijin Entertainment is a Russian video game developer and publisher established in 2002. It is the largest independent video games developer in Russia, known for War Thunder.
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Overview
The Gaijin team consists of more than 160 employees. They specialize in the development of games for various platforms (Xbox 360/PlayStation 3/Microsoft Windows/iOS/Linux/SteamOS). The company's projects have received a range of mass media and game industry awards including a few Japanese Game Developers Conference Awards as "Best simulator for next-gen consoles" (IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3), "Best technologies" for Dagor Engine, "Best sound" and others.
Dagor Engine
The Dagor Engine is a 3D engine used mainly by Gaijin Entertainment for its own video games as it's a proprietary technology so far. The original version of the engine was developed by Gaijin Entertainment and in 2005 they set up the separate company Dagor Technologies for continued development. Therefore, Dagor Engine is owned by Gaijin. Currently the engine incorporates technology such as the Meqon and PhysX physics engines and is up to version 4.0 since War Thunder.
Controversies
The company gained notoriety for pursuing legal action against the owner of gaijin.com, an unaffiliated website that predates the company by 7 years. The lawsuit was settled in November 2013.