Status Active Location(s) Moscow Inaugurated November 2006 | Genre Video games Country Russia Attendance 163,000 (2016) | |
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IgroMir (Russian: ИгроМир, Gaming World) is the first large-scale annual exhibition of computer and video games in Russia, organized by the committee of the Russian Game Developers Conference.
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2006
The exhibition was held for the first time on November 4–5, 2006, at the VDNKh Exhibition Center, Moscow, and, according to the organizers, gathered more than 25,000 people. The exhibition was attended by about 45 companies, both domestic and foreign. More than 100 games for different gaming platforms were shown at the exhibition.
2007
In 2007, IgroMir was held in the same location from November 2–4. The exhibition area increased from 9000 to 13000 square meters, and there were about 45,000 to 50,000 visitors, including the exhibitors and the press.
The exhibition was attended by domestic game companies such as Russobit-M, 1C, Akella, Buka, Nival Online, IT Territory, as well as by western publishers such as Electronic Arts, Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, Sega and others. Some games were shown to the public for the first time. Many were presented by developers, such as the president of Epic Games' Mike Capps, Ubisofts Jade Raymond and representatives of Bizarre Creations, Creative Assembly and Running With Scissors.
2008
IgroMir was held on November 6–9 in 2008, switching to a four-day exhibition format. The first day was called the business day and was closed to public access: games were presented to people from the gaming industry and the press, which allowed the participants to present their products in a relaxed business setting. The remaining three days were open to the public. The total number of visitors exceeded the 2007 IgroMir, with 65,000 people.
IgroMir 2008 was attended by more than 120 exhibitors, among which were the leading western companies: Electronic Arts, Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, Sega, Ubisoft, and Blizzard Entertainment. The total exhibition area increased from twelve to fourteen thousand square meters.
2009
The 2009 exhibition again took place at the VDNKh Exhibition Center, from November 5–8, 2009. According to estimates of the organizers and the police department of the OCE, the exhibition was visited by 82,000 people. In the fourth year of its existence, IgroMir attracted both domestic game companies (1C, Akella, Buca, Nival Network, Playnatic Entertainment, Snowball Studios and others), and Western—Microsoft, Sony Computer Entertainment, Blizzard Entertainment, Electronic Arts, Activision, Nintendo and Sega. Visitors to the exhibition included actor Joe Kucan, who played Kane in Command & Conquer, and Anatoly Wasserman.
2010
In 2010, the fifth IgroMir was held from November 3–6, and was partnered with Gamer.ru and Mail.ru. The exhibition was attended by more than 110 companies, and in that year IgroMir 2010 took almost the entire pavilion—more than 13,000 sq.m. The business day of the exhibition was attended by more than 3,500 professionals and more than 900 members of the press.
2011
In February 2011, the official website of the Crocus Expo exhibition catalog featured a brief description of the show. On July 11, 2011, the sixth exhibition was officially announced.
IgroMir 2011 was held from October 6–9 in the exhibition center "Crocus Expo". The total size of the exhibition exceeded 16,000 square meters. It attracted Microsoft, Sony Computer Entertainment, Nintendo, Electronic Arts, 1C-SoftKlab, Akella, Buka, Nival, Wargaming.net, Gaijin Entertainment, Panzar Studio, Blizzard Entertainment and others.
In addition, all guests of the show were shown a special entertainment program on the main stage. On the first day, Noize MC was shown on stage, on the second Yeah was shown, and the third day, Tony Watkins and Underwood were shown. As in the previous exhibitions, the closed business day was the first day - October 6, and the other three days were open to the public.
2012
Igromir 2012 was held from October 4–7 at the Crocus Expo again. After the business day, IgroMir was open to all visitors. For the first time family games were exhibited in a separate room. There was also the final fights of Panzar: Forged by Chaos game contest with prize money of one million rubles.
2013
Igromir 2013 was held between October 3 and October 6 at the Crocus Exhibition Center. Celebrating the fact that it showed ground forces gameplay for the first time at IgroMir 2013 Expo in Moscow, Gaijin Entertainment brought two real WW2-tanks to its booth. A StarCraft II tournament was held. The tournament featured a prize pool of $5,000 and four invited players: two from Russia, and two from South Korea to compete with the South Korean player Mvp winning.