Zavod Games

History

2025: Publishing House Launch

Former head of My.Games and VK Play Vasily Maguryan, together with the founder of ITG Corporation and IT Park Rus Technopark Dmitry Gachko, launched the Zavod Games video game publishing house. Businessmen reported this on October 14, 2025.

According to Vedomosti, investments in the project at this stage amount to ₽100 million. These are partners' own funds. They intend to direct funding to acquire licenses, marketing and expanding the team. The partners refused to assess the payback period.

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Anton Stasenko became the head of Zavod Games. Previously, he served as director of the game publishing department at Astrum Entertainment. The publisher's first project will be the localization of the multiplayer online survival game Myth of Empires: Conquests. The game was developed by the Chinese studio Angela Game.

The release of "Myth of Empires: Conquests" in Russia and the CIS countries is scheduled for 2026. The partners did not disclose the cost of buying distribution and localization rights for these territories. At the request of Zavod Games, Angela Game is preparing a new expansion of this game in the Slavic setting.

The publishing house plans to annually release several projects of various sizes. Zavod Games will work with both flagship and niche games. The company intends to bet on foreign multiplayer games with a strong PvP component. PvP means player-versus-player game mode.

Experts interviewed by the publication assessed investments in the project. In their opinion, ₽100 million represent a good starting point for the development of a video game publishing house. At the expense of these funds, you can collect a starting portfolio of licenses. This funding will last for about a year of work with minimal investment in marketing.^[1]

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