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• Tread of Greed: ITMO Students Develop Roguelike Game

  Students and graduates of ITMO’s Game Development Technologies program developed Tread of Greed and presented it at the international business conference White Nights. It allows the gamers to hunt for treasures and look for safe paths in a floating city. We talked to the authors about their project and plans for the future.

  16.09.2022

• Mischief Managed: ITMO Students Create a Harry Potter VR Game

  Every Potterhead dreams of one day stepping foot into Hogwarts, Diagon Alley, Hogsmeade, and other legendary locations from the Harry Potter universe. Now, you can explore the Burrow, the Weasley family home, and even join the mischiefs of the Weasley twins in a VR game created by Anastasia Tsitelova and Artur Dzyuba, students of ITMO’s Faculty of Software Engineering and Computer Systems. 

  05.08.2022

• How ITMO’s Partnership With Sperasoft Moves the Game Industry Forward

  The international game development studio and ITMO University have maintained a partnership for several years now. But in 2021, their relationship advanced to the next level when Sperasoft became an official corporate partner of the Game Development Technologies Master’s program. Now, the company’s experts will take direct part in the creation of the program’s curriculum. We talked to Igor Smirnov, a senior engineering manager at Sperasoft, and Andrey Karsakov, the head of the Master’s program, about the new partnership and how ITMO students and graduates can apply for an internship at Sperasoft.

  11.01.2022

• Gaming Scams: How to Stay Safe While Playing Online

  According to Microsoft, over three billion people on the planet play video games. Today, gaming is more than just a fun activity or a hobby, it is also an excellent way to start making money. Yet not all do that fair and square. Here are some tips and tricks on how to spot gaming scams and avoid them while playing online.

  07.01.2022

• ITMO Students Receive First Place at DevGAMM Awards

  Students of ITMO University’s Faculty of Digital Transformation (Master’s program Game Development Technologies) have placed first in the Best Student Game category at DevGAMM Awards 2021 and secured a prize of $4,000. The competition was held as part of the game developer conference DevGAMM – the largest of its kind in Eastern Europe. The event is held annually in Moscow, Kyiv, Minsk, and other cities in the region.

  24.11.2021

• Experts Discuss Future of Russian Esports

  Following Team Spirit’s win in the Dota 2 world championship The International 10, Russian experts have once again begun to discuss the development prospect of esports and whether it could one day become a recognized Olympic sport. How should this be done? Do universities need educational programs in esports? And how does gaming affect players’ health? These and other questions were discussed at a TASS press conference on the development of esports.

  27.10.2021

• For Two and More: Best Local Co-Op Games on PC

  Whether you want to join your forces to make a daring escape from prison, get love advice from a goofy book, or finally settle who reigns supreme, there’s a co-op game here for you.

  08.10.2021

• How the Russian Gaming Market Reached New Levels During the Pandemic

  With the huge changes that were brought on by the pandemic, many people around the world found themselves stuck at home. This was the case for the Russians, too. Video games came to the rescue. So how exactly did COVID-19 influence the Russian gaming market?

  22.06.2021

• Old Video Games We Still Enjoy

  New games appear on the market every day but we believe it’s not a reason to forget the classics. Check out our list of some more than 15-year-old video games that are still worth playing.  

  19.03.2021

• Your Guide to Gaming in Fall-Winter of 2020

  If this year’s many weeks of self-isolation haven’t already made you an adept of the gamepad and keyboard, then the fall-winter season surely will: the cold, long nights combined with a slew of anticipated releases and a whole new generation of consoles make for a potent mixture. Let’s go ahead and take a glance at all the things 2020 still has in store.

  09.10.2020