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• ITMO Student Wins 1 Million Rubles in National Contest Your Turn

  Eva Avocado, a student at ITMO’s Faculty of Applied Informatics, has won the national contest Your Turn with her project The Adaptation Game, which helps first-year studentss adapt to university life. To play the game, students can scan QR codes on campus to learn new facts and level up their characters. Thanks to the game, the users’ ability to navigate between different rooms, coworking spaces, and other on-campus locations increased by three times. 

  24.12.2025

• Even More Video Games by Russian Developers

  Medieval fantasy, a landlord from hell, and anime horror – this installment of our series about Russian-made video games features four more titles that every gamer has to binge on.

  04.08.2025

• ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #74

  It’s never a slow news day at ITMO.NEWS. Our students, professors, and researchers are always working on something – and our team is always making sure to keep you informed of the latest goings-on in science, tech, and education. From fundamental research to opportunities for future students and ambitious game developers, here are the latest news highlights from the past couple weeks.

  10.03.2025

• New Initiative for First-Time Game Devs Launched at ITMO

  ITMO University’s Game Development School is launching a project to support budding game developers. The goal of Finish the Game is to assist teams in fine-tuning, packaging, and releasing their first game. The application period for the program has already started.

  26.02.2025

• ITMO.GameDev Day 3: How To Make It Big in Gaming

  The third ITMO.GameDev Day had it all: industry speakers, a project showcase, a Sumo Tatami tournament, a cosplay show, and a board game night. Bringing together over 500 participants, the event was organized in partnership with major Russian game studios and platforms such as VK Play, VK Games, RuStore, and Lesta Games. Read on for the event’s highlights.

  19.02.2025

• 5 More Video Games by Russian Developers

  As we continue to explore the video game industry, we’ve selected five more Russian-produced titles. Today's picks provide every kind of gaming experience, from surviving an Alaskan ordeal and taking a trip to the 41st millennium to delving into the rich local folklore and more.

  18.06.2024

• Atompunk, Horror, and More: Video Games by Russian Developers

  Apart from the pioneering Tetris and the memeable Lizards Must Die, the Russian game scene can boast a heap of other binge-worthy video games, much loved by gamers in Russia and beyond.

  19.04.2024

• Student Video Games and Expert Talks: Highlights of First ITMO.GameDev Day

  Over 400 visitors of the recent ITMO.GameDev Day conference tested 18 video and board games created by students of Russian universities while learning more about game development by the industry’s leading experts. The event was organized by ITMO’s Game Development School. 

  01.03.2024

• ITMO Student Wins ArtMasters Championship With Economic Simulator About Hermitage Cats

  Eva Avocado is a student at ITMO’s Faculty of Infocommunication Technologies, and for the last two years she has been developing games. Recently, she won ArtMasters, the open national championship of creative competencies. Eva won in the category Game Designer and received a 500,000 rubles award, hardware, and an internship invitation from an IT company. In this article, she tells us how she accomplished this incredible feat.

  06.10.2023

• ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #40

  Fittingly for this “anniversary” installment of our science digest, we have a whole slew of research updates to share: from anti-cancer and computing breakthroughs to a dive into the science of memes.

  02.10.2023