Russian experts to join multiplayer games

The Russian company Nival Online, IT Territory, TimeZero and Nikita Online announced that merge into a holding company Astrum Online Entertainment, said in a release sent to tape Roux press release.

Currently, these four companies hold 45 percent of the Russian market of multiplayer online games. Participants holding hope that by the end of 2008 the share Astrum Online Entertainment in the market will be 65 percent.

Also, representatives of the companies believe that the 'now - the most opportune moment to bring together ', as ' the industry is experiencing a period of active development '.

Nikita Online company created and maintains the fantasy MMORPG ' Sphere '; TimeZero specializes in so-called browser games ( that is, those that do not require installation on the client side the user's computer ). Nival Online is known localizations in the Russian market of Asian MMO Granado Espada, Perfect World, and 'Pirates Online', in addition, the company is currently working on his own project ' Allods Online '. A division of IT Territory Casual is one of the largest publisher of casual games in Russia.