Gaijin Entertainment
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| Privately held company | |
| Industry | Video game industry |
| Founded | Moscow, Russian Federation (2002) |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russian Federation |
| Products | Video games |
Number of employees | 51-200 |
| Website |
gaijinent |
Gaijin Entertainment is a Russian video game development company established in 2002.
Overview
The Gaijin team, consisting of more than 160 employees, specializes in the creation of games for various platforms (Xbox 360/PlayStation 3/Microsoft Windows/iOS). The company's projects have received a range of mass media and game industry awards including a few Japanese Game Developers Conference Awards as "Best simulator for next-gen consoles" (IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3), "Best technologies" for Dagor Engine, "Best sound" and others.
Today's Gaijin Entertainment is the biggest independent video games developer in Russia and an official partner of Activision, 505 Games, Microsoft, TopWare Interactive, SouthPeak Interactive, Sony Computer Entertainment, 1C Company, Apple Inc. and many others.
Reception
Gaijin's most successful title is War Thunder, receiving a 7.2 out of 10 from IGN,[1] 8.10 from GameSpot,[2] and averaging a score of 82/100 on Metacritic.[3]
Games
- Adrenaline
- Anarchy: Rush Hour
- Apache: Air Assault
- Blades of Time - spiritual successor of X-Blades released for all three major platforms. A follow up to X-Blades, introducing a darker setting and more realistic tone.
- Birds of Steel - released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
- Braveheart - released for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.[4]
- Death Track: Resurrection
- IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey - released for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. An enhanced version retitled as Wings of Prey was released for the PC.
- Modern Conflict - released for iPhone, iPad and Android.[5]
- Skydive: Proximity Flight - work in progress.
- X-Blades - enhanced version of Oniblade released for all three major platforms.
- War Thunder - open free-to-play MMO on PC, OSX, Linux and the PS4 Console.
- Star Conflict - open beta free-to-play MMO.
Domain Name Dispute
The company gained notoriety for pursuing legal action against the founder of gaijin.com, an unaffiliated website that predates the company by 7 years.[6] The lawsuit was settled in November 2013.[7]
See also
References
- ↑ war thunder ign
- ↑ war thunder review/
- ↑ metacritic
- ↑ "Braveheart for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store". Itunes.apple.com. 2012-12-11. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
- ↑ "Modern Conflict™ for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store". Itunes.apple.com. 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
- ↑ "Gaijin Entertainment Ridiculous Demands". Techdirt.com. Retrieved 2014-01-16.
- ↑ overview of lawsuit finale