Astrum Online Entertainment is a Russian holding company which operates in the online entertainment market of Eastern Europe. Founded in the beginning of December 2007,[1] it incorporated four companies, which specialize in development, publishing and operating online games: Nival Online, IT Territory, Time Zero, and Nikita Online. In summer 2008 the fifth company, the developer of online games called "DJ Games", joined in.
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| Type of business | Holding |
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Type of site | Web portal |
| Available in | Russian |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Headquarters | Moscow , Russia |
| Key people | Igor Matsanuyk (president), Boris Gertsovskiy (Vice President), Alisa Chumachenko (vice president of marketing and advertisement), Vsevolod Leonov (vice president of business development), Anatoly Ropotov (executive vice president of products) |
| Industry | Development, publishing, localization and operating MMO games |
| Products | Developed Games: Allods Online, Legend: Legacy of the Dragons, Time Zero, Three Kingdoms, Sphere, Heroes: Resurrection, Territory, Cosmics: Galactic Wars, BloodyWorld, Love City, Desolation: Riders of Merion, Sphere: Rebirth, Destiny, Keepers of the Power, Faor, Sphere 2: Arena, Funny War, Dom 3, Evil Tale; Localized and published games: Perfect World, Granado Espada, Tales of Pirates, The Lord of the Rings Online, ParaPa: City of Dance, Monato. World of Dreams, Rapplez |
| URL | astrumonline |
| Launched | 2007 |
| Current status | active |
The move will allow the participants to formalize a united strategy in regards to their activities and also utilize their combined experience and infrastructure in order to perfect their businesses.[2]
According to the experts, the 2008 revenues of Astrum Online were estimated at US$50 million.[3]
Astrum Online currently operates more than 30 MMO games, including such popular titles as "Legend: Legacy of the Dragons", "Sphere", "Territory", "Three Kingdoms", and "Perfect World".
History
Astrum Online was founded in December 2007.[4] Joint forces of the companies let to launch several major gaming projects in Russia and abroad and to support dynamic domestic growth of existing titles in 2008.
The end of 2008 and the very beginning of 2009 were marked with official launches of MMO game "Legend: Legacy of the Dragons" in Germany[5] and Turkey by Astrum GmbH (Astrum's representative office in Europe) and in China in partnership with Snail Game. Previously MMORPG TimeZero was launched in Germany.
Key people
- Igor Matsanyuk, President
- Boris Gertsovskiy, Vice President
- Alisa Chumachenko, Vice President of Marketing and Advertising
- Vsevolod Leonov, Vice President of Business Development
- Anatoly Ropotov, EVP of Products
- Robert Johnsson, Chief Executive Officer Astrum Online Europe GmbH
Subsidiaries
- Time Zero
- Nikita Online
- Nival Online
- DJ Games
Game titles (as of March 2009)
Internet portals (as of March 2009)
- Games.mail.ru
- Woh.ru
- Astrumo.de
Payment system
- Terrabank
- Webmoney
