Today popular developer Wargaming has announced that it’s completely exiting the Russian and Belarusian markets.
Wargaming, mostly known for live service games like World of Tanks and World of Warships, was founded in Minsk, Belarus, in 1998, and has always had a significant part of its business on the Russian market, but has relocated its main headquarters to Nicosia, Cyprus, in 2011.
Now, in response to the war in Ukraine, they’re dropping all ties with Russia and Belarus.
According to the announcement, all of Wargaming’s live game business in the two countries has been transferred to the local Lesta Studio (based in Saint Petersburg, Russia), which is no longer affiliated with Wargaming itself.
The company mentioned it will not profit from the process and expects to “suffer substantial losses” as a result of this decision.
Below you can read the full announcement.
