Lesta Studio
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Native name | Леста, ООО |
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Romanized name | Lesta, LTD |
Industry | Video games |
Founded | 22 December 1991; 32 years ago (1991-12-22) |
Headquarters | Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Minsk and Tashkent[1][2] , Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan |
Key people | Malik Khatajaev (CEO)[3] |
Number of employees | 1500 [2] (2023) |
Parent | Wargaming (2011–2022) |
Website | lesta.ru |
Lesta Games (Russian: Леста, ООО, romanized: Lesta, OOO; also known as Lesta Studio) is a Russian video game development and film production company with studios in Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Minsk and Tashkent.[4][5][6][7] From 2011 to 2022, the company was owned by Wargaming.
History
Lesta Studio was founded on 22 December 1991.[8] In January 1998, the studio was one of three large computer graphics companies of Saint Petersburg, alongside Positive and Creat.[9] In 2011, the company became part of Belarusian video game company Wargaming.[10] On its 21st anniversary in 2012, Lesta Studio had 150 employees.[8]
On April 4, 2022, Wargaming announced that they would be pulling all operations out of Russia and Belarus, and transferring all its live games services in those regions to Lesta Studio, which was announced to no longer be affiliated with the company.[11] On October 12, 2022, they released 3 new games that are based on Wargaming games. The games are licensed, but their development is different. The games are Mir Tankov and Mir Korablej, and they work with another company called EAST GAMES LLC who publishes the Tanks Blitz game.
Games developed
Year | Title | Publisher(s) | Ref. |
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2003 | The Entente: Battlefields WW1 | Buka Entertainment, Encore, Inc. | [12] |
2005 | Pacific Storm | Buka Entertainment, CDV Software | [13] |
2007 | Pacific Storm: Allies | Buka Entertainment, Excalibur Publishing | [14] |
Aggression: Reign Over Europe | Buka Entertainment, Playlogic Entertainment | [15] | |
2008 | 9th Company: Roots of Terror | Noviy Disk, Techland | [16] |
Time Machine: Evolution | Nevosoft | [17] | |
2009 | Cannon Strike | 1C Company | [18] |
Reign: Conflict of Nations | [19] | ||
2010 | Elements of War | Playnatic Entertainment, Kalypso Media | [20] |
2011 | Nightmare Realm | Big Fish Games | [21] |
2012 | Time Machine: Rogue Pilot | Lesta Studio | [22] |
Nightmare Realm: In the End... | [23] | ||
2014 | Fright | [24] | |
2015 | World of Warships | Wargaming | [25] |
2022 | Mir Tankov | Lesta Studio | [26] |
Mir Korablej | [27] | ||
Tanks Blitz | EAST GAMES LLC | [28] |
References
- ^ https://legal.lesta.ru/eula/ [bare URL]
- ^ a b https://vk.com/lestagames?w=club38955906/ [bare URL]
- ^ IGN Staff (21 April 2011). "Wargaming.net and Lesta Announce Exclusive Strategic Partnership". IGN. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ https://spb.hh.ru/employer/856498 [bare URL]
- ^ Павлушкин, Денис (30 September 2017). "Выходные с Wargaming: день рождения Lesta Studio и конференция 4C". Igromania. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ Griffin, Ben (18 February 2015). "What it's Like Inside Wargaming's Weird Offices". Kotaku UK. Archived from the original on 8 September 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ Ogilvie, Tristan (24 September 2018). "The Evolution of World of Warships". IGN. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Lesta Studio: the 21st anniversary". Lesta Studio. 22 December 2012. Archived from the original on 29 December 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ Sterling, Bruce (1 January 1998). "Art And Corruption". Wired. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Discover Lesta Studio". Wargaming. Archived from the original on 2 July 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Wargaming announces decision to leave Russia and Belarus". Wargaming. Archived from the original on 4 April 2022.
- ^ "Игра Антанта (World War I: The Great War): вся информация об игре, дата выхода, системные требования, купить игру Антанта (World War I: The Great War)". Absolute Games. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Игра Стальные монстры (Pacific Storm): вся информация об игре, дата выхода, системные требования, купить игру Стальные монстры (Pacific Storm)". Absolute Games. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Игра Стальные монстры: Союзники (Pacific Storm: Allies): вся информация об игре, дата выхода, системные требования, купить игру Стальные монстры: Союзники (Pacific Storm: Allies)". Absolute Games. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Игра Агрессия (Aggression: Reign over Europe): вся информация об игре, дата выхода, системные требования, купить игру Агрессия (Aggression: Reign over Europe)". Absolute Games. Archived from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Игра 9 рота (9th Company: Roots of Terror): вся информация об игре, дата выхода, системные требования, купить игру 9 рота (9th Company: Roots of Terror)". Absolute Games. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Игра Машина времени. Эволюция: вся информация об игре, дата выхода, системные требования, купить игру Машина времени. Эволюция". Absolute Games. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Игра Cannon Strike: вся информация об игре, дата выхода, системные требования, купить игру Cannon Strike". Absolute Games. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Игра Империя: Смутное время (Reign: Conflict of Nations): вся информация об игре, дата выхода, системные требования, купить игру Империя: Смутное время (Reign: Conflict of Nations)". Absolute Games. Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Игра Elements of War (2010/I): вся информация об игре, дата выхода, системные требования, купить игру Elements of War (2010/I)". Absolute Games. Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Nightmare Realm (2011) – Adventure game details". Adventure Gamers. Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Игра Time Machine: Rogue Pilot: вся информация об игре, дата выхода, системные требования, купить игру Time Machine: Rogue Pilot". Absolute Games. Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Nightmare Realm: In the End… (2012) – Adventure game details". Adventure Gamers. Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Fright (2014) – Adventure game details". Adventure Gamers. Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Игра World of Warships: вся информация об игре, дата выхода, системные требования, купить игру World of Warships". Absolute Games. Archived from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ https://tanki.su/ [bare URL]
- ^ https://korabli.su/ [bare URL]
- ^ "Главная | Tanks Blitz".
External links
- Official website
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- Massive Assault
- Domination
- Massive Assault Network 2
- Wargaming Chicago-Baltimore
- Wargaming Seattle
- Lesta Studio
- Total Annihilation
- Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars