Game Factory Interactive
Encyclopedia
Game Factory Interactive Ltd. (GFI) is a Russia
n-Ukrainian
video game developer
and publisher
. It was founded in 2003. In May 2008 GFI and Russobit-M
had merged in the Bestway group, afterward in October 2008 the Play Ten Interactive
had been incorporated in the group.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n-Ukrainian
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
video game developer
Video game developer
A video game developer is a software developer that creates video games. A developer may specialize in a certain video game console, such as Nintendo's Wii, Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation 3, or may develop for a variety of systems, including personal computers.Most developers also...
and publisher
Video game publisher
A video game publisher is a company that publishes video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer....
. It was founded in 2003. In May 2008 GFI and Russobit-M
Russobit-M
Russobit-M is one of the largest distributors of PC games in Russia and the CIS, and is a key player in the PC game industry.Russobit-M was established in 1999 and immediately strived for success, becoming the major publisher and distributor in the Russian and CIS game markets. The company now...
had merged in the Bestway group, afterward in October 2008 the Play Ten Interactive
Play Ten Interactive
Play Ten Interactive is a publisher and developer of interactive entertainment software for personal computers. The company was founded in 2005 by a group of professionals and is headquartered in Moscow, Russia...
had been incorporated in the group.
Subsidiaries
- GFI Baltic
- GFI Black Sea (SochiSochiSochi is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated just north of Russia's border with the de facto independent republic of Abkhazia, on the Black Sea coast. Greater Sochi sprawls for along the shores of the Black Sea near the Caucasus Mountains...
) - GFI Russia (ZelenogradZelenogradZelenograd is a city, which, along with the territories and settlements under its jurisdiction, forms one of the administrative okrugs of Moscow - Zelenograd Administrative Okrug...
), founded in 1996 as MiST Land South, purchased in 2003, current name since 2006 - GFI UA (KievKievKiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
), ex-3AGames - GFI Mobile (mobile games and content), established in 2005