"Plus Studio" will become a co-investor and will be engaged in entertainment content based on the lore and characters, and also plans a series for "Kinopoisk". The game is scheduled for release in 2027 on all available platforms.
The game is an adventure action game inspired by the novel by Herbert Wells, about an alien invasion in 1896. The total cost of the project is about $30 million, $10 million has already been invested.
Earlier, the team led by Albert Zhiltsov separated from 1C GameStudios and created an independent studio "Mgla".
One of the video game producers said:
The difficulties of studios such as "Akronix" or Game Art Pioneers were largely due to internal factors of the projects themselves: ambitious statements were often not supported by the experience of releasing large titles. In the case of Albert Zhiltsov's project, the situation is different.
According to him, most of the investment will go to scaling content:
In the case of this project, 1–1.5 billion rubles will be required for development, and another 500 million rubles for marketing.
Expert Maxim Fomichev believes that Yandex is investing private funds in a serious project publicly for the first time since 2022.
