Astrum Online Entertainment

Type of business| Holding

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.ru/eng
Launched| 2007
Current status| active

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.

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[edit]

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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* Time Zero
* Nikita Online
* Nival Online
* DJ Games

## Game titles (as of March 2009)[edit]

* Allods Online
* Legend: Legacy of the Dragons
* Perfect World
* Slapshot

## Internet portals (as of March 2009)[edit]

* Games.mail.ru
* Woh.ru
* Astrumo.de

## Payment system[edit]

* Terrabank
* Webmoney

## External links[edit]

* Companies portal

* Astrum Online's Official Web Site
* Allods Online Fansite & Forums
* Fr Fan Site

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Four Russian Companies Merge and Become Astrum Online Entertainment". Softpedia. 6 December 2007. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
2. ^ "News: Astrum Online Entertainment Launch Announced". GamersHell.com. 6 December 2007. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
3. ^ Vedomosti Newspaper, 5 November 2008, #209 (2231)
4. ^ "Four Leading Russian Online Gaming Companies Join into a Holding – Astrum Online Entertainment , Press Release". Gamesindustry.biz. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
5. ^ "Astrum Online Enters Chinese and German Markets". Gaming.do.co.za. 14 November 2008. Archived from the original on 17 August 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.