Annual Russian exhibition “IgroMir”, devoted to video games, is unlikely to compete with such major events as the E3, Tokyo Game Show or Gamescom. But for the majority of Russian gamers this is still a great opportunity to make new friends, collect a bag of “merch”, as well as play unreleased video games. Of course, we could not pass up the exhibition and prepared a number of papers that will be published on our website in the next week. Meantime, we offer to your attention a small photo report of the event.
The exhibition “IgroMir 2017” this year, traditionally lasts four days: from 28 September to 1 October. The first day is for press and VIP-visitors who purchase a ticket for all four days for 7,000 rubles. Knowing that on the weekend the exhibition is not overcrowded, my colleagues and I decided to focus on the first two days of the event, while students with glowing eyes have not filled all available space. Below you can see how many people at the exhibition was the second day – Friday, September 29. We can say that people in the exhibition complex Crocus Expo virtually no. After all, Saturday was simply impossible to walk from point “A” to point “B” due to the sharply increased concentration of people.
Almost all famous game publishers in one way or another were present at the exhibition. You could find the stands of Blizzard, Sony, Activision, Sega, Ubisoft and other big companies. Visitors could not only get acquainted with novelties of the game industry such as Call of Duty: WWII, Detroit: Become Human, the Monster Hunter World and other, but also to play the already released hits – Tekken 7, Project CARS 2 and others.
The exhibition presents not only video games, but also numerous shops offering visitors the chance to purchase games, consoles, gift products and customized accessories. Just look here on these modified consoles and gamepads. Beauty, and only.
Publishers designed their stands, as best they could. Ubisoft, for example, built on “IgroMir 2017” huge Egyptian pyramid, inside of which everyone could see with the game Assassin’s Creed: Origins and other new French companies, including Far Cry 5 and The Crew 2.
Japanese company Sony also brought to the Russian exhibition not only new, but already released games for the different categories of players. Recently submitted technology PlayLink and play “It is you!” (which I told you not so long ago) were attracted to the stand even very far from the video game people. But projects like Call of Duty: WW2, Detroit: Become Human and Destiny 2 attracted more knowledgeable players.
Next to the “IgroMir” there is another no less interesting exhibition of Comic Con Russia 2017. It pleased fans of comics, movies, TV shows and other popular entertainment. Telekanal 2kh2 offered to the visitors to dance together with his animators and watered all the free drinks and the stand was Star Wars, there is a figure of the character ray from the seventh episode of the Saga, made entirely out of LEGO bricks. Here, people can gather any of the popular designer and even admire the giant model of the Millennium Falcon for $ 800, which we told you not so long ago.
“IgroMir” is traditionally divided into two rooms, one of which is hanging out console gamers, and the second owners of personal computers and fans of overclocking. This year was no different from the past exhibitions. Many hardware manufacturers suggested visitors to try their keyboard, video cards, laptops, monitors, and other valuable hardware. Of course, all participants got a nice Souvenirs and gifts.
Pleased with the abundance of driving games at the show. Willing to sit behind the wheel could try themselves in insanely expensive hydraulic chairs with a value above 1 500 000 rubles on the stand for Project CARS 2 (game review will appear on our website in the near future). It was still possible to play in simulators at the company’s booth and demo units Thrustmaster Sony, which presented the most current build of Gran Turismo Sport, including its VR version. Microsoft showcased their new game Forza Motorsport 7.
If virtual cars are not enough for you, you can go to exhibition hall of Comic Con and enjoy the real cars, including the legendary DeLorean DMC-12. Of course, this is just a copy, created by the talented Russian fans. But still nice, agree?
Which exhibition would be attractive without the talented cosplayers and the so-called booth babes? On “IgroMir” curvy girls and really talented make-up artists and costume was in great abundance. Look at some pictures below. However, we encountered not only actors, but also wonderfully executed statues. Note the banner stand, the upcoming film “Thor: Ragnarok”.
Virtual reality at the exhibition promoted by many companies. On the Sony booth showcased several new games, including Skyrim VR, The Inpatient and Transference from the Studio, founded by actor Elijah wood. In addition, Lenovo and Acer for the first time in Russia presented their mixed reality headset, developed under license from Microsoft for the Windows operating system 10. If we can get the device for detailed review, we will tell you about our experiences. The exhibition headset we tested very superficially, so I do not want to jump to conclusions.
Nintendo has built one of the largest stands. One of its components was the bathroom, designed in the style of the 90s. Typical Soviet carpets, solid wood TV battered armchairs, posters of the Spice Girls and the TV series “Santa Barbara” — all perfectly recreated the atmosphere of the last century. And it was all intended only in order to properly file viewers reissue of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, which went on sale during the exhibition (expect a review of this great console in the near future). Visitors “IgroMir” could try his luck in the championship Splatoon 2, take pictures with your favorite characters to make a unique self in a special photo booth and much, much more. We will tell you more about new Nintendo games in our future materials. For now, just take a look at photos made by us.
In the future we plan to publish some materials with a brief description of new video games, as well as a few interviews with developers. It will be interesting. Stay with us!
#. | Photos from the Russian exhibition “IgroMir 2017”
Sergey Grey