About

11 years in the video game industry

Innova published its first online game in 2007, when the Russian gaming market was just starting out. As publishers of such well-known games as Lineage 2 and Aion, we influenced the field considerably. For all these years we have been constantly improving the quality of our service and developing expertise in the gaming industry.

55 000 000 registered users

Since summer 2018 all Innova’s games are launched in 4game Center — a desktop application developed internally. The company also maintains a gaming news portal 4gamer.

250 employees

We develop an extensive infrastructure around our games. For every project we create a team that takes on every task regarding the launch or support, from localization to marketing, from community management to billing process.

Among our games are MMO legends still popular among Russian players even 10 years after the release.

We strive to build long-term relationship with our audience and never resort to aggressive monetization. Instead, we maintain the players’ interest for our projects by organizing numerous online and offline events.

In 2018 Innova launches the mobile games project starting cooperation with indie game developers. We take care of everything regarding game launch and promotion, so that our partners could concentrate fully on their project’s quality.

Timeline

‘06

Innova is founded

‘07

RF Online, Innova’s first fantasy MMO project, is released. The game servers are launched on January 16 at 23:15

‘08

Innova launches Lineage 2, the first MMORPG in the world that features massive battles

Innova launches R2 Online, a classic online RPG with a diverse battle system

4game, a gaming platform with easy access to all Innova’s projects, is launched in Russia and CIS

‘09

Point Blank, a team based online shooter game, is released

Aion, an MMORPG with epic battles on earth and in the sky, is released

The first Miss Lineage 2 contest is held. Later it becomes an annual event

‘10

Atlantica Online, a unique turn-based MMORPG, is released

Point Blank 5×5 Elite Cup, an ESL e-sports tournament, begins. It welcomes 128 teams

‘11

Innova holds a large Point Blank Cyber Series tournament with the support of the Russian e-Sport Federation. Qualification games take place in 14 cities all over the country. The tournament prize pool is 1 million rubles

4game with Lineage 2 is launched in Europe

‘12

APB Reloaded, an action MMO, is released

‘13

PlanetSide 2 developed by Sony Online Entertainment (Daybreak Game Company LLC) is released. It is a widescale MMOFPS with thousands of players and hundreds of vehicles fighting on the same battlefield

Innova holds the Point Blank Russian Championship that takes place in 12 different cities with the grand final in Moscow

Innova is on the 23rd place in Forbes list of Top 30 largest Russian IT companies

‘14

Innova enters the market of mobile online games

The first 4game TV ads are shown. PlanetSide 2, Lineage 2, Point Blank, Aion, and Atlantica Online commercials are launched on TNT, STS, 2×2 TV channels

The PlanetSide 2 promotion website wins a prestigious FWA award

Innova and Starladder hold the 10th anniversary Point Blank SLTV season

‘15

Innova moves to a new, more spacious office, that fits the growing company. The office is nominated for the Best Office Awards and featured on Office Snapshots

Innova’s team has put in an immense amount of work into Halo Online — a first-person shooter developed by Microsoft. The project is supposed to be launched exclusively for the Russian market, but the release is canceled due to the decision of Microsoft to remake the game

4gamer — our news portal — is launched, with Alexey Makarenkov appointed as an editor-in-chief

«Battle of the Generals», the biggest Point Blank competition ever held in Russia, is organized. During the four-week event the participants choose one of 3 sides and fight for prizes. Every team is led by one of our community managers

Innova’s own e-sports platform, Arena 4game, is launched

Innova is named the «Best MMORPG publisher in the CIS» by GoHa Awards

‘16

Blade & Soul, a next-generation action/MMO game with spectacular fights and seductive characters, is launched

Innova opens an edutainment park KidZania Moscow — the first KidZania in Russia

Innova’s team creates an official website for the Russian KidZania, which is later utilized by other countries

Innova receives 2 audience awards at the GoHa Awards 2015: «Most Anticipated MMORPG», for releasing Blade & Soul, and «Best MMORPG publisher in the CIS»

‘17

Innova holds the first Russian Blade & Soul championship

An R2 Online international tournament takes place in Russia for the first time. The event is held at the e-sports club GamerStadium. The Russian team FreePlay wins

Innova holds the first Russian Blade & Soul championship

Together with Starladder Innova holds the Point Blank World Challenge (PBWC`2017)

‘18

Kingdom Under Fire 2, a unique hybrid of MMORPG and real-time strategy, is released.

4game starts a beta test of the legendary MMORPG Ragnarök Online. Its veterans as well as new players have a unique chance to play the good old Ragnarök.

Innova launches the mobile games project starting cooperation with indie game developers.

Since summer 2018 all Innova’s games are launched in 4game Center — a desktop application developed internally.

Innova holds a press conference dedicated to the launch of a new MMORPG — Crowfall. Its special guests are Crowfall developers from ArtCraft Entertainment. The event is visited by more than 50 journalists and bloggers interested in the project.