{{short description|Annual Russian video game exhibition}} {{Infobox Convention | name = IgroMir | native_name = Игромир | native_name_lang = ru | image = | caption = | status = Active | genre = Video game exhibition | venue = Crocus Expo | location = Moscow | country = Russia | years_active = 2006–2019, 2025 | first = {{start date and age|2006|11|4|df=yes}} | last = {{Start date and age|2025|12|12|df=yes}} | frequency = Annually | organizer = Russian Game Developers Conference | attendance = 183,000 (2019) }} '''IgroMir''' ({{langx|ru|ИгроМир}}, ''Gaming World'') was the first large-scale annual exhibition of computer and video games in Russia, organized from 2006–2019 in Moscow by the committee of the Russian Game Developers Conference.
The exhibition quickly grew to a four-day event (Thursday to Sunday), with the first day reserved for industry members, the press, and VIPs. It was held on the first weekend of November at VDNKh Exhibition Center for its first five years, then from 2011 moved to Crocus Expo and was held on the first weekend of October. From 2014 to 2018, Comic-Con Russia was held as part of IgroMir and attendance averaged 160,000 people, the capacity of the venue. The 2019 event had the highest attendance with over 183,000 people. It was then not held for several years, initially due to the COVID-19 pandemic and later the bankruptcy of the organisers.<ref name="Bankruptcy">{{Cite web |title=Выставки игр и Comic Con Russia |url=https://kanobu.ru/articles/pokojtes-s-mirom-kakie-igrovyie-vyistavki-myi-poteryali-pomimo-e3-377742/ |access-date=2025-12-13 |website=Kanobu.ru |language=ru}}</ref> {{TOC limit|2}}
In 2025, the event returned, again combined with Comic-Con Russia,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Zaycev |first1=Viktor |title=Comic Con IgroMir 2025 Pop Culture Festival Reveals Full Event Program |url=https://ixbt.games/en/news/2025/12/10/festival-pop-kultury-comic-con-igromir-2025-raskryl-polnuiu-programmu-meropriiatiia.html |website=IXBT.games |language=en |date=10 December 2025}}</ref> but now organized by MDTS LLC.
==History== ===2006=== The exhibition was first held from 4 to 5 November 2006, at the VDNKh Exhibition Center. According to the organizers, attendance exceeded 25,000 people.<ref name = "igromir_people_2006" /> About 45 domestic and foreign companies were present, showing more than 100 games for different platforms.
===2007=== In 2007, IgroMir returned to the VDNKh Center for an expanded exhibition from 2 to 4 November (Friday to Sunday). The exhibition area increased from {{convert|9000|to|13000|m2}}, and there were about 45,000 to 50,000 visitors, including exhibitors and the press.<ref name = "igromir_people_2007" /> The exhibition was attended by domestic game companies such as Russobit-M, 1C, Akella, and Nival Online, as well as by Western publishers such as Electronic Arts, Microsoft, Sony Computer Entertainment, Nintendo, Sega and others. Some games were shown to the public for the first time. Many were presented by developers, such as Epic Games President Mike Capps, Ubisoft's Jade Raymond and representatives of Bizarre Creations, Creative Assembly and Running with Scissors.
===2008=== IgroMir continued to grow and switched to a four-day format (Thursday to Sunday) held from 6 to 9 November in 2008. The first day was called the business day<ref name="tickets">{{cite web | year = 2009 | url = http://igromir-expo.ru/tickets/ | title = Билеты на выставку ИгроМир 2009 | access-date = 2010-01-04 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111222025715/http://igromir-expo.ru/tickets/ | archive-date = 2011-12-22 | url-status = dead }}</ref> in which games were presented to industry members and the press in arelaxed business setting. The remaining three days were open to the public. The total number of visitors exceeded 65,000 people,<ref name = "igromir_people_2007" /> with more than 120 exhibitors. Among them were leading western companies: Electronic Arts, Microsoft, Sony Computer Entertainment, Nintendo, Sega, Ubisoft, and Blizzard Entertainment. The total exhibition area increased to {{convert|14,000|m2}}.<ref name="press" />
===2009=== The 2009 exhibition again took place at the VDNKh Center from 5 to 8 November. According to estimates of the organizers and the VDNKh police department, the exhibition was visited by 82,000 people.<ref name="people2009" /> The exhibition attracted domestic game companies (such as 1C, Akella, Buka, Nival), and Western companies Microsoft, Sony Computer Entertainment, Blizzard Entertainment, Electronic Arts, Activision, Nintendo and Sega. VIP guests to the exhibition included Joe Kucan and Anatoly Wasserman.
===2010=== In 2010, the fifth IgroMir was held from 3 to 6 November at VDNKh<!--at the 57th pavillion-->, and was partnered with Gamer.ru social network and Mail.ru.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://igromir-expo.ru/news1/2010/215|title=GAMER.ru – генеральный информационный партнёр пятой выставки "ИгроМир 2010"|date=3 September 2010|access-date=31 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105094708/http://igromir-expo.ru/news1/2010/215|archive-date=2011-11-05|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://igromir-expo.ru/news1/2010/216|title=Mail.Ru отправляется на ИгроМир 2010!|date=6 September 2010|access-date=31 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105102734/http://igromir-expo.ru/news1/2010/216|archive-date=2011-11-05|url-status=dead}}</ref> The exhibition was attended by more than 110 companies, and occupied more than {{convert|13,000|m2}} of exhibition space. The business day was attended by more than 3,500 professionals and more than 900 members of the press. According to estimates of the organizers and police, over 90,000 people attended.<ref name = "people_2010" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://igromir-expo.ru/news2/2010/227|title=Корпорация Microsoft на "ИгроМире 2010"|date=30 September 2010|access-date=31 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018144357/http://igromir-expo.ru/news2/2010/227|archive-date=2011-10-18|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://igromir-expo.ru/news2/2010/257|title=Компания Electronic Arts объявляет о своем участии в выставке "ИгроМир 2010"|date=1 November 2010|access-date=31 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018144107/http://igromir-expo.ru/news2/2010/257|archive-date=2011-10-18|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===2011=== The sixth edition of the exhibition was held at the Crocus Expo hall in Moscow, held from 6 to 9 October. The total size of the exhibition exceeded {{convert|16,000|m2}}. It attracted Microsoft, Sony Computer Entertainment, Nintendo, Electronic Arts, 1C-SoftClub, Akella, Nival, Wargaming.net, Gaijin Entertainment, Blizzard Entertainment and others. In addition to exhibits, a main stage had a special entertainment program which included rapper Noize MC and Underwood. As in the previous three years, the four-day exhibition began with a business day followed by three public admission days.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1_Gxdktejw|title=Антон Логвинов проговорился о новом месте проведения выставки|website=YouTube |date=5 November 2010|access-date=31 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140621013758/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1_Gxdktejw|archive-date=21 June 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crocus-expo.ru/exhibition/detail_exhibition.php?ELEMENT_ID=10420|title=ИгроМир 2011 Крокус Экспо – Международный выставочный центр|date=12 February 2011|access-date=1 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120124121723/http://www.crocus-expo.ru/exhibition/detail_exhibition.php?ELEMENT_ID=10420|archive-date=2012-01-24|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="IGROMIR_2011_ANNOUNCE">{{cite web|url=http://igromir-expo.ru/news1/2011/259|title=ИгроМир 2011: Добро пожаловать на новый уровень!|date=11 July 2011|access-date=1 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512090143/http://www.igromir-expo.ru/news1/2011/259|archive-date=2012-05-12|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="IGROMIR_2011_BLIZZARD_ANNOUNCE">{{cite web|url=http://eu.battle.net/sc2/ru/blog/2995656/Blizzard_Entertainment_на_выставке_ИгроМир_2011_-23_09_2011#blog|title=Blizzard Entertainment на выставке ИгроМир 2011!|date=23 September 2011|access-date=24 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208140636/http://eu.battle.net/sc2/ru/blog/2995656/Blizzard_Entertainment_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%98%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%80_2011_-23_09_2011|archive-date=2011-12-08|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===2012=== IgroMir 2012 was held from 4 to 7 October at Crocus Expo. For the first time, family games were exhibited in a separate room. There was also competitive gaming, featuring the final fights of the ''Panzar: Forged by Chaos'' game contest with prize money of {{currency|1|RUB|linked=yes}} million.<ref name="test">{{cite web |url=http://gameslink.ru/novosti/igromir-2012.html |title=Игромир 2012 — Игровой портал |publisher=Gameslink.ru |access-date=2015-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919134330/http://gameslink.ru/novosti/igromir-2012.html |archive-date=2015-09-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===2013=== IgroMir 2013 was held from 3 to 6 October at Crocus Expo.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eng.crocus-expo.ru/exhibition/detail_exhibition.php?ELEMENT_ID=15609 |title=IGROMIR 2013 | Crocus Expo – International Exhibition Center |publisher=Eng.crocus-expo.ru |access-date=2015-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228223806/http://eng.crocus-expo.ru/exhibition/detail_exhibition.php?ELEMENT_ID=15609 |archive-date=2014-12-28 |url-status=live }}</ref> Exhibition space was increased to {{convert|50,000|m2}},{{citation needed|date=September 2013}} and Gaijin Entertainment's booth included two real WWII-era tanks.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocvvMLQkZh8 |title=Real Tanks for Igromir 2013! |publisher=YouTube.com |date=2013-10-11 |access-date=2015-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203223054/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocvvMLQkZh8 |archive-date=2016-02-03 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{relevance inline|date=September 2019|Is this notable to the history of the Igromir?}} There was a separate room for competitive gaming, where tournaments were held for the final of ''League of Legends'',{{citation needed|date=September 2019}} ''StarCraft II'',{{cn|date=April 2021}} and others.
===2014=== In 2014, IgroMir was held from 2 to 5 October at Crocus Expo and combined with the Russian Game Developers Conference.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.3dnews.ru/790419 |title=В 2014 году "Игромир" и КРИ объединят в одну большую выставку |access-date=2019-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425115647/https://3dnews.ru/790419 |archive-date=2019-04-25 |url-status=live }}</ref> The first Comic-Con Russia was also hosted as part of IgroMir.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://comicconrussia.ru/ |title=Comic Con Russia 2014 |access-date=2019-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006113553/http://www.comicconrussia.ru/ |archive-date=2014-10-06 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mirf.ru/News/Comic_Con__teper_i_v_Rossii_17921.htm |title=Comic Con — теперь и в России |access-date=2019-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006133256/http://www.mirf.ru/News/Comic_Con__teper_i_v_Rossii_17921.htm |archive-date=2014-10-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Attendance over the four days was estimated at 152,000.
===2015=== In 2015, IgroMir was held from 1 to 4 October at Crocus Expo, and again included Comic-Con Russia. Cosplayers were also recruited for the exhibition. Attendance exceeded 160,000.<ref name="people-2015">{{cite web|url=https://www.championat.com/cybersport/news-2592900-v-moskve-otkrylas-vystavka-igromir-2016.html|title=В Москве открылась выставка "Игромир-2016"|trans-title=The exhibition "Igromir-2016" has opened in Moscow|language=ru|website=Championat.com|date=29 September 2016|access-date=28 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804205533/https://www.championat.com/cybersport/news-2592900-v-moskve-otkrylas-vystavka-igromir-2016.html|archive-date=4 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
===2016=== In 2016, IgroMir was held 29 September to 2 October at Crocus Expo.<ref name="people-2015"/> There were 250 exhibiting companies attracting 1,900 members of the press and an estimated 163,000 attendees.<ref name="people-2016">{{cite web|url=http://www.championat.com/cybersport/news-2598754-vystavku-igromir-2016-posetilo-163-tys-chelovek.html|title=Выставку "Игромир-2016" посетили 163 тыс. человек|language=ru|trans-title=The exhibition "Igromir-2016" was visited by 163 thousand people|date=5 October 2016|access-date=27 September 2019|website=Championat.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322052601/https://www.championat.com/cybersport/news-2598754-vystavku-igromir-2016-posetilo-163-tys-chelovek.html|archive-date=22 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
===2017=== In 2017, IgroMir was held 28 September to 11 October at Crocus Expo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thr.ru/life/igromir-2017-i-comic-con-russia-2017-zapustili-prodazu-pervyh-biletov/|title="ИгроМир 2017" и Comic Con Russia 2017 запустили продажу первых билетов|language=ru|trans-title=IgroMir 2017 and Comic Con Russia 2017 launched the sale of the first tickets|date=4 October 2017|access-date=27 September 2019|website=The Hollywood Reporter|location=Russia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908154053/http://thr.ru/life/igromir-2017-i-comic-con-russia-2017-zapustili-prodazu-pervyh-biletov/|archive-date=8 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The main guests were game developer Richard Garriott, and actors Christopher Lloyd, Rutger Hauer and Stephanie Corneliussen. The exhibition area was {{convert|26,500|m2}}, and estimated attendance was 164,000.<ref name="people-2017">{{cite web|url=https://3dnews.ru/959470|language=ru|title=Итоги выставки "ИгроМир 2017" и фестиваля Comic Con Russia 2017|trans-title=Results of the Igromir 2017 exhibition and Comic Con Russia 2017 festival|date=4 October 2017|access-date=27 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004210236/https://3dnews.ru/959470|archive-date=4 October 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ru.ign.com/vse/88432/feature/igromir-i-comic-con-russia-2017-kak-eto-bylo|title="ИгроМир" и Comic Con Russia 2017 – как это было|language=ru|trans-title=IgroMir and Comic Con Russia 2017 – how it was|date=7 October 2017|access-date=27 September 2019|website=IGN Russia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606022750/https://ru.ign.com/vse/88432/feature/igromir-i-comic-con-russia-2017-kak-eto-bylo|archive-date=6 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
===2018=== In 2018, IgroMir was held from 4 to 7 October at Crocus Expo.<ref>{{cite web|title=В Москве начала работу выставка "ИгроМир 2018" и конвент Comic Con Russia|language=ru|trans-title=The Igromir 2018 exhibition and the Comic Con Russia convention began in Moscow|url=https://3dnews.ru/976351|date=4 October 2018|access-date=27 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004173904/https://3dnews.ru/976351|archive-date=4 October 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Comic-Con Russia continued to be held with it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://daily.afisha.ru/cities/10317-kak-proshel-igromir-2018-reportazh-afishi-daily-i-ruslana-usacheva/|title=Как прошел "Игромир-2018". Репортаж "Афиши Daily" и Руслана Усачева|language=ru|trans-title=How did Igromir-2018 go? Report of the “Poster Daily” and Ruslan Usachev|date=10 October 2018|access-date=27 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905205736/https://daily.afisha.ru/cities/10317-kak-proshel-igromir-2018-reportazh-afishi-daily-i-ruslana-usacheva/|archive-date=5 September 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> As in the past years, attendance strained the four-day 160,000-capacity limit of the venue.<ref name="people-2018">{{cite web|url=https://ru.ign.com/igromir/90180/feature/igromir-i-comic-con-russia-2018-nashi-subektivnye-vpechatleniia|title=ИгроМир и Comic Con Russia 2018 — наши субъективные впечатления|language=ru|trans-title=IgroMir and Comic Con Russia 2018 - our subjective impressions|website=IGN Russia|date=16 October 2018|access-date=27 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529120324/https://ru.ign.com/igromir/90180/feature/igromir-i-comic-con-russia-2018-nashi-subektivnye-vpechatleniia|archive-date=29 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
===2019=== In 2019, the exhibition was held from 3 to 6 October at Crocus Expo. Attendance was estimated to be 183,000.<ref name="people-2019">{{cite web|url=https://3dnews.ru/995281|title="ИгроМир 2019" и Comic Con Russia 2019 посетило свыше 183 тысяч человек|author=Евгений Миркин|website=3dnews.ru|date=2019-10-08|publisher=3DNews|access-date=2019-10-09|archive-date=2019-10-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009050733/https://3dnews.ru/995281|url-status=live}}</ref>
===2025=== After a hiatus of several years, IgroMir returned as a combination event with Comic Con Russia, being held from 12 to 14 December. The venue changed to Timiryazev Centre.
==Attendance==
{| class="wikitable" |- ! style="text-align:center;"|Year ! style="text-align:center;"|Dates ! style="text-align:center;"|Venue ! style="text-align:center;"|Attendance<br/><small>(estimated)</small> |- |2006 | 4–5 Nov. | rowspan="5" | VDNKh Exhibition Center | 25,000<ref name = "igromir_people_2006">{{cite web | url = http://www.igromir-expo.ru/index.php?type=info&doc=news | title = Свершилось! | date = 9 November 2006 | access-date = 1 April 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061128152557/http://www.igromir-expo.ru/index.php?type=info&doc=news | archive-date = 28 November 2006}}</ref> |- |2007 |2–4 Nov. |50,000<ref name="igromir_people_2007">{{cite web|date=8 November 2007|url=http://igromir-expo.ru/news1/2007/109|title=ИгроМир завершился!|access-date=1 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106071930/http://igromir-expo.ru/news1/2007/109|archive-date=6 November 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- |2008 |6–9 Nov. |65,000<ref name="press">{{cite web|year=2009|url=http://igromir-expo.ru/press/|title=Информация для прессы|access-date=1 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212000639/http://igromir-expo.ru/press/|archive-date=12 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- |2009 |5–8 Nov. |82,000<ref name="people2009">{{cite web|date=2009-11-13|url=http://igromir-expo.ru/news1/2009/196|title=ИгроМир 2009 завершен – выставку посетили более 80 тысяч человек!|access-date=1 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105175732/http://igromir-expo.ru/news1/2009/196|archive-date=5 November 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- |2010 |3–6 Nov. |90,000<ref name="people_2010">{{cite web|url=http://igromir-expo.ru/news1/2010/258|title=Юбилейная выставка "ИгроМир 2010" завершена!|date=9 November 2010|access-date=31 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105104908/http://igromir-expo.ru/news1/2010/258|archive-date=5 November 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- |2011 |6–9 Oct. | rowspan="9" | Crocus Expo |95,000 |- |2012 |4–7 Oct. |105,000<ref name="people_2012">{{cite web|url=http://igromir-expo.ru/news1/2012/334 |title=Юбилейная выставка "ИгроМир 2012" завершена! |date=9 November 2012 |access-date=31 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011222825/http://www.igromir-expo.ru/news1/2012/334 |archive-date=11 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- |2013 |3–6 Oct. |130,000<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vostokgames.com/en/news/igromir-2013-report |title=Igromir 2013 Report |publisher=Vostokgames.com |access-date=2015-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228225645/http://vostokgames.com/en/news/igromir-2013-report |archive-date=2014-12-28 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |2014 |2–5 Oct. |157,000<ref name="people_2014">{{cite web|url=http://www.igromir-expo.ru/news/index#69|title=Igromir 2014 and Comic Con Russia 2014 finished!|access-date=2016-06-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622002858/http://igromir-expo.ru/news/index#69|archive-date=2016-06-22|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |2015 |1–4 Oct. |162,000<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/galyonkin/status/651732360631857153 |title=Twitter galyonkin 07.10.15 |access-date=2016-06-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404142606/https://twitter.com/galyonkin/status/651732360631857153 |archive-date=2016-04-04 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |2016 |29 Sep. – 2 Oct. |163,000<ref name="people-2016"/> |- |2017 |28 Sep. – 1 Oct. |164,000<ref name="people-2017"/> |- |2018 |4-7 Oct. |{{circa|160,000}}<ref name="people-2018"/> |- |2019 |3-6 Oct. |183,000<ref name="people-2019"/> |- |2025 |12-14 Dec. | rowspan="1" | Timiryazev Centre |Unknown |}
==See also== {{commons category}} * Asia Game Show * Electronic Entertainment Expo * Game Developers Conference * Gamescom * Games Convention *Paris Game Festival * Russian Game Developers Conference * Tokyo Game Show
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