Game Art Pioneers will showcase the public pre-alpha build
of “DISTORTION” at Moscow Video Game Week on October 30
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After a long silence, news about the DISTORTION project has finally emerged. Game Art Pioneers has announced a complete reboot and a change in vision, although the game’s core ideas (such as developing settlements alongside classic RPG mechanics) appear to remain, judging by the description on the website.

The developers plan to showcase gameplay from the rebooted RPG, now titled “DISTORTION: Prologue,” on October 30 as part of Moscow International Video Game Week. What’s more, anyone will be able to access the pre-alpha build by submitting an application on the project’s revamped website. Applications open on October 30.

“For our team, DISTORTION has always been a kind of dream about a major homegrown game project. However, we lacked a final vision for it, which led, among other things, to changes within the team. We couldn’t present it to the audience without being completely sure what kind of game we were making. Now we’re ready, and we want to give players a chance to share their opinions on the current, still rather rough version of the game before we move into full production.” — Gleb Kadomtsev, Development Director at Game Art Pioneers.

The developers intend to reveal more details about the game’s updated concept and their plans for its future development at the aforementioned Moscow International Video Game Week, running from October 30 to November 1, 2026. For now, the website and press materials are available

In the future, the creators promise to develop the project in close communication with the audience and based on in-depth market analysis conducted by Game Art Pioneers’ in-house service.

Game Art Pioneers is a Russian game company focused on producing high-budget game projects and building technological infrastructure for game development. The company’s flagship projects are “DISTORTION: Prologue” and the action game “Cyberslav: Eclipse.” Through its publishing initiative, the company supports the games “Tiny Bunny” and “Slavania.”

“DISTORTION: Prologue” is a Russian epic story-driven action RPG about a world that changes faster than people do, and about how only those willing to understand what is new will make it into the future.

Moscow International Video Game Week is an event organized by the Moscow Agency for Creative Industries under the city’s Department of Culture. Its goal is to showcase Russian game and animation projects, as well as the city’s infrastructure for industry development, and to strengthen the position of Moscow studios in international markets.