“Igroprom” brought together 17,000 gaming enthusiasts and more than 100 projects at the Moscow Video Game and Animation Cluster

The Russian video game industry festival “IgroProm” was held from September 18 to 20 at the Moscow Cluster of Video Games and Animation of the Moscow Agency for Creative Industries and at “MosHub.Skolkovo,” the business space of the Moscow Department of Information Technology. The event took place as part of the “IGROPROM Without Borders: 2026 Year of the Video Game Industry” program, supported by the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives.

The main event of the festival’s business program was the signing of IgroProm’s strategic agreements with the Institute for Internet Development (IRI) and the Perm Region Creative Industries Foundation on the main stage. More than 120 speakers also took part in the business and lecture program, which occupied three spacious auditoriums at the Video Games and Animation Cluster.

The entertainment program, held on Saturday and Sunday, included video game showcases, exhibition matches by a cyberfighting school, and prize drawings for the quest on the main stage. The highlights for spectators and participants were the third annual “Our IgroProm” awards ceremony and a large-scale cosplay contest that brought together more than 300 participants.

More than 100 game developers from across the country presented their projects to festival guests. Projects by developers from the Perm Region were featured at a dedicated booth. The event also included booths from the Institute of Business and Design and the Moscow Institute of Economics and Regional Development (MIERA).

A major festival highlight was an exclusive presentation of the science-fiction universe of Quantum Control: the universe is built around a conflict between two realities connected at the quantum level. The festival’s main stage hosted the premiere of the official gameplay trailer for the single-player story-driven shooter Quantum Control: Zero Frontier, and everyone interested could learn more about the project at the studio’s booth.

Chinese indie studio MyACG Studio presented Cinderia at the festival, a dynamic action roguelike set in a dark fairy-tale kingdom consumed by ash and black magic.

Throughout all three days of the festival, visitors could explore an interactive area dedicated to the multiplayer online game Off-Road Commanders, centered on rally raids featuring Russian trucks. Visitors were free to try the free simulator, which recently entered open beta testing.

Another premiere was the gameplay trailer for Gardariki, a free-to-play online action RPG in the epic fantasy genre, featuring a third-person perspective and cooperative elements, where 11th-century Rus meets Slavic mythology and a world of legends and fairy tales.

According to the organizers, more than 17,000 people visited the exhibition in total. In addition to the entertainment program on the main stage and booths showcasing indie releases, visitors could immerse themselves in the atmosphere of retro games in the areas operated by the Lunokhod club and the Console Patrol publishing house, enjoy the VR area, meet well-known streamers, bloggers, and cosplayers at the Streamfest booth, take part in gaming tournaments, and shop for books and souvenirs along the retail promenade.

This year, more than 150 organizations partnered with IgroProm, including the Moscow Cluster of Video Games and Animation of the Moscow Agency for Creative Industries, the Institute for Internet Development (IRI), the Perm Region Creative Industries Foundation, “MosHub.Skolkovo,” the business space of the Moscow Department of Information Technology, the Russian Military Historical Society, the Video Game Industry Development Organization (RVI), the Only Games platform, Donatov.net, the APRIORI Association, the VK Play platform, RuStore, Rutube, and others. The festival’s technical partners were MSI, Gizmo, Devtech, Havit, and HyperPC. Its media partners included “Igromania,” “Game World Navigator,” Hi-Tech Mail.ru, Rambler/Technologies and Trends, Computerra, and others.