The annual Russian exhibition IgroMir, dedicated to the video game, is unlikely to compete with such major events as the E3, Tokyo Game Show or Gamescom. But for the majority of Russian gamers, it's still a great opportunity to make new friends, collect a bag of "merchandise," and also play in not yet released video games. Of course, we could not pass by the exhibition and prepared for you a number of materials that will be published on our website within the next week. Meanwhile, we offer you a small photoreport from the event.
The exhibition "IgroMir 2017" this year traditionally lasts four days: from September 28 to October 1. The first day is intended for the press and VIP-visitors who bought an entrance ticket for all four days for 7000 rubles. Knowing that I will not get through the weekend at the exhibition, my colleagues and I decided to focus on the first two days of the event, while schoolchildren with burning eyes did not fill all the free space. Below you can see how many people were at the exhibition on the second day - on Friday, September 29th. We can say that there are practically no people in the Crocus Expo exhibition complex. After all, on Saturday it was simply impossible to get from point "A" to point "B" in view of the sharply increased concentration of people.
Almost all the famous game publishers in one way or another attended the exhibition. You could find the stands of Blizzard, Sony, Activision, Sega, Ubisoft and other large companies. Visitors could not only get acquainted with the novelties of the game industry such as Call of Duty: WWII, Detroit: Become Human, Monster Hunter: World and others, but also play already released hits - Tekken 7, Project CARS 2 and others.
At the exhibition, not only video games were presented, but also numerous shops offering visitors the opportunity to purchase games, consoles, souvenir products and customized accessories. Just look at these modified consoles and gamepads. Beauty, and only.
Publishers decorated their stands, who as they could. Ubisoft, for example, erected a huge Egyptian pyramid on Igromir 2017, inside which everyone could get acquainted with the game Assassin's Creed: Origins and other novelties of the French company, including Far Cry 5 and The Crew 2.
The Japanese company Sony also brought to the Russian exhibition not only new items, but also already released games for the most diverse categories of players. The recently introduced PlayLink technology and the game "It's You!" (About which I told you not so long ago) attracted even very far from videogames people to the stand. But projects like Call of Duty: WW2, Detroit: Become Human and Destiny 2 attracted more knowledgeable players.
In the neighborhood with "Igromir" is located another no less interesting exhibition Comic Con Russia 2017. She delighted fans of comics, films, television series and other popular in the people of entertainment. The 2x2 television channel invited visitors to dance with its animators and drank all free drinks, and at the Star Wars stand was installed the figure of the character Ray from the seventh episode of the saga, made entirely of cubes of LEGO. Here, people could independently collect something from a popular designer and even admire the giant model of the Millennial Falcon for $ 800, which we told you not so long ago.
"Igromir" is traditionally divided into two halls, one of which is tusuyutsya konsolschiki, and in the second - owners of personal computers and fans of overclocking processors. This year there were no differences from past exhibitions. Numerous iron manufacturers offered visitors to try out their keyboards, video cards, laptops, monitors and other valuable "pieces of iron." Of course, all the participants received pleasant souvenirs and memorable gifts for this.
Pleased with the abundance of autos simulators at the exhibition. Those who want to sit behind the wheel could try themselves in insanely expensive hydraulic chairs worth more than 1 500 000 rubles at the stand of the game Project CARS 2 (the game review will appear on our website in the very near future). Still it was possible to play simulators at the Thrustmaster stand and Sony demonstration units, where the most current Gran Turismo Sport build was presented, including its VR-version. The company Microsoft has presented at the exhibition its new game Forza Motorsport 7.
If virtual cars are not enough for you, you can go to the exhibition halls of Comic Con and admire real cars, including the legendary DeLorean DMC-12. Of course, this is just a copy created by talented Russian fans. But it's still nice, will not you agree?
What exhibition would be attractive without talented cosplayers and so-called booth babes? On "Igromir" seductive girls and really talented make-up and costumers were in great abundance. Look at a few photos below. However, we met not only actors, but also beautifully executed statues. Pay attention to the advertising booth of the upcoming film "Thor: Ragnarok".
A lot of companies promoted the virtual reality at the exhibition. Several new games were presented at the Sony stand, 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 headsets developed under the Microsoft license for the Windows 10 operating system. If we get the devices for a detailed review, we will tell you about our impressions. At the headset show, we tried very superficially, so I hate to make hasty conclusions.
The company Nintendo erected at the exhibition one of the largest stands. One of its components was a room made in the style of the 90's. Typical Soviet carpets, a massive wooden TV, life-worn chairs, posters with Spice Girls and the TV series Santa Barbara - all this perfectly recreated the atmosphere of the end of the last century. And all this was conceived only to properly give the audience a re-release of the console Super Nintendo Entertainment System, which went on sale during the exhibition days (expect us to review this wonderful console in the near future). Visitors to IgroMir could try their luck in the championship on Splatoon 2, take photos with their favorite characters, make unique ones in a special photobud and much, much more. We will definitely tell you more about the new Nintendo games in our future materials. In the meantime, just offer to look at the photos we made.
In the future, we plan to publish several materials with a brief description of the new video games, as well as a couple interviews with the developers. It will be interesting. Stay with us!
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