IgroMir
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IgroMir (Russian: ИгроМир, Gaming World) was the first large-scale annual exhibition of computer and video games in Russia, organized in Moscow by the committee of the Russian Game Developers Conference from 2006 to 2019.
IgroMir Игромир | |
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Status | Collapsed |
Genre | Video game exhibition |
Frequency | Annually |
Venue | Crocus Expo |
Location(s) | Moscow |
Country | Russia |
Inaugurated | 4 November 2006; 17 years ago (2006-11-04) |
Most recent | 6 October 2019; 4 years ago (2019-10-06) |
Attendance | 164,000 (2017) |
Organized by | Russian Game Developers Conference |
Website | http://igromir-expo.ru/ |
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, Comic-Con Russia was held as part of IgroMir and attendance averaged 160,000 people, the capacity of the venue.