A batch of Kabod Online-made online games have recently aimed at the emerging Russian market all of a sudden after marching into Asia, Europe and North America, etc.

According to relevant analyses, Russia's super-high network speed gives rise to the drastic increase in the number of online gamers, which thus makes Russia a new export target of South Korean online games. As a multi-culture country composed of over 100 nationalities, Russia has more than 63 million net users and may become a new promising market for online games. As reliable statistics show, in 2010, the profit made by online games in Russia rose by 84% from 2009's USD 240 million, Kabod Gold and the number of online gamers reached 17 million with an average annual growth of 109%. It's expected that a more remarkable progress will be made this year.

This year, numerous South Korean game companies are paying more and more attention to Russia, and many new games are being brought to the Russian market in succession. For instance, hot online games like NCsoft's Lineage 2, Gravity's Ragnarok Online and CCR's RF Online have set foot in Russia. Particularly, Lineage 2 has even created a great record by hitting over 60,000 simultaneous online players.

According to Mgame, with an increasing large number of players and basic infrastructures in Russia, the surrounding CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) countries also play an important role in expanding the game operation scope, and it's likely that Russia will pioneer their new projects' official export to the overseas markets this year.

Crazy Racing Kart Rider from Nexon officially conducted its OBT in Russia from last December. Being operated in Russia and its surrounding CIS countries simultaneously, the game integrates many famous Russian cultural spots including the Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed and the Kremlin, with the well-known Russian nesting dolls introduced as in-game items, too. The integration of all these cultural elements is well accepted by local players.