Lesta Studio
Russian video game developer
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Lesta Games (Russian: Леста, romanized: Lesta; also known as Lesta Studio) is a Russian video game development and film production company with studios in Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Minsk and Tashkent.[4][5][6][7] From 2011 to 2022, the company was owned by Wargaming.
History
Lesta Studio was founded on 22 December 1991.[8] In January 1998, the studio was one of three large computer graphics companies of Saint Petersburg, alongside Positive and Creat.[9] In 2011, the company became part of Belarusian video game company Wargaming.[10] On its 21st anniversary in 2012, Lesta Studio had 150 employees.[8]
On April 4, 2022, Wargaming announced that they would be pulling all operations out of Russia and Belarus, and transferring all its live games services in those regions to Lesta Studio, which was announced to no longer be affiliated with the company.[11] On October 12, 2022, they released 3 new games that are based on Wargaming games. The games are licensed, but their development is different. The games are Mir Tankov and Mir Korablej, and they work with another company called EAST GAMES LLC who publishes the Tanks Blitz game.
On April 17, 2025, according to the Federal Bailiff Service, the Tagansky District Court of Moscow seized the assets of Lesta Studio, following an order issued by the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation.[12]
Games developed
| Year | Title | Publisher(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | The Entente: Battlefields WW1 | Buka Entertainment, Encore, Inc. | [13] |
| 2005 | Pacific Storm | Buka Entertainment, CDV Software | [14] |
| 2007 | Pacific Storm: Allies | Buka Entertainment, Excalibur Publishing | [15] |
| Aggression: Reign Over Europe | Buka Entertainment, Playlogic Entertainment | [16] | |
| 2008 | 9th Company: Roots of Terror | Noviy Disk, Techland | [17] |
| Time Machine: Evolution | Nevosoft | [18] | |
| 2009 | Cannon Strike | 1C Company | [19] |
| Reign: Conflict of Nations | [20] | ||
| 2010 | Elements of War | Playnatic Entertainment, Kalypso Media | [21] |
| 2011 | Nightmare Realm | Big Fish Games | [22] |
| 2012 | Time Machine: Rogue Pilot | Lesta Studio | [23] |
| Nightmare Realm: In the End... | [24] | ||
| 2014 | Fright | [25] | |
| 2015 | World of Warships | Wargaming | [26] |
| 2022 | Mir Tankov | Lesta Studio | [27] |
| Mir Korablej | [28] | ||
| Tanks Blitz | EAST GAMES LLC | [29] |