Russia will create a game engine to replace Unity and Unreal Engine

The head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Maksut Shadayev, said that in Russia investors are “uniting with each other” to develop

domestic game engine to replace Unity and Unreal Engine. Discuss

At the same time, the state wants to invest private funds in the project.

For the first time, the question of the need to developRussian game tools was raised in May at a closed meeting of representatives of the presidential administration with the gaming industry. The problem of dependence of Russian developers on foreign engines Unity and Unreal Engine was discussed.

They plan to develop not only a game engine, but also a platform for the needs of the industry. For example, it can be 3D modeling tools for various objects.