Company:Mytona

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Short description: Russian video game group of companies
Mytona
TypeVideo games
IndustryVideogames
Founded2012; 12 years ago (2012)
Headquarters
New Zealand
Websitewww.mytona.com

Mytona is a global group of companies headquartered in New Zealand that focuses on video game development and publishing.

History

Mytona was founded in Yakutsk, Russia[1][2] in 2012 and has offices in Singapore, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Georgia and Serbia. Mytona is the creator of games Seekers Notes and Cooking Diary and has published the PC game Propnight.[3]

Seekers Notes

In 2015, Mytona released a hidden object game titled Seekers Notes. It is a mystery genre game set in the town of Darkwood. Users play as the Seeker, the chosen one, the possessor of a powerful artefact — the Magical Map, and the aim is to save Darkwood from an evil curse.

Cooking Diary

In 2018 Mytona released a time management game. In 2019 Cooking Diary [4] won "People's Choice Award" at the 15th International Mobile Gaming Awards.[5] in San Francisco. In 2020 Cooking Diary won "People's Voice" at the Webby Awards 2020.[6] In October 2020 Mytona collaborated with streaming service Netflix, resulting in the Cooking Diary x Stranger Things Halloween update.[7]

New projects

In 2023 Mytona released two new projects: Outfire (a multiplayer competitive top-down shooter) and Chef & Friends (a time management game).[citation needed]

Propnight

Main page: Software:Propnight

In 2021 the company published the 4v1 physics-based prop hunt survival Propnight[8] a multiplayer game, for the developer Fntastic.

The Day Before

Main page: Software:The Day Before

Mytona was in production with Fntastic on Steam MMO survival game The Day Before, which was panned by critics.[9]

Mytonaverse

At the end of 2021, the company launched its own metaverse, Mytonaverse.[10]

References

  1. "Even in Siberia, you can make a game with 30M downloads in today's global game market" (in en-US). 2015-10-27. https://venturebeat.com/games/even-siberians-can-make-a-game-with-30m-downloads-in-todays-global-game-market/. 
  2. Obedkov, Evgeny (2022-06-21). "Report: up to 2500 Russian devs lost jobs over last month following mass layoffs at top game studios" (in en-US). https://gameworldobserver.com/2022/06/21/up-to-2500-russian-devs-lost-jobs-over-last-month-following-mass-layoffs-at-top-game-studios. 
  3. "Propnight". https://www.ign.com/games/propnight. 
  4. "4 best cooking game apps". https://en.softonic.com/articles/4-best-cooking-game-apps. 
  5. "Cooking Diary fans vote MyTona for People's Choice Award!". 11 April 2019. https://www.imgawards.com/news/industry/cooking-diary-fans-vote-mytona-peoples-choice-award/. 
  6. "NEW Webby Gallery + Index". https://winners.webbyawards.com/?_ga=2.150849974.146872292.1591235600-2090464995.1588129762#/2020/games/general-games/strategysimulation/115571/cooking-diary%25C2%25AE-restaurant-game. 
  7. Partleton, Kayleigh; Writer, Staff. "MyTona teams with Netflix to bring Stranger Things to Cooking Diaries". https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/74750/mytona-teams-with-netflix-to-bring-stranger-things-to-cooking-diaries/. 
  8. Purslow, Matt (2021-10-15). "Propnight Is a New Multiplayer Horror That Crosses Dead By Daylight With Goosebumps" (in en). https://www.ign.com/articles/propnight-dead-by-daylight-prop-hunt-preview. 
  9. (in en) The Day Before: Exclusive New Gameplay Trailer and More! - IGN, 15 October 2021, https://www.ign.com/videos/the-day-before-exclusive-new-gameplay-trailer-and-more, retrieved 2022-03-18 
  10. Obedkov, Evgeny (2021-12-09). "Developer and publisher MYTONA soft-launches its own metaverse" (in en-US). https://gameworldobserver.com/2021/12/09/developer-and-publisher-mytona-soft-launches-its-own-metaverse. 

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