The Russian entity of mobile developer Game Insight has been officially declared bankrupt. In addition to that, a criminal case has been opened against its leadership, with the company owing millions to its former employees.

Ubisoft reportedly closed its office in Russia earlier this month, marking the company’s complete exit from the country. This comes a few months after the Assassin’s Creed maker stopped selling games to local players.

Cyprus-based mobile developer Panoramik has announced the termination of cooperation with remote employees from Russia. The company won’t relocate people, but will continue to work with those who have already left the country.

Mobile publisher AppQuantum has expanded a relocation program for its Russia-based staff and decided to open several new offices abroad.

Playrix has reportedly decided to completely leave Russia and Belarus, closing its offices in these countries. The mobile publisher, known for its Scapes franchise, will relocate the remaining staff to other countries.

Game companies have started to massively evacuate their employees from Russia in the wake of the declared mobilization. According to the latest reports, some studios use charter flights to take staff out of the country.

Thousands of game developers based in Russia have lost their jobs over the last month, according to the latest report by Forbes Russia. This is a result of business liquidations and mass layoffs that have occurred at top studios, including MYTONA, Plarium, and Game Insight.

Global sanctions have already started affecting different business areas in Russia, including the mobile games market. Here is how revenues of the highest-grossing mobile titles, as well as the whole market volume, decreased following the latest suspensions.

Valve has come up with a solution to resume payments to Steam developers based in Ukraine and Russia following the suspension last month.

EG7 has announced its intent to sell its subsidiary Innova, known for localizing and publishing MMO games in Russia. The Swedish holding company set the purchase price at €32 million.

GitHub has started suspending accounts of Russia-registered users in accordance with the latest full blocking sanctions placed by the US. This affected not only large banks, but individual developers as well.

World of Tanks and World of Warships developer Wargaming has decided to leave Russia and Belarus. It will transfer all its local business to Lesta Studio, which will also operate games in these countries.

G5 has released a new statement, saying that its employees located in Ukraine and Russia are now leaving their countries. The company also condemned the actions of the Russian government, adding that it will stop distributing its games in the country.

GDC has officially canceled registrations and tickets for game developers from Russia. The organizers made this decision in the interest of the conference’s attendees.

Russia has officially recognized Meta as an “extremist organization,” meaning that the company’s business and services are banned in the country. However, people will still be able to use Facebook and Instagram despite them being blocked.

Steam has stopped sending payments to Russia and Belarus. The restriction, however, also applies to Ukraine, which made local indie developers angry.

Square Enix has seemingly suspended game sales in Russia, with its titles becoming unavailable on Steam in the country. The company has also made a donation for humanitarian aid to Ukrainian refugees.

As the exodus of tech companies from Russia continues, global developers continue to suspend their operations in accordance with sanctions and in support of Ukraine. Almost 7000 apps have already been removed from the country’s App Store.

Kyiv-based developer GSC Game World has shared two updates on S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2. First, it changed the game’s subtitle in accordance with Ukrainian language rules. Second, the studio decided to prohibit sales of the upcoming title in Russia.