2020 results: Pavel Ryakkonen from WN Media Group on the main thing for the year

How was the year for WN Media Group," said Pavel Ryakkonen, founder and CEO of the company.

Pavel Ryakkonen

How was 2020 for the company?

To say that it was a difficult year is to say nothing, given that a significant part of the WN Media Group's business is directly related to events, networking and offline activities. All this had to be rebuilt, at some points — almost from scratch.

On the other hand, despite all the tininess of this year, it gave a powerful incentive to restructure processes in the company, launch new projects, and reach a completely new level.

We will see more noticeable results of such a strong change in the company later. At the same time, tens of thousands of representatives of the gaming industry have already attended our online events this year, which we held on the WN Hub platform we developed.

WN Hub

I would like to note that we had very little time to adapt to the new conditions, but nevertheless we were able to launch the platform and hold our first online event WN Launch Week in April. It's now that online conferences have become something common. At the same time, there were no good examples, we were pioneers in this. It is especially pleasant that the audience appreciated the features, ideas, and concepts we have put in place.

There is still a lot to write about the event direction. Yulia Lebedeva tells everything in detail in a separate article.

We have also increased our activity on other projects of the company.

Talents In Games

The vast majority of leading gaming companies are posting or are about to start posting their vacancies on our platform. Next, we will move more actively to international markets. The project is growing and developing. Also this year, we began to help other companies look for people with the help of our recruitment agency.

Talents In Games

Marina Lopatina tells everything in detail here.

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The number of our readers has increased by 30%. The editorial staff has also expanded, which has made it possible to provide almost complete coverage of the entire professional agenda.

An attentive reader will notice that externally, the project is also gradually transforming, as it seems to me, for the better.

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Game World Observer

We are gaining more and more experience in the Western media market, and our steps are becoming more confident.

This year, the total transition to online has also helped us to increase the target audience of GWO readers, including. We plan to continue actively developing the international segment.

Game World Observer

WN Games

We continue to actively develop our own development studio. The transition to remoting did not have much effect on the team, our processes were already tailored to such a format of interactions, and some of the employees in the team have been in different cities for a long time.

Our Treasure Slots Adventures project is still in the active polishing stage, we are working.

Treasure Slots Adventures

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I would like to note that we continue to integrate WN Media Group projects with each other within a single ecosystem. We have been doing this for a long time, it is not always noticeable externally, but work is underway.

Well, we are optimistic about the future, how else?

Which third-party game releases are you interested in this year? Which ones did you pay attention to as a gamer?

I've tried different games. I will note the most interesting ones from my point of view.

Firstly, it is impossible to get past the release of Among Us. It's a strong project, I liked it.

Secondly, Cyperpunk 2077. Its launch at the end of the year is, of course, an event that will excite both players and the industry for months to come. It doesn't matter who and how they relate to the project. In any case, it turned out to be resonant.