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Mytona
Company typeVideo games
IndustryVideogames
Founded2012; 12 years ago (2012)
FoundersAlexey and Afanasiy Ushnisky[1]
Headquarters
New Zealand
Websitewww.mytona.com

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

History

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Mytona was founded in Yakutsk, Russia[2][3] in 2012 and has offices in Singapore, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Georgia and Serbia.

Games

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Seekers Notes

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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.

Ravenhill: Hidden Mystery

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This hidden object game was released in 2015.[4] The game was shut down in 2020.

Cooking Diary

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In 2018, Mytona released a time management game. In 2019, Cooking Diary[5] won "People's Choice Award" at the 15th International Mobile Gaming Awards.[6] in San Francisco. In 2020, Cooking Diary won "People's Voice" at the Webby Awards 2020.[7] In October 2020, Mytona collaborated with the streaming service Netflix, resulting in the Cooking Diary x Stranger Things Halloween update.[8]

Propnight

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In 2021, the company published the 4v1 physics-based prop hunt survival Propnight,[9] a multiplayer game, for the developer Fntastic. The game was shut down in 2024.

The Day Before

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Mytona published on Steam an MMO survival game The Day Before developed by Fntastic, which was panned by critics.[10] The game was released in 2023 and shut down soon after its release.

Mytonaverse

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At the end of 2021, the company launched its own metaverse, Mytonaverse.[11]

New projects

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

References

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  1. ^ "Two Siberian twin brothers in New Zealand want to build the metaverse". 10 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Even in Siberia, you can make a game with 30M downloads in today's global game market". VentureBeat. 2015-10-27. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  3. ^ Obedkov, Evgeny (2022-06-21). "Report: up to 2500 Russian devs lost jobs over last month following mass layoffs at top game studios". Game World Observer. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  4. ^ "15th IMGA - RAVENHILL®: HIDDEN MYSTERY".
  5. ^ "4 best cooking game apps". Softonic. 19 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Cooking Diary fans vote MyTona for People's Choice Award!". 11 April 2019.
  7. ^ "NEW Webby Gallery + Index". webbyawards.com.
  8. ^ Partleton, Kayleigh; Writer, Staff (13 October 2020). "MyTona teams with Netflix to bring Stranger Things to Cooking Diaries". pocketgamer.biz. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  9. ^ Purslow, Matt (2021-10-15). "Propnight Is a New Multiplayer Horror That Crosses Dead By Daylight With Goosebumps". IGN. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  10. ^ The Day Before: Exclusive New Gameplay Trailer and More! - IGN, 15 October 2021, retrieved 2022-03-18
  11. ^ Obedkov, Evgeny (2021-12-09). "Developer and publisher MYTONA soft-launches its own metaverse". Game World Observer. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
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