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Strana Igr
Strana Igr (, Gameland) was a Russian magazine focused on video games. It was published by Gameland between January 1996 and November 2013 when the magazine was suspended due to financial problems.
History and profile.
Starting December 2010, the magazine established a partnership with Japanese magazine "Famitsu", publishing the best of their features. Magazine's chief editor Konstantin Govorun notes this allows the publication to cover exclusives prior to releases in English magazines.
In an interview with GamesLife.ru, Govorun describes that the
magazine also began to release short Drakon Plus () supplementals of fewer than 20 pages, and released a number of books detailing ratings for different games reviewed in the past.
The magazine would run for another several years producing 65 issues in total by 2003 and finally the publisher closed its doors in 2004 as stiff competition from competitor magazines drove the magazine to bankruptcy. Former "Velikiy Drakon" staff writers went their various ways with a number taking up work with competitor magazine, "Strana Igr", and a small group