Cyprus 7: Where Are All The Greek Gaming Studios on Cyprus?
Alex Siamantas of Holyday Studios reflected on eleven years of building a profitable idle-RPG studio as one of the island’s few Greek founders
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Cyprus 6: The Secret Behind White Nights Conferences with Julia Lebedeva
Julia Lebedeva of WN Media Group spoke about launching the first Women in Games Cyprus event
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Cyprus 5: How a Metal Band Inspired a Wild Game Idea
Alexey Morozov of Horns Up Games shifted the tone completely. His project, Lord of Metal, is a festival-management sim built with the Swedish band Sabaton, combining the logistics of live events with the chaos of rock culture. It’s equal parts management game and love letter to heavy music.
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Cyprus 4: GDCy and the Story of the Largest Developer Festival in Cyprus
GDCy founders Tim Fadeev and Andrey Ivashentsev shared the story of how a single pub meetup evolved into the region’s largest developer festival. They credit the island’s mix of sunlight, low taxes, and openness to business. Cyprus, they say, isn’t just a haven for founders - it’s starting to feel like Europe’s next creative cluster.
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Cyprus 3: We Relocated our Studio from Ukraine to Cyprus and This Happened...
Leonid Zhuravskyi, CEO of MysteryTag, said he’s found Cyprus to have a rare sense of openness - competitors who still share notes over coffee or wine.
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