Ice-Pick Lodge is a Russian

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based in

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

, founded in 2002 by Nikolay Dybowski. The studio became known in Russia after releasing its first project ''

Pathologic ''Pathologic'' ( rus, Мор. Утопия, Mor. Utopiya, ˈmor ʊˈtopʲɪjə, , More. Utopia – a pun on Thomas More's ''Utopia (More book), Utopia'' and the Russian word for "plague") is a 2005 Survival game, survival game developed by Russ ...

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In 2005, ''Pathologic'' won several awards in Russia. These being: "Game of the Year" by the Best Computer Games magazine, "Best Russian Game of the Year" by Gameslife And "Best Debut of the Year" by

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. It was also listed in Ixbt as being one of their top 5 games of the year, and in

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as one of their top 3, alongside ''Half-Life 2'' and ''GTA:San Andreas''. Both ''Pathologic'' and ''The Void'' won the "Most Non-Standard Game" award at the

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in 2005 and 2007, respectively. ''Pathologic 2'' won the "Excellence in Game Design", "Excellence in Game Narrative" and "Best Desktop Game" awards at DEVgamm 2019. It was also the conference’s Grand Prize winner.

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