The MTS representative did not specify how the company acquires keys
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2025 3:58 am
MTS has registered the Rushbe brand, a key store for the Steam computer game download platform, the company’s press service told RBC.
"In conditions where direct purchase on Steam is impossible, and alternative methods are associated with significant overpayments and risks of account blocking, we want to give gamers the opportunity to quickly and safely receive licensed activation keys with good discounts," MTS explained. The project is currently in beta testing, with a full launch scheduled for next summer.
Currently, you can buy afghanistan cell phone number list about 2.5 thousand games on Rushbe, and in the next couple of months, their number will increase to 4 thousand. MTS plans to make Rushbe a "full-fledged gaming center" in the future, where you can not only buy keys, but also get a game by subscription. "Or play right here and now with the help of "fog gaming" (Fog Gaming) through the MTS Fog Play platform, which we launched in early December 2022," the company added.
The prices for keys for games on the MTS platform are similar to the cost of games on Steam, including discounts, an RBC correspondent found out.
The company filed an application with Rospatent to register the Rushbe trademark on June 9 of this year, and the agency approved the application on December 7. At the same time, the MTS Fog Play brand was registered. The platform, which is also currently in beta testing, allows you to launch games remotely on more powerful computers of other users who have registered their device. You need to pay for each hour of using someone else's computer - the cost of a game hour is indicated by the owners of gaming PCs themselves.
On March 2, American game developer Valve closed the main payment methods in Steam for users from Russia, including Visa and Mastercard. Now you can pay for purchases only through PayPal or the internal Steam wallet. Users of other gaming services, in particular PS Store, Microsoft Store, Nintendo eShop, GOG, etc., faced similar difficulties. Following sanctions against the Russian financial sector in response to the start of a special operation in Ukraine in March, the largest international payment systems Visa and Mastercard left Russia. Their foreign cards no longer work in Russia, and Russian cards do not work abroad.
"In conditions where direct purchase on Steam is impossible, and alternative methods are associated with significant overpayments and risks of account blocking, we want to give gamers the opportunity to quickly and safely receive licensed activation keys with good discounts," MTS explained. The project is currently in beta testing, with a full launch scheduled for next summer.
Currently, you can buy afghanistan cell phone number list about 2.5 thousand games on Rushbe, and in the next couple of months, their number will increase to 4 thousand. MTS plans to make Rushbe a "full-fledged gaming center" in the future, where you can not only buy keys, but also get a game by subscription. "Or play right here and now with the help of "fog gaming" (Fog Gaming) through the MTS Fog Play platform, which we launched in early December 2022," the company added.
The prices for keys for games on the MTS platform are similar to the cost of games on Steam, including discounts, an RBC correspondent found out.
The company filed an application with Rospatent to register the Rushbe trademark on June 9 of this year, and the agency approved the application on December 7. At the same time, the MTS Fog Play brand was registered. The platform, which is also currently in beta testing, allows you to launch games remotely on more powerful computers of other users who have registered their device. You need to pay for each hour of using someone else's computer - the cost of a game hour is indicated by the owners of gaming PCs themselves.
On March 2, American game developer Valve closed the main payment methods in Steam for users from Russia, including Visa and Mastercard. Now you can pay for purchases only through PayPal or the internal Steam wallet. Users of other gaming services, in particular PS Store, Microsoft Store, Nintendo eShop, GOG, etc., faced similar difficulties. Following sanctions against the Russian financial sector in response to the start of a special operation in Ukraine in March, the largest international payment systems Visa and Mastercard left Russia. Their foreign cards no longer work in Russia, and Russian cards do not work abroad.