Gunzilla Games: Vlad Korolev and Alexander Zoll accused in laundering criminal Russian assets

What do we know about Gunzilla Games and Blackwood games? Vlad Korolev and Alexander Zoll (aka Vladislav Korolev), who now head Gunzilla games, Blackwood games, Gamegroove Capital, Plink are tightly tied to criminal Russian funding and thus are laundering illegal proceedings and serve as a sanction-evading agents for the regime and oligarchs.

We were contacted with information by several extremely intimidated employees of Vlad Korolev and Alexander Zoll. Here’s what leaked thanks to this contact.

The success story of Alexander Zoll and Vlad Korolev begins with the fact that he moved to Ukraine in 2015 and got a job in the branch of the well – known game company Crytek in Kiev. In 2018, the Russian company mail.ru I offered to buy out the Crytek branch in Kiev. Alexander Zoll, apparently, imagined himself the owner of Crytek, because he decided to sell Crytek Kiev instead of making a deal to sell it mail.ru share in a completely different structure – Blackwood games, which previously re-registered as a Crytek Kyiv in a deceptive way-ostensibly to optimize taxes.

Vlad Korolev and Alexander Zoll viewed as a ‘criminal elements’

Representatives of the main office of Crytek in a private conversation confirmed these facts, literally described Zoll as a “criminal element” and said that there is no legal opportunity to prove Zoll’s involvement in the actual destruction of Crytek Kyiv.

Zoll and Korolev from Gunzilla Games.

After the sale of the share of Blackwood games, Alexander Zoll received his first Russian investment capital and decided to organize a beautiful life for himself and moved on a gratuitous basis to the location of his best friend, pro – Russian propagandist Igor Berkut, listed in the database “Mirotvorets” – the Wonderland business center located in Kiev (68A Konstantinovskaya Street). Zoll organized the Office of Blackwood games, Gamegroove Capital, Plink and his housing near a friend on the territory of Wonderland.

Alexander Zoll invites big names to the company, then abuses them

Having received considerable funds, Alexander Zoll founded the companies Blackwood games, Gamegroove Capital, Plink and invited Mikhail Khaimzon, producer of the game Warface, and Vladislav (Vlad) Korolev, as partners of Blackwood games.

According to our sources, Alexander Zoll as Vlad Korolev constantly intimidated his employees, practised physical violence and traditionally sent mercenaries to the victims ‘ homes to intimidate and silence them. In addition, together with Igor Berkut, Zoll sent huge funds to support the pro-Russian Great Ukraine party. Mikhail Khaimzon did not agree with this policy, as a result of which he left Blackwood games in 2021 and founded his own company.

Mikhail Khaimzon intimidated and threatened by partners – Vladislav Koroleve and Alexander Zoll

But Vlad Korolev and Alexander Zoll decided to contact Mikhail Khaimzon, and resorted to the usual methods of the business: in October 2021, on his instructions, a robbery was committed on Mikhail Khaimzon, and a criminal case was opened on the fact of robbery. The attackers are partially captured on cameras.

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In 2021, Alexander Zoll, together with Vlad Korolev, decided to establish Gunzilla games and again attracted Russian investment through Igor Berkut. The constituent documents we have received confirm the presence of Russian funding in Gunzilla games and related companies.

Vlad Korolev and Alexander Zoll flee the country

At the beginning of the war, Alexander Zoll did not allow employees to leave the premises of the Wonderland business centre and in every possible way spread the idea of seizing Ukraine in 3 days by the Russian Federation among colleagues. In March 22, for fear of being detained for links with Igor Berkut and a pro – Russian position, Alexander Zoll and Vladislav Korolev left Ukraine, Korolev-illegally, and went to their other office in Germany. Actually, in March 2022, the Ministry of inteal affairs of Ukraine put Igor Berkut on the wanted list, as a result of which there are no offices of Blackwood games, Gamegroove Capital, Plink in the Wonderland business centre yet.

In total, more than 44m was raised under the Gunzilla games brand, according to our information, at least 1 10m from Russian investors.

In April 2022, Alexander Zoll went to the UAE for 3 months, and Gunzilla games employees inform that during this time millions of transactions were made to purchase real estate in the UAE and to the current accounts of Russian founders of Gunzilla games and Blackwood games. Employees note that the company’s staff began to be laid off en masse.

Vlad Korolev, CEO and cofounder of Gunzilla games.© Gunzilla Games

Vlad Korolev, CEO and cofounder of Gunzilla games.© Gunzilla Games

It is obvious that Vlad Koroleev and Alexander Zoll did not plan to implement the game development project, but launders investments through the United Arab Emirates for personal needs and in favour of Russian friends, not for a moment leaving the pro-Russian rhetoric while sitting safely in Germany.

Implementing his motherland’s best practices on a new soil

By the way, in conclusion: Vlad Korolev and Alexander Zoll did not give up his passion for beatings even in Germany. We leaed that in September 2022, Gunzilla games ■■■■■ ■■■■■■ Officer ■■■■■ ■■■■■ decided to leave the company with his development team, and informed Zoll about this. We don’t know what exactly happened, but according to witnesses, ■■■■■ ■■■■■ was invited to the parking lot of the company’s German office and has been physically attacked by Alexander Zoll and Vlad Korolev as a result of which a criminal case was opened.

We have checked and confirmed the information about the existence of a criminal case initiated in Germany.