Akella

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Akella
IndustryVideo games
Founded1993; 29 years ago (1993)
Defunct2012
HeadquartersMoscow, Russia
Number of employees
250 (2012)
DivisionsAkella Online
Websiteakella.com

Akella (Russian: Акелла) was a Russian software company specializing in the development, publishing and distribution of video games and multimedia products. The founders of Akella met in 1993 and decided to start a company together, and in 1995 formed Akella. The company comprised five in-house development teams, a publishing house, a distribution center, a localization team and a quality assurance department; in total, 250 people were employed by Akella.

The company is named after a Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book character, Akela the wolf, and its logo is a wolf.

Defunct status[]

During 2012 the company was amid multiple lawsuits totaling ₽200,000,000[1] (roughly $6,000,000), that combined with the significant developmental difficulties and commercial failings of Postal III pushed Akella to the verge of bankruptcy. As a result, the company, while technically still existing, has effectively ceased operations since 2012.[2]

Games[]

Year Title Platform(s) Developer(s) Publisher(s)
1997 Postal Microsoft Windows Running with Scissors Ripcord Games, Loki Entertainment, Running with Scissors, Akella (in Russia)
2000 Sea Dogs Microsoft Windows Akella Bethesda Softworks
2001 Age of Sail II Microsoft Windows Akella Bethesda Softworks
2002 Privateers Bounty: Age of Sail II Microsoft Windows Akella 1C Company
2003 Microsoft Windows LightBrain Akella (in Russia)
2003 Postal 2 Microsoft Windows Running with Scissors , Running with Scissors, Akella (in Russia)
2003 Postal 2: Share the Pain Microsoft Windows Running with Scissors Whiptail Interactive, Running with Scissors, Akella (in Russia)
2003 Pirates of the Caribbean Microsoft Windows, Xbox Akella Bethesda Softworks and 1C Conmpany
2004 Sabotain: Break the Rules Microsoft Windows Akella
2004 Red Skies Over Europe Interactive Vision Akella
2005 Microsoft Windows DreamCatcher and Akella
2003 Postal 2: Apocalypse Weekend Microsoft Windows Running with Scissors Whiptail Interactive, Running with Scissors, Akella (in Russia)
2005 Postal 2: Corkscrew Rules! Microsoft Windows Akella
2006 Evil Days of Luckless John Microsoft Windows Centauri Production , Akella
2006 Tanita: Plasticine Dream Microsoft Windows Akella
2006 Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales Microsoft Windows Akella 1C Company
2006 Sakura Wars Microsoft Windows Sega, Red Entertainment Akella (in Russia)
2007 Tarr Chronicles: Sign of Ghosts Microsoft Windows Akella
2007 Galactic Assault: Prisoner of Power Microsoft Windows Wargaming Akella
2007 Microsoft Windows Akella
2007 Microsoft Windows , Akella
2007 Swashbucklers: Blue vs. Grey Microsoft Windows Akella 1C Company
2007 Microsoft Windows Akella
2007 Inhabited Island: The Earthling Microsoft Windows Akella
2007 Dead Mountaineer's Hotel Microsoft Windows Akella
2008 Sakura Wars 2 Microsoft Windows Sega, Red Entertainment Akella
2009 Microsoft Windows Akella
2009 Microsoft Windows SPLine Akella
2009 Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships Microsoft Windows Akella Playlogic
2009 PT Boats: Knights of the Sea Microsoft Windows Akella Battlefront.com and Akella
2010 Disciples III: Renaissance Microsoft Windows Kalypso Media, Akella
2010 Microsoft Windows Akella Battlefront.com, Akella
2011 Disciples III: Resurrection Microsoft Windows .dat Akella
2011 Postal III Microsoft Windows Trashmasters, Running with Scissors Akella
2012 Microsoft Windows BlackMark Studio Akella

References[]

  1. ^ Roman Dorokhov (9 August 2012). "'Akella' finished: 200 million ruble lawsuits filed" (in Russian). Ведомости. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  2. ^ Anastasia Alekseevskikh (14 June 2012). "Video game developer 'Akella' on the verge of bankruptcy" (in Russian). Маркер. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2019.

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