Akella

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Akella
Industry Video games
Founded1993;32 years ago (1993)
Defunct2012
Fate Bankruptcy, Liquidated
Headquarters Moscow, Russia
Number of employees
250 (2012)
Divisions Akella Online
Website akella.com

Akella (Russian : Акелла) was a Russian software company specialising in the development, publishing and distribution of video games and multimedia products. The founders 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 localisation team and a quality assurance department; in total, 250 people were employed by Akella. There were several sub-brands owned by Akella, such as Macho Studios, that developed erotic games and published Japanese hentai dating sims. [1] [2]

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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 totalling ₽200,000,000 [3] (roughly $6,000,000) which, 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. [4]

Games developed and published

YearTitlePlatform(s)Developer(s)Publisher(s)
1997 Postal Windows Running with Scissors Ripcord Games, Loki Entertainment, Running with Scissors, Akella (in Russia)
1998Liquidator MS-DOS Partizan SoftwareAkella [5]
2000 Sea Dogs WindowsAkella Bethesda Softworks
2001 Age of Sail II WindowsAkellaBethesda Softworks
2002 Privateers Bounty: Age of Sail II WindowsAkella 1C Company
2003Bomber FunWindowsLightBrainAkella (in Russia)
Postal 2 Running with ScissorsWhiptail Interactive, Running with Scissors, Akella (in Russia)
Postal 2: Share the Pain
Pirates of the Caribbean AkellaBethesda Softworks and 1C Conmpany
Postal 2: Apocalypse Weekend Running with ScissorsWhiptail Interactive, Running with Scissors, Akella (in Russia)
2004 Sabotain: Break the Rules WindowsAvalon Style EntertainmentAkella
Red Skies Over Europe Interactive VisionAkella
2005Metalheart: Replicants RampageWindowsNumlock Software DreamCatcher and Akella
Postal 2: Corkscrew Rules! Avalon Style EntertainmentAkella
2006 Evil Days of Luckless John Windows Centauri Production CINEMAX, Akella
Tanita: Plasticine Dream Trickster GamesAkella
Mad Tracks Load inc.Akella (in Russia) [6]
Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales Akella1C Company
Sakura Wars Sega, Red Entertainment Akella (in Russia)
2007 Tarr Chronicles: Sign of GhostsWindowsQuazar StudioAkella
Galactic Assault: Prisoner of Power Wargaming Akella
Inhabited Island: Prisoner of PowerOrionAkella
Hard to Be a GodBurut CT Nobilis, Akella
Swashbucklers: Blue vs. Grey Akella1C Company
Empire Above AllIcehillAkella
Inhabited Island: The Earthling Step Creative GroupAkella
Dead Mountaineer's Hotel Electronic ParadiseAkella
2008 Sakura Wars 2 WindowsSega, Red EntertainmentAkella
2009A Stroke of Fate: Operation ValkyrieSPLineAkella
A Stroke of Fate: Operation BunkerSPLineAkella
Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships Akella Playlogic
PT Boats: Knights of the Sea Akella Battlefront.com and Akella
2010 Disciples III: Renaissance Windows.dat [ ru]Akella (CIS), Kalypso Media (EU, NA)
PT Boats: South GambitAkella Battlefront.com, Akella
2011 Disciples III: Resurrection Windows.dat [ ru]Akella (CIS), Kalypso Media (EU, NA)
Postal III Trashmasters, Running with ScissorsAkella
2012 Disciples III: Reincarnation Windowshex Studio [ ru]Akella (CIS), Kalypso Media (EU, NA)
Sea Dogs: To Each His OwnBlackMark StudioAkella

References

  1. ↑ Костин, Семён (3 April 2018). "Война Сакуры: как «Акелла» опередила весь мир — Аниме на DTF". DTF. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "PLAYER ONE". PLAYER ONE (in Russian). Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  3. ↑ Roman Dorokhov (9 August 2012). "'Akella' finished: 200 million ruble lawsuits filed" (in Russian). Ведомости . Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "Ликвидатор". Igromania . Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  6. ↑ "Компания Акелла - игра Mad Tracks: Заводные Гонки" [Akella Company - Mad Tracks: Groovy Races game]. Akella (in Russian). 24 March 2006. Archived from the original on 10 December 2006. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
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