Akella

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.

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

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
YearTitlePlatform(s)Developer(s)Publisher(s)
1997PostalMicrosoft WindowsRunning with ScissorsRipcord Games, Loki Entertainment, Running with Scissors, Akella (in Russia)
2000Sea DogsMicrosoft WindowsAkellaBethesda Softworks
2001Age of Sail IIMicrosoft WindowsAkellaBethesda Softworks
2002Privateers Bounty: Age of Sail IIMicrosoft WindowsAkella1C Company
2003Postal 2Microsoft WindowsRunning with ScissorsWhiptail Interactive, Running with Scissors, Akella (in Russia)
2003Postal 2: Share the PainMicrosoft WindowsRunning with ScissorsWhiptail Interactive, Running with Scissors, Akella (in Russia)
2003Pirates of the CaribbeanMicrosoft Windows, XboxAkellaBethesda Softworks and 1C Conmpany
2004Sabotain: Break the RulesMicrosoft WindowsAvalon Style EntertainmentAkella
2004Red Skies Over EuropeInteractive VisionAkella
2005Metalheart: Replicants RampageMicrosoft WindowsNumlock SoftwareDreamCatcher and Akella
2003Postal 2: Apocalypse WeekendMicrosoft WindowsRunning with ScissorsWhiptail Interactive, Running with Scissors, Akella (in Russia)
2005Postal 2: Corkscrew Rules!Microsoft WindowsAvalon Style EntertainmentAkella
2006Evil Days of Luckless JohnMicrosoft WindowsCentauri ProductionCINEMAX, Akella
2006Tanita: Plasticine DreamMicrosoft WindowsTrickster GamesAkella
2006Age of Pirates: Caribbean TalesMicrosoft WindowsAkella1C Company
2006Sakura WarsMicrosoft WindowsSega, Red EntertainmentAkella
2007Tarr Chronicles: Sign of GhostsMicrosoft WindowsQuazar StudioAkella
2007Galactic Assault: Prisoner of PowerMicrosoft WindowsWargamingAkella
2007Inhabited Island: Prisoner of PowerMicrosoft WindowsOrionAkella
2007Hard to be a GodMicrosoft WindowsBurut CTNobilis, Akella
2007Swashbucklers: Blue vs GreyMicrosoft WindowsAkella1C Company
2007Empire above allMicrosoft WindowsIcehillAkella
2007Inhabited Island: The EarthlingMicrosoft WindowsStep Creative GroupAkella
2007Dead Mountaineer's HotelMicrosoft WindowsElectronic ParadiseAkella
2008Sakura Wars 2Microsoft WindowsSega, Red EntertainmentAkella
2009A Stroke of Fate: Operation ValkyrieMicrosoft WindowsSPLineAkella
2009A Stroke of Fate: Operation BunkerMicrosoft WindowsSPLineAkella
2009Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned ShipsMicrosoft WindowsAkellaPlaylogic
2009PT Boats: Knights of the SeaMicrosoft WindowsAkellaBattlefront.com and Akella
2010Disciples III: RenaissanceMicrosoft Windows.datKalypso Media, Akella
2010PT Boats: South GambitMicrosoft WindowsAkellaBattlefront.com, Akella
2011Disciples III: ResurrectionMicrosoft Windows.datAkella
2011Postal IIIMicrosoft WindowsTrashmasters, Running with ScissorsAkella
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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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