Акелла: История российской игровой компании

Russian software company

Akella (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. There were several sub brands owned by Akella, i. e. Macho Studios that developed erotic games and published Japanese hentai dating sims. The company is named after a Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book character, Akela the wolf, and its logo is a wolf.

During 2012 the company was amid multiple lawsuits totaling ₽200,000,000 (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.

Year Title Platform(s) Developer(s) Publisher(s) 1997 Postal Windows Running with Scissors Ripcord Games, Loki Entertainment, Running with Scissors, Akella (in Russia) 1998 Liquidator MS DOS Partizan Software Akella 2000 Sea Dogs Windows Akella Bethesda Softworks 2001 Age of Sail II Windows Akella Bethesda Softworks 2002 Privateers Bounty: Age of Sail II Windows Akella 1C Company 2003 Bomber Fun Windows LightBrain Akella (in Russia) 2003 Postal 2 Windows Running with Scissors Whiptail Interactive, Running with Scissors, Akella (in Russia) 2003 Postal 2: Share the Pain Windows Running with Scissors Whiptail Interactive, Running with Scissors, Akella (in Russia) 2003 Pirates of the Caribbean Windows, Xbox Akella Bethesda Softworks and 1C Conmpany 2004 Sabotain: Break the Rules Windows Avalon Style Entertainment Akella 2004 Red Skies Over Europe Windows Interactive Vision Akella 2005 Metalheart: Replicants Rampage Windows Numlock Software DreamCatcher and Akella 2003 Postal 2: Apocalypse Weekend Windows Running with Scissors Whiptail Interactive, Running with Scissors, Akella (in Russia) 2005 Postal 2: Corkscrew Rules! Windows Avalon Style Entertainment Akella 2006 Evil Days of Luckless John Windows Centauri Production CINEMAX, Akella 2006 Tanita: Plasticine Dream Windows Trickster Games Akella 2006 Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales Windows Akella 1C Company 2006 Sakura Wars Windows Sega, Red Entertainment Akella (in Russia) 2007 Tarr Chronicles: Sign of Ghosts Windows Quazar Studio Akella 2007 Galactic Assault: Prisoner of Power Windows Wargaming Akella 2007 Inhabited Island: Prisoner of Power Windows Orion Akella 2007 Hard to be a God Windows Burut CT Nobilis, Akella 2007 Swashbucklers: Blue vs. Grey Windows Akella 1C Company 2007 Empire above all Windows Icehill Akella 2007 Inhabited Island: The Earthling Windows Step Creative Group Akella 2007 Dead Mountaineer's Hotel Windows Electronic Paradise Akella 2008 Sakura Wars 2 Windows Sega, Red Entertainment Akella 2009 A Stroke of Fate: Operation Valkyrie Windows SPLine Akella 2009 A Stroke of Fate: Operation Bunker Windows SPLine Akella 2009 Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships Windows Akella Playlogic 2009 PT Boats: Knights of the Sea Windows Akella Battlefront. com and Akella 2010 Disciples III: Renaissance Windows dat Kalypso Media, Akella 2010 PT Boats: South Gambit Windows Akella Battlefront. com, Akella 2011 Disciples III: Resurrection Windows dat Akella 2011 Postal III Windows Trashmasters, Running with Scissors Akella 2012 Sea Dogs: To Each His Own Windows BlackMark Studio Akella