Akella
IndustryVideo games
Founded1993 (1993)
Defunct2012
FateBankruptcy, Dissolved
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. There were several sub-brands owned by Akella, i.e. Macho Studios that developed erotic games and published Japanese hentai dating sims.[1][2]

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[3] (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.[4]

Games

YearTitlePlatform(s)Developer(s)Publisher(s)
1997PostalWindowsRunning with ScissorsRipcord Games, Loki Entertainment, Running with Scissors, Akella (in Russia)
1998LiquidatorMS-DOSPartizan SoftwareAkella[5]
2000Sea DogsWindowsAkellaBethesda Softworks
2001Age of Sail IIWindowsAkellaBethesda Softworks
2002Privateers Bounty: Age of Sail IIWindowsAkella1C Company
2003Bomber FunWindowsLightBrainAkella (in Russia)
2003Postal 2WindowsRunning with ScissorsWhiptail Interactive, Running with Scissors, Akella (in Russia)
2003Postal 2: Share the PainWindowsRunning with ScissorsWhiptail Interactive, Running with Scissors, Akella (in Russia)
2003Pirates of the CaribbeanWindows, XboxAkellaBethesda Softworks and 1C Conmpany
2004Sabotain: Break the RulesWindowsAvalon Style EntertainmentAkella
2004Red Skies Over EuropeWindowsInteractive VisionAkella
2005Metalheart: Replicants RampageWindowsNumlock SoftwareDreamCatcher and Akella
2003Postal 2: Apocalypse WeekendWindowsRunning with ScissorsWhiptail Interactive, Running with Scissors, Akella (in Russia)
2005Postal 2: Corkscrew Rules!WindowsAvalon Style EntertainmentAkella
2006Evil Days of Luckless JohnWindowsCentauri ProductionCINEMAX, Akella
2006Tanita: Plasticine DreamWindowsTrickster GamesAkella
2006Age of Pirates: Caribbean TalesWindowsAkella1C Company
2006Sakura WarsWindowsSega, Red EntertainmentAkella (in Russia)
2007Tarr Chronicles: Sign of GhostsWindowsQuazar StudioAkella
2007Galactic Assault: Prisoner of PowerWindowsWargamingAkella
2007Inhabited Island: Prisoner of PowerWindowsOrionAkella
2007Hard to be a GodWindowsBurut CTNobilis, Akella
2007Swashbucklers: Blue vs. GreyWindowsAkella1C Company
2007Empire above allWindowsIcehillAkella
2007Inhabited Island: The EarthlingWindowsStep Creative GroupAkella
2007Dead Mountaineer's HotelWindowsElectronic ParadiseAkella
2008Sakura Wars 2WindowsSega, Red EntertainmentAkella
2009A Stroke of Fate: Operation ValkyrieWindowsSPLineAkella
2009A Stroke of Fate: Operation BunkerWindowsSPLineAkella
2009Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned ShipsWindowsAkellaPlaylogic
2009PT Boats: Knights of the SeaWindowsAkellaBattlefront.com and Akella
2010Disciples III: RenaissanceWindows.datKalypso Media, Akella
2010PT Boats: South GambitWindowsAkellaBattlefront.com, Akella
2011Disciples III: ResurrectionWindows.datAkella
2011Postal IIIWindowsTrashmasters, Running with ScissorsAkella
2012Sea Dogs: To Each His OwnWindowsBlackMark 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.
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