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. There were several sub-brands owned by Akella, i.e. Macho Studios that developed erotic games and published Japanese hentai dating sims.[1][2]

Akella
IndustryVideo games
Founded1993 (1993)
Defunct2012
FateBankruptcy, Dissolved
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[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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