Akella () 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.
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 (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.
Games developed and published 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) Postal 2 Running with Scissors Whiptail Interactive, Running with Scissors, Akella (in Russia) Postal 2: Share the Pain Pirates of the Caribbean Akella Bethesda Softworks and 1C CompanyPostal 2: Apocalypse WeekendRunning with ScissorsWhiptail Interactive, Running with Scissors, Akella (in Russia) 2004 Sabotain: Break the Rules Windows Avalon Style Entertainment Akella Red Skies Over Europe Interactive Vision Akella 2005 Metalheart: Replicants Rampage Windows Numlock Software DreamCatcher and Akella Postal 2: Corkscrew Rules! Avalon Style Entertainment Akella 2006 Evil Days of Luckless John Windows Centauri Production CINEMAX, Akella Tanita: Plasticine Dream Trickster Games AkellaMad TracksLoad inc.Akella (in Russia) Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales Akella 1C Company Sakura Wars Sega, Red Entertainment Akella (in Russia) 2007 Tarr Chronicles: Sign of Ghosts Windows Quazar Studio Akella Galactic Assault: Prisoner of Power Wargaming Akella Inhabited Island: Prisoner of Power Orion Akella Hard to Be a God Burut CT Nobilis, Akella Swashbucklers: Blue vs. Grey Akella 1C Company Empire Above All Icehill Akella Inhabited Island: The Earthling Step Creative Group Akella Dead Mountaineer's Hotel Electronic Paradise Akella 2008 Sakura Wars 2 Windows Sega, Red Entertainment Akella 2009 A Stroke of Fate: Operation Valkyrie SPLine Akella A Stroke of Fate: Operation Bunker SPLine Akella 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 Gambit Akella Battlefront.com, Akella 2011 Disciples III: Resurrection Windows .dat [ru] Akella (CIS), Kalypso Media (EU, NA) Postal III Trashmasters, Running with Scissors Akella2012Disciples III: ReincarnationWindowshex Studio [ru]Akella (CIS), Kalypso Media (EU, NA) Sea Dogs: To Each His Own BlackMark Studio Akella
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