Akella
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| Industry | Computer and video game industry |
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| Founded | 1993 |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia |
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Number of employees
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250 (2016) |
| Divisions | Akella Online |
| Website | akella |
Akella (Russian: Акелла) is 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 comprises five in-house development teams, a publishing house, a distribution center, a localization team and a quality assurance department; in total, 250 people are employed by Akella.
The company is named after a Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book character, Akela the wolf, and its logo is a wolf.
Games[edit]
| Year | Title | Platform(s) | Developer(s) | Publisher(s) |
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| 1997 | Postal | Microsoft Windows | Running With Scissors | Ripcord Games, Loki Entertainment, Running With Scissors, Akella (in Russia) |
| 2000 | Sea Dogs | Microsoft Windows | Akella | Bethesda Softworks |
| 2001 | Age of Sail II | Microsoft Windows | Akella | Bethesda Softworks |
| 2002 | Privateers Bounty: Age of Sail II | Microsoft Windows | Akella | 1C Company |
| 2003 | Postal 2 | Microsoft Windows | Running With Scissors | Whiptail Interactive, Running With Scissors, Akella (in Russia) |
| 2003 | Postal 2: Share the Pain | Microsoft Windows | Running With Scissors | Whiptail Interactive, Running With Scissors, Akella (in Russia) |
| 2003 | Pirates of the Caribbean | Microsoft Windows, Xbox | Akella | Bethesda Softworks and 1C Conmpany |
| 2004 | Sabotain: Break the Rules | Microsoft Windows | Avalon Style Entertainment | Akella |
| 2005 | Metalheart: Replicants Rampage | Microsoft Windows | Numlock Software | DreamCatcher and Akella |
| 2003 | Postal 2: Apocalypse Weekend | Microsoft Windows | Running With Scissors | Whiptail Interactive, Running With Scissors, Akella (in Russia) |
| 2005 | Postal 2: Corkscrew Rules! | Microsoft Windows | Avalon Style Entertainment | Akella |
| 2006 | Evil Days of Luckless John | Microsoft Windows | Centauri Production | CINEMAX, Akella |
| 2006 | Tanita: Plasticine Dream | Microsoft Windows | Trickster Games | Akella |
| 2006 | Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales | Microsoft Windows | Akella | 1C Company |
| 2006 | Sakura Wars | Microsoft Windows | Sega, Red Entertainment | Akella |
| 2006 | Sakura Wars 2 | Microsoft Windows | Sega, Red Entertainment | Akella |
| 2007 | Tarr Chronicles: Sign of Ghosts | Microsoft Windows | Quazar Studio | Akella |
| 2007 | Galactic Assault: Prisoner of Power | Microsoft Windows | Wargaming.net | Akella |
| 2007 | Inhabited Island: Prisoner of Power | Microsoft Windows | Orion | Akella |
| 2007 | Hard to be a God | Microsoft Windows | Burut CT | Nobilis, Akella |
| 2007 | Swashbucklers: Blue vs Grey | Microsoft Windows | Akella | 1C Company |
| 2007 | Empire above all | Microsoft Windows | Icehill | Akella |
| 2007 | Inhabited Island: The Earthling | Microsoft Windows | Step Creative Group | Akella |
| 2007 | Dead Mountaineer's Hotel | Microsoft Windows | Electronic Paradise | Akella |
| 2009 | A Stroke of Fate: Operation Valkyrie | Microsoft Windows | SPLine | Akella |
| 2009 | A Stroke of Fate: Operation Bunker | Microsoft Windows | SPLine | Akella |
| 2009 | Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships | Microsoft Windows | Akella | Playlogic |
| 2009 | PT Boats: Knights of the Sea | Microsoft Windows | Akella | Battlefront.com and Akella |
| 2010 | Disciples III: Renaissance | Microsoft Windows | .dat | Kalypso Media, Akella |
| 2010 | PT Boats: South Gambit | Microsoft Windows | Akella | Battlefront.com, Akella |
| 2011 | Disciples III: Resurrection | Microsoft Windows | .dat | Akella |
| 2011 | Postal III | Microsoft Windows | TrashMasters Studios, Running with Scissors | Akella |
