Akella
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| Industry | Computer and video game industry |
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| Founded | 1993 |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia |
Number of employees | 250 (2008), around few decades (2012) |
| Website | English version of Akella homepage |
Akella 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, some 300 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
| Year | Game | Platform(s) | Developer | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Sea Dogs | Microsoft Windows | Akella | Bethesda Softworks |
| 2001 | Age of Sail II | Microsoft Windows | Akella | Bethesda Soft works |
| 2002 | Privateers Bounty: Age of Sail II | Microsoft Windows | Akella | 1C |
| 2003 | Pirates of the Caribbean | Microsoft Windows, Xbox | Akella | Bethesda Softworks and 1C |
| 2004 | Sabotain: Break the Rules | Microsoft Windows | Avalon Style Entertainment | Akella |
| 2005 | Metalheart: Replicants Rampage | Microsoft Windows | Numlock Software | DreamCatcher and Akella |
| 2005 | Postal 2: Штопор жжот | Microsoft Windows | Avalon Style Entertainment | Akella |
| 2006 | Evil Days of Luckless John | Microsoft Windows | Centauri Production | CINEMAX and Akella |
| 2006 | Tanita: Plasticine Dream | Microsoft Windows | Trickster Games | Akella |
| 2006 | Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales | Microsoft Windows | Akella | 1C |
| 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 and Akella |
| 2007 | Swashbucklers: Blue vs Grey | Microsoft Windows | Akella | 1C |
| 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 and Akella |
| 2010 | PT Boats: South Gambit | Microsoft Windows | Akella | Battlefront.com and Akella |
| 2011 | Disciples III: Resurrection | Microsoft Windows | .dat | Akella |
| 2011 | Postal III | Microsoft Windows | TM Studios (co-developed by Running with Scissors) | Akella |