| Akella | |
| Location: | Moscow, Russia |
| Industry: | Video games |
| Num Employees: | 250 |
| Num Employees Year: | 2012 |
| Divisions: | Akella Online |
| Dissolved: | 2012 |
| Fate: | Bankruptcy, Liquidated |
Akella (ru|Акелла) 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, 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.
During 2012, the company was amid multiple lawsuits totalling ₽200,000,000[3] (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.[4]
| Year | Title | Platform(s) | Developer(s) | Publisher(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Postal | Windows | Ripcord Games, Loki Entertainment, Running with Scissors, Akella (in Russia) | ||
| 1998 | Liquidator | Partizan Software | Akella[5] | ||
| 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) | |
| 2003 | Postal 2 | Windows | Running with Scissors | Whiptail Interactive, Running with Scissors, Akella (in Russia) | |
| 2003 | Postal 2: Share the Pain | Windows | Running with Scissors | Whiptail Interactive, Running with Scissors, Akella (in Russia) | |
| 2003 | Pirates of the Caribbean | Akella | Bethesda Softworks and 1C Conmpany | ||
| 2004 | Windows | Avalon Style Entertainment | Akella | ||
| 2004 | Red Skies Over Europe | Windows | Interactive Vision | Akella | |
| 2005 | Metalheart: Replicants Rampage | Windows | Numlock Software | DreamCatcher and Akella | |
| 2003 | Windows | Running with Scissors | Whiptail Interactive, Running with Scissors, Akella (in Russia) | ||
| 2005 | Postal 2: Corkscrew Rules! | Windows | Avalon Style Entertainment | Akella | |
| 2006 | Evil Days of Luckless John | Windows | CINEMAX, Akella | ||
| 2006 | Windows | Trickster Games | Akella | ||
| 2006 | Windows | Akella | 1C Company | ||
| 2006 | Sakura Wars | Windows | Akella (in Russia) | ||
| 2007 | Tarr Chronicles Sign of Ghosts | Windows | Quazar Studio | Akella | |
| 2007 | Windows | Akella | |||
| 2007 | Inhabited Island: Prisoner of Power | Windows | Orion | Akella | |
| 2007 | Hard to Be a God | Windows | Burut CT | Nobilis, Akella | |
| 2007 | Windows | Akella | 1C Company | ||
| 2007 | Empire Above All | Windows | Icehill | Akella | |
| 2007 | Windows | Step Creative Group | Akella | ||
| 2007 | Dead Mountaineer's Hotel | Windows | Electronic Paradise | Akella | |
| 2008 | Sakura Wars 2 | Windows | Sega, Red Entertainment | Akella | |
| 2009 | A Stroke of Fate: Operation Valkyrie | Windows | SPLine | Akella | |
| 2009 | A Stroke of Fate: Operation Bunker | Windows | SPLine | Akella | |
| 2009 | Windows | Akella | Playlogic | ||
| 2009 | Windows | Akella | Battlefront.com and Akella | ||
| 2010 | Windows | .dat [<nowiki/>[[:ru:.dat|ru]]] | Akella (CIS), Kalypso Media (EU, NA) | ||
| 2010 | PT Boats: South Gambit | Windows | Akella | Battlefront.com, Akella | |
| 2011 | Disciples III: Resurrection | Windows | .dat [<nowiki/>[[:ru:.dat|ru]]] | Akella (CIS), Kalypso Media (EU, NA) | |
| 2011 | Postal III | Windows | Trashmasters, Running with Scissors | Akella | |
| 2012 | Disciples III: Reincarnation | Windows | hex Studio [<nowiki/>[[:ru:.dat|ru]]] | Akella (CIS), Kalypso Media (EU, NA) | |
| 2012 | Sea Dogs: To Each His Own | Windows | BlackMark Studio | Akella |