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
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! Year !! Title !! Platform(s) !! Developer(s) !! Publisher(s)
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| 1997 || Postal || Windows|| Running with Scissors || Ripcord Games, Loki Entertainment, Running with Scissors, Akella (in Russia)
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| 1998 || Liquidator || MS-DOS || Partizan Software || Akella
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| 2000 || Sea Dogs || Windows || Akella || Bethesda Softworks
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| 2001 || Age of Sail II || Windows || Akella || Bethesda Softworks
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| 2002 || Privateers Bounty: Age of Sail II || Windows || Akella || 1C Company
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| rowspan="5" | 2003 || Bomber Fun || rowspan="5" | Windows || LightBrain || Akella (in Russia)
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| Postal 2 || rowspan="2" | Running with Scissors || rowspan="2" | Whiptail Interactive, Running with Scissors, Akella (in Russia)
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| Postal 2: Share the Pain
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| Pirates of the Caribbean || Akella || Bethesda Softworks and 1C Company
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|Postal 2: Apocalypse Weekend
|Running with Scissors
|Whiptail Interactive, Running with Scissors, Akella (in Russia)
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| rowspan="2" | 2004 || Sabotain: Break the Rules|| rowspan="2" | Windows || Avalon Style Entertainment|| Akella
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| Red Skies Over Europe|| Interactive Vision || Akella
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| rowspan="2" | 2005 || Metalheart: Replicants Rampage|| rowspan="2" | Windows || Numlock Software|| DreamCatcher and Akella
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| Postal 2: Corkscrew Rules! || Avalon Style Entertainment|| Akella
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| rowspan="5" | 2006 || Evil Days of Luckless John || rowspan="5" | Windows || Centauri Production || CINEMAX, Akella
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| Tanita: Plasticine Dream || Trickster Games|| Akella
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|Mad Tracks
|Load inc.
|Akella (in Russia)
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| Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales|| Akella || 1C Company
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| Sakura Wars|| Sega, Red Entertainment|| Akella (in Russia)
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| rowspan="8" | 2007 || Tarr Chronicles: Sign of Ghosts|| rowspan="8" | Windows || Quazar Studio|| Akella
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| Galactic Assault: Prisoner of Power|| Wargaming|| Akella
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| Inhabited Island: Prisoner of Power|| Orion|| Akella
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| Hard to Be a God|| Burut CT|| Nobilis, Akella
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| Swashbucklers: Blue vs. Grey|| Akella || 1C Company
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| Empire Above All|| Icehill|| Akella
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| Inhabited Island: The Earthling|| Step Creative Group|| Akella
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| Dead Mountaineer's Hotel|| Electronic Paradise|| Akella
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| 2008 || Sakura Wars 2|| rowspan="5" | Windows || Sega, Red Entertainment || Akella
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| rowspan="4" | 2009 || A Stroke of Fate: Operation Valkyrie|| SPLine|| Akella
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| A Stroke of Fate: Operation Bunker|| SPLine || Akella
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| Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships|| Akella || Playlogic
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| PT Boats: Knights of the Sea|| Akella || Battlefront.com and Akella
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| rowspan="2" | 2010 || Disciples III: Renaissance|| rowspan="2" | Windows || .dat <small>[<nowiki/>ru]</small>|| Akella (CIS), Kalypso Media (EU, NA)
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| PT Boats: South Gambit|| Akella || Battlefront.com, Akella
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| rowspan="2" | 2011 || Disciples III: Resurrection|| rowspan="2" | Windows || .dat <small>[<nowiki/>ru]</small>|| Akella (CIS), Kalypso Media (EU, NA)
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| Postal III || Trashmasters, Running with Scissors || Akella
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| rowspan="2" |2012
|Disciples III: Reincarnation
| rowspan="2" |Windows
|hex Studio <small>[<nowiki/>ru]</small>
|Akella (CIS), Kalypso Media (EU, NA)
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| Sea Dogs: To Each His Own || BlackMark Studio || Akella
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