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Founded in 1995, '''Akella''' ({{ru}}: '''Акелла''') used to be the major game developer and publisher (which unofficially earned the name "EA of Russia"), until {{p3|4}} came out which was developed by their subsidiaries, Trashmasters and published by Akella with resources from Running with Scissors. | Founded in 1995, '''Akella''' ({{ru}}: '''Акелла''') used to be the major game developer and publisher (which unofficially earned the name "EA of Russia"), until {{p3|4}} came out which was developed by their subsidiaries, Trashmasters and published by Akella with resources from Running with Scissors. | ||
This game, and, along with the effect of Great Recession which happened in many countries, including Russia, and many other bad decisions made in the company such as firing it's development teams, this caused the company to went bankrupt and it's employees getting laid off. Subsequently, in Nov 2022, Valve has delisted {{p3|4}} from the {{ | This game, and, along with the effect of Great Recession which happened in many countries, including Russia, and many other bad decisions made in the company such as firing it's development teams, this caused the company to went bankrupt and it's employees getting laid off. Subsequently, in Nov 2022, Valve has delisted {{p3|4}} from the {{steamicon|1}} store due to the game using a DRM which the DRM servers are no longer online, aswell as lacking support due to Akella has gone bankrupt long time ago. | ||
The company is also known for publishing {{l4d|4}} and {{l4d2|4}} in Russia. Other popular and well known games from US and other countries published by Akella for Russian market including: Assassin's Creed series, older games from Postal series (POSTAL 1 and 2), Resident Evil series and much more. | The company is also known for publishing {{l4d|4}} and {{l4d2|4}} in Russia. Other popular and well known games from US and other countries published by Akella for Russian market including: Assassin's Creed series, older games from Postal series (POSTAL 1 and 2), Resident Evil series and much more. | ||
Revision as of 04:34, 25 September 2023
Founded in 1995, Akella (
: Акелла) used to be the major game developer and publisher (which unofficially earned the name "EA of Russia"), until 
Postal III came out which was developed by their subsidiaries, Trashmasters and published by Akella with resources from Running with Scissors.
This game, and, along with the effect of Great Recession which happened in many countries, including Russia, and many other bad decisions made in the company such as firing it's development teams, this caused the company to went bankrupt and it's employees getting laid off. Subsequently, in Nov 2022, Valve has delisted Postal III from the Steam store due to the game using a DRM which the DRM servers are no longer online, aswell as lacking support due to Akella has gone bankrupt long time ago.
The company is also known for publishing 
Left 4 Dead and 
Left 4 Dead 2 in Russia. Other popular and well known games from US and other countries published by Akella for Russian market including: Assassin's Creed series, older games from Postal series (POSTAL 1 and 2), Resident Evil series and much more.