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Akella Games
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 ''Postal III'' is a third-person shooter video game developed by Trashmasters and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow
Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents within the city limits, over 19.1 million residents in the urban area, and over 21.5 million residents in Moscow metropolitan area, its metropolitan area. The city covers an area of , while the urban area covers , and the metropolitan area covers over . Moscow is among the world's List of largest cities, largest cities, being the List of European cities by population within city limits, most populous city entirely in Europe, the largest List of urban areas in Europe, urban and List of metropolitan areas in Europe, metropolitan area in Europe, and the largest city by land area on the European continent. First documented in 1147, Moscow became the capital of the Grand Principality of Moscow, which led the unification of the Russian lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Running With Scissors (company)
Running with Scissors (RWS) is an American video game developer based in Tucson, Arizona. It was founded in 1996 by Vince Desi through a business decision of Riedel Software Productions, a maker of child-friendly games. RWS created and maintains the ''Postal (franchise), Postal'' franchise, which has often caused controversy for its use of violence. RWS' first game was ''Postal (video game), Postal'' in 1997, which caused much controversy and a trademark lawsuit from the United States Postal Service that lasted until 2003. A potential second game, ''Flesh and Wire'', was canceled in 1999. The company followed up ''Postal'' with ''Postal 2'' in 2003. The third game in the series, ''Postal III'', was co-developed by RWS and an internal team of publisher Akella, and RWS distanced itself from the game due to poor critical reception. RWS most recently worked on ''Postal 4: No Regerts'', which was released in 2022, and the Spin-off (media), spin-off ''Postal: Brain Damaged''. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apocalypse Weekend
''Postal 2'' is a 2003 first-person shooter video game developed by Running with Scissors (company), Running with Scissors and published by Whiptail Interactive. It is the sequel to the 1997 game ''Postal (video game), Postal'' and was released for Microsoft Windows in April 2003, macOS in April 2004 and Linux in April 2005. ''Postal 2'', as well as its predecessor, has received notoriety for its high levels of violence, stereotyping, and black comedy. Unlike the first installment, ''Postal 2'' is played from a first-person perspective, rather than an isometric perspective. The game is the first in the series to feature an open world. Set in the fictional Arizona town of Paradise, ''Postal 2'' follows the life of "The Postal Dude", who must carry out mundane tasks throughout an in-game week, with the player deciding how violently or passively he will react to various situations. The player navigates the game's map to carry out his errands, with player choice having an effect on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
