Nival (company)
Nival is a video game developer and publisher founded by Sergey Orlovskiy in 1996. It is headquartered in Limassol, Cyprus.
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | November 18, 1996 |
| Founder | Sergey Orlovskiy |
| Headquarters | , Cyprus |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Sergey Orlovskiy (CEO) |
| Products | Etherlords series Blitzkrieg series Silent Storm series Heroes of Might and Magic V |
| Website | nival.com |
History edit
The company was founded by Sergey Orlovskiy on November 18, 1996 as Nival Interactive, and became famous as the developer of several successful role-playing and strategy series, including Rage of Mages (known as Allods in Eastern Europe), Blitzkrieg, and Etherlords, all of which would receive sequels. Nival also created the Silent Storm engine and developed several games using it, beginning with the eponymous Silent Storm series in 2003. Among these was Heroes of Might and Magic V and two add-ons, published by Ubisoft.
Nival began to self-publish its own games in 2005. Nival financed and published external developers including KranX Productions, creators of King's Bounty: Legions and Bytex, developers of Berserk Online. In early 2005, the part of Nival operating under the name Nival Interactive was bought by Ener1 Group, a Florida-based holdings company, for around $10 million. On November 30, 2007, Sergey Orlovskiy regained full control of Nival Interactive.[1]
In early 2010, another part of Nival, Astrum Nival, was bought by Digital Sky Technologies for more than $100 million, becoming a part of Astrum Online Entertainment. Nival's internal development studios became focused on PC and mobile projects. Nival has developed and launched Prime World, King's Bounty: Legions.[2]
In December 2013, Nival raised $6 million in its Series A funding round led by Almaz Capital. The funds were to be used for global expansion.[3] In February 2017, Nival announced the world's first Neural Network AI for RTS for its game Blitzkrieg 3.[4]
Now the company is making investments and providing advising support to innovative projects that explore video games, education, artificial intelligence, and new forms of interactive experiences.[citation needed]
Technology edit
Games edit
- Rage of Mages (1998)
- Evil Islands: Curse of the Lost Soul (2001)
- Etherlords (2001)
- Etherlords II (2003)
- Etherlords (2014)[5]
- Blitzkrieg (2003)
- Blitzkrieg 2 (2005)
- Blitzkrieg 3 (2017)
- Silent Storm (2003)
- Silent Storm: Sentinels (2004)
- Hammer & Sickle (2005)
- Hard Truck Apocalypse (2005)
- Night Watch (2005)
- Heroes of Might and Magic V (2006)
- Allods Online (2010)
- King's Bounty: Legions (2011)
- Emaki (2012)
- Prime World (2012)
- Prime World: Alchemy[6] (December 2012)
- Prime World: Defenders (2013)
- Prime World: Defenders 2 (2015)
References edit
- ^ . Nival Interactive. Archived from the original on October 9, 2010. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
- ^ "Consolidation Creates New, Extraordinary Gaming Brand | 2011 | News Feed | News". Nival. 2011-04-28. Retrieved 2012-10-01.
- ^ "Prime World strategy-game developer Nival raises $6M in latest funding round". VBGamesBeat. December 11, 2013. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ "Nival announces the world's first Neural Network AI for RTS for its game Blitzkrieg 3".
- ^ "Nival".
- ^ "Prime World: Alchemy (Kindle Tablet Edition)". Amazon.
External links edit
- Official website