- Nival Interactive
Nival Interactive is a
Russia nvideo game developer , with its main development studio based inMoscow . According to some sources, it is one of the largest game developers in the country.Fact|date=September 2007Background
Nival was founded in 1996 in Moscow by
Sergey Orlovskiy . It primarily focused onstrategy game s (frequently withrole-playing elements). Its best-known products include "Etherlords ", "Blitzkrieg", and "Silent Storm ". The company has recently released the fifth game in the "Heroes of Might and Magic " series, a franchise owned byUbisoft .Nival is the developer of two popular
game engine s, theSilent Storm Engine and theEnigma Engine , that were reused in several third-party titles.In early
2005 , the company was bought by Ener1 Group, aFlorida -based holdings company, for around US$10 million.Ener1 has stated that it will "integrate Nival's artists, designers, and programmers with its US-based video gaming interests".Fact|date=October 2007 On November 30, 2007, Sergey Orlovskiy regained full control of Nival Interactive.cite web | url=http://www.nival.com/press/2007/5702/ |publisher=Nival Interactive| title= Sergey Orlovskiy regains full control of Nival Interactive | accessdate=December 03 | accessyear=2007 ]Games
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Rage of Mages (1998)
** (1999)
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*Etherlords (2001)
**Etherlords II (2003)
* (2001)
*Blitzkrieg (2003)
**Blitzkrieg II (2005)
*Silent Storm (2003)
** (2004)
*Hammer & Sickle (Russia 2005, USA 2005)
*Night Watch (Russia 2005, USA 2006)
*Heroes of Might and Magic V (May 18, 2006)
** (November 2006)
** (October 2007)References
External links
* [http://www.nival.com Official Website]
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