Nival Interactive

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Nival Interactive is a Russian video game developer, with its main development studio based in Moscow. According to some sources, it is one of the largest game developers in the country.^{[citation needed]}

Contents 1 Background 2 Games 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Background

Nival's primary focus is on strategy games (frequently with role-playing elements). Its best-known products would probably be Etherlords, Blitzkrieg, and Silent Storm. The company has recently released the fifth game in the Heroes of Might and Magic series, a franchise owned by Ubisoft.

Nival is the developer of two popular game engines, the Silent Storm Engine and the Enigma Engine, that were reused in several third-party titles.

Nival was founded in 1996 by Sergey Orlovskiy. In early 2005, the company was bought by Ener1 Group, a Florida-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".^{[citation needed]} On November 30, 2007, Sergey Orlovskiy regained full control of Nival Interactive.^[1]

[edit] Games

• Rage of Mages (1998)
  • Rage of Mages II: Necromancer (1999)
• Evil Islands: Curse of the Lost Soul
• Etherlords (2001)
  • Etherlords II (2003)
• Evil Islands: Curse of the Lost Soul (2001)
• Blitzkrieg (2003)
  • Blitzkrieg II (2005)
• Silent Storm (2003)
  • Silent Storm: Sentinels (2004)
• Hammer & Sickle (Russia 2005, USA 2005)
• Night Watch (Russia 2005, USA 2006)
• Heroes of Might and Magic V (May 18, 2006)
  • Heroes of Might and Magic V: Hammers of Fate (November 2006)
  • Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East (October 2007)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Website