Ankama Games

Ankama Games
Type SARL
Industry Video game design (Ankama Games), Interactive communication (Ankama Web), Comic book publishing (Ankama Publishing)
Founded May 15, 2001
Headquarters 75 boulevard d'Armentières, 59100 Roubaix Cedex 1 - France
Key people Camille Chafer (lead programmer, co-founder), Anthony Roux (art director, co-founder), Emmanuel Darras (sales manager, co-founder)
Employees 250 (as of May, 2008)
Website http://www.ankama.com

Ankama Games is a French company, focused on the design of Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (Dofus, Dofus Arena and Wakfu). The company was founded by Anthony Roux, Camille Chafer, and Emmanuel "Manu" Darras. Ankama Games is a subsidiary of Ankama Group. The company name comes from their own names : ANthony, KAmille, MAnu.

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History

Video games

Ankama Games create, produce and distribute their own video games:

Comic Book Publishing

Ankama Editions has released a comic called Mutafukaz, which is very successful in France and can also be obtained while buying subscriptions to the Dofus game.

Web

Ankama Web is an interactive communication agency specialized in the new media, the creation of Internet sites and the strategies of buzz marketing. Ankama Web thus develops sites and applications Internet for professionals. Created in 2001, the agency is historically the first pole of activity of Ankama group.

Press

Created on June 15, 2007, Ankama Presse continues the will of the group of to register in a true cultural diversity by proposing with the general public the publication magazines. Dofus Mag is the first leading product d' Ankama Presses. It corresponds to what the Japanese name a mook. This term indicates a hybrid leading product, mixture between magazine and book. Distributed in kiosk, it is intended to be read and preserved as a book.

Animation

ANKAMA Animations, the all new branch of the Ankama group, is in the course of production of its project of cartoon in bond with the future Wakfu video game. This animated series will include 52 episodes/webisodes.

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