Nival, Inc.
Overview
The company was founded as
Mir Dialogue in 1996 in Russia and became one of the leading Russian game development studios. The company changed it name to
Nival Interactive LLC in 1998 and eventually to
Nival, Inc. in April 2005 when the company was acquired by Ener1 Group. The development teams remained in Moscow, but marketing, management and creative teams to aid in development were moved to Lauderdale, Florida (US). One month later, the company acquired development studio
Targem Games.
The company's first game is
Sea Legends. Other past titles include original role-playing/strategy games like the
Rage of Mages series and
Evil Islands, as well as the 3D turn-based strategy
Etherlords, the
Blitzkrieg and the
Silent Storm series. The studio also developed the
fifth game in the
Heroes of Might and Magic series.
Contributed by
Stillman (7545) on Oct 10, 2004.
