Aventurine SA
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryVideo games
GenreMassively multiplayer online role-playing games
Founded2003
FounderZad El Mehdawi, Tasos Flambouras, Spiros Iordanis
Headquarters
Athens
,
Greece
Key people
Claus Grovdal (Game Design) (2003-2014)
Vangelis Kalaitzis (Game Design)
Al Stellakis (Writing)
Henning Ludvigsen (Art Director) (2003-2010)
Ricki Sickenger (Game Logic) (2003-2010)
Kjetil Helland (Lead Programmer)
Erik Sperling Johansen (Lead Server Programmer) (2003-2010)
Thanasis Nikolopoulos (Programming)
Jon Massey (Programming)
ProductsDarkfall, Darkfall Unholy Wars
Number of employees
48
WebsiteAventurine SA homepage

Aventurine SA is a Greek independent video game developer and publisher founded in 2003, located in Athens, Greece. They are the developers of Darkfall, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game, also known as Darkfall Online.

History

In July 2000 Claus Grovdal, Kjetil Helland and Ricki Sickenger founded Razorwax AS in Oslo, Norway for the purpose of making online games. Soon they were joined by Erik Sperling Johansen and Henning Ludvigsen and in August 2001, they announced the development of Darkfall.[1]

In 2002 the group relocated to join Zad El Mehdawi, Tasos Flambouras and Spiros Iordanis and found Aventurine SA in Athens, Greece, in order to continue developing Darkfall.[2]

Titles

Darkfall

Darkfall Online is sandbox MMORPG released on February 25, 2009 and was published in North America and Europe. Darkfall Online's servers shut down on November 15, 2012.[3]

Darkfall Unholy Wars

Darkfall Unholy Wars is the sequel of Darkfall and was released on April 16, 2013[4] and discontinued in May, 2016.[5]

In June 2012 Aventurine signed a deal with MGame Corporation, a Korean game publisher and developer, to release the new version of Darkfall to the Asian market.[6]

Technology

Aventurine's core technology consists of their real-time 3D engine.

Research projects

Aventurine participates in formal research initiatives in order to benefit from the collaborative research networks supported by European Union Frameworks. Some examples include:[7]

References

  1. ^ "Darkfall Interview". Archived from the original on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
  2. ^ "Darkfall Developer Journal #1: About Adventurine". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
  3. ^ "Past & Present Subscribers Play Free". Retrieved 2013-04-11.
  4. ^ "Darkfall Unholy Wars Launch - April 16". Retrieved 2013-04-11.
  5. ^ "Aventurine S.A." Retrieved 2017-05-18.
  6. ^ "Darkfall from Greece to Asia". June 2012. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
  7. ^ "Research". Retrieved 2013-04-11.

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