About:
Nival is the leading Russian game developer and publisher. The company is privately held and targets international market. Nival's products are being distributed by Fishtank/Ravensburger, Ubi Soft, Monolith, Interplay, CDV, Microids, and others.
Since its foundation in 1996, the company has been looking for innovative gameplay. Blending RPG and RTS led to the success of Rage of Mages series. Evil Islands, released in 2000, continues the tradition of genre mix, adding tactical covert operations to RPG in full 3D environment. Not unexpectedly, the newest and most twisted Nival's creation features a sizzling combination of turn-based strategy and trading card games. It is going to be released in 2001 under the name Etherlords.
Nival also occupies a major market share in Russia, CIS, and Baltic States as a publisher of PC games by Ubi Soft, Empire, Cryo, Index/Wanadoo, and others. All published games are fully localized by Nival and many of them have received press awards for the quality of localization. Customer-driven approach to game publishing allows Nival to generate turnovers previously unattainable in the Russian market.
Strategic diversification within computer games market and professionalism of all 55 team members ensure Nival's stable growth in the challenging world of interactive entertainment.