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Ener1 Group to Acquire Game Developer Nival Interactive
US company leverages Russia’s largest game developer to produce next generation console and wireless games

Ft. Lauderdale, FL - April 6, 2005 – Ener1 Group, a technology holding company, announced today that its affiliate has signed an agreement to acquire Moscow-based Nival Interactive LLC., Russia’s largest video game developer. Ener1 Group plans to integrate Nival Interactive’s creative studio of 140 artists, designers and programmers with its US-based video gaming interests to develop next generation console and wireless games. Ener1 Group also announced that Sergey Orlovskiy, Nival Interactive CEO and Founder, has been named President of the new company, called Nival Inc., which will be based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

“Ener1 Group has been looking for the right opportunity to expand its video game operations. We believe that Nival Interactive is the ideal platform and that Sergey Orlovskiy is the ideal person to expand the new company and the Nival Interactive brand as we continue to grow through future acquisitions,” said Mike Zoi, President of Ener1 Group.

He adds, “Sergey is an exceptional leader who has built his company from the ground up and it is now selling millions of video games throughout Europe and the rest of the world. He has assembled one of the most talented creative teams and his ability to land distribution and development deals with leading publishers such as Ubisoft shows his strong business acumen.”

Nival, Inc. will combine the artistic strengths and the economies of scale offered by an offshore production team with the cultural and linguistic expertise of North American game developers to create next generation console (Xbox 2 and PlayStation 3) and wireless games with universal appeal. Ener1 Group will also provide the company with entry into the Japanese market, one of the world’s biggest and fastest growing markets for video and wireless games.

Sergey Orlovskiy, President of Nival, Inc., stated, “This partnership provides both our companies with the optimal solution for accomplishing our mutual goals. Ener1 Group’s resources and international presence will accelerate Nival’s strategy for growth, developing exceptional and creative content for the interactive entertainment industry, exploring new distribution opportunities and attracting top talent in the global marketplace.”

Founded in 1996, Nival Interactive has developed eight internationally marketed entertainment titles, including Blitzkrieg published by CDV, a game that has sold more than a million copies worldwide and set new standards for WWII games and the RTS genre; and the award-winning Silent Storm series. The company recently announced it is developing game five of the legendary franchise Heroes of Might and Magic for Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers.

Nival Interactive has achieved critical acclaim both at home and abroad winning Best Developer 2005 at the Russian Game Developers Conference as well as numerous Game of the Month and Game of the Year awards for its game titles.
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Don't you guys see bad news written all over this...
 
Yeah, unfortunately I see HoMM becoming nothing more than a FF clone for the console crowd. How unfortunate. As I have all the HoMM games, including the 20 dollar expansions for 3, and would consider it a terrible shame to have the series sink further down than HoMM 4 sunk. Which is exactly what would happen if they put it on the consoles. Damn.



Cheers Thorgrimm
 
...to create next generation console (Xbox 2 and PlayStation 3) and wireless games with universal appeal.
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If this is not bad news then I don't know what is.

To hell it goes Heroes 5 now.
 
Just once I'd like to read something like "We, (giant company) plan on acquiring (small company) and giving them all the resources they need to completely fulfill their creative visions". Just once.
 
Everybody is jumping on the Console wagon, not that it's not understandable because it is. But to take a company like Nival, which has gotten some good reputation lately for putting out good games, and turning it into a console factory....that just eats me up.

So I guess we won't be seeing anymore quality TB games from Nival anymore :(
 
Odin wrote
So I guess we won't be seeing anymore quality TB games from Nival anymore
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And that is all the more a reason to dislike, intensely, consoles and their mindless drones who follow that tech. :evil:



Cheers Thorgrimm
 
Briosafreak said:
Still there`s some hope:
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I just got this reply from Nival: "Keep calm, PC branch will stay intact ". Thank God!
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I hope so. The Silent Storm series have been one of the few PC games that I geniunely enjoyed playing.
 
Stand by for Silent Storm: Teh Vengeance!
A thrilling action adventure where the american hero Lant Ernjaw has to fight the satanistic nazi splinter faction led by Ilsa the steel-thong-wearing sadistic colonel to avenge his slain wife/father/friend/dog! With RPG Elementses!!
 
This is not funny....seeing that I downloaded all the movies where Dianne Thorne starred. Ilsa the She-Wolf and the panzerkleiner pilot.
 
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