Action Forms
Industry |
Video game industry Interactive entertainment |
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Founded | 1995 |
Headquarters | Kyiv, Ukraine |
Products | Carnivores series |
Action Forms is a Ukrainian game development company, based in Kyiv, Ukraine.
History
The company Action Forms was founded in 1995. In 1997, their debut game Chasm: The Rift was released. Subsequently the company has earned recognition as developer of Carnivores series, in which Action Forms has developed 3 titles. The company used their own game engine AtmosFear in every released game since Carnivores. In 2005 Vivisector: Beast Within and «Остров Сокровищ» (Ostrov Sokrovisch)[1] based on the Soviet animated film Treasure Island, which itself was based on the novel of the same name by Robert Louis Stevenson, were released. In 2009 Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason, which uses modified game engine AtmosFear 4, was released. Currently Action Forms is dormant.[2][3] Main members of the company created the game development studio Tatem Games, focused on games for iOS platform and revived the Carnivores franchise.[4]
List of games
- Chasm: The Rift (1997) (DOS)
- Carnivores (1998)
- Carnivores 2 (1999)
- Carnivores Ice Age (2000)
- Duke Nukem: Endangered Species (cancelled)[5]
- Ostrov Sokrovishch (Остров сокровищ) (2005)
- Vivisector: Beast Within (2005)
- Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason (2009)
- Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter (2010) (iOS, PlayStation Portable) (in collaboration with Tatem Games)
- Carnivores: Ice Age (2011) (iOS) (in collaboration with Tatem Games)
References
- ↑ Game page on AG.ru
- ↑ Интервью с Игорем Каревым (Часть 1: Историческая) [Action Forms: Interview with Igor Karev (Part 1: Historical)] (in Russian). 25 March 2011.
- ↑ Интервью с Игорем Каревым (Часть 2: Портативная) [Action Forms: Interview with Igor Karev (Part 2: Portable)] (in Russian). 25 March 2011.
- ↑ About Tatem Games
- ↑ "Duke Nukem: Endangered Species cancelled". GameSpot. 18 December 2001.
External links
- Official site of Action Forms Limited (currently not working, Malware alert pops up)
- Official site of Action Forms Limited (Wayback Machine)
- Action Forms page on MobyGames