Aventurine SA

Aventurine SA (Greek: ΑΒΕΝΤΟΥΡΙΝ ΑΕ, romanized: AVENTOURIN AE)^[1][c] 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.^[9][10]

Aventurine - S.A.

Native name	ΑΒΕΝΤΟΥΡΙΝ ΑΕ
Company type	Privately held company
Industry	Video games
Genre	Massively multiplayer online role-playing games
Founded	2003[a]
Founder	Zad El Mehdawi, Tasos Flambouras, Spiros Iordanis
Headquarters	Apostolou Pavlou 10B, Marousi 15123[2][3][4], Athens , Greece
Key people	Costas Coucopoulos (CEO;CFO)[5] El Mechntaoui Zant (CEO ; President, 2010-2013) Anastasios Flambouras (VP, 2010-2013)[6][1] Iordanis Spyridon (VP, 2010-2015[7]) Lampadarios Konstantinos (Member of Board of directors, 2010-2013) El Mechntaoui Feirouz (Member of Board of directors, 2010-2013) 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)
Products	Darkfall, Darkfall Unholy Wars
Services	Retail Sale & Wholesale of Computer Programs Software Development(Video Games) Telematics Application Interactive media Research IT technology consulting [8][1]
Revenue	US$6'000'000[b]
Total equity	€2,374,113[1] (common shares)
Number of employees	48
Website	Aventurine SA homepage

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.^[11]

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.^[12][13]

Titles

Darkfall

Main article: 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.^[14]

In the summer of 2008 it signed a deal with the Greek media and entertainment group, Audiovisual Enterprises, for the Darkfall distribution rights in Europe.^[15][16]

Darkfall Unholy Wars

Main article: Darkfall Unholy Wars

Darkfall Unholy Wars is the sequel of Darkfall and was released on April 16, 2013^[17] and discontinued in May, 2016.^[18]

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.^[19][20]

Technology

Aventurine's core technology consists of their independently created, real-time 3D engine.^[21]

Notes

1. The company was officially founded on 18 November 2002, according to the Greek General Commercial Register^[1]
2. The revenue according to the company's page on Zoominfo.
3. SA or S.A. is a type of limited company. For more information, refer to the Wikipedia article S.A. (corporation)

See also

• Greece portal
• Video Games portal
• Companies portal

• Video games in Greece