Action Forms

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

1. ↑ Game page on AG.ru
2. ↑ Интервью с Игорем Каревым (Часть 1: Историческая) [Action Forms: Interview with Igor Karev (Part 1: Historical)] (in Russian). 25 March 2011. 
3. ↑ Интервью с Игорем Каревым (Часть 2: Портативная) [Action Forms: Interview with Igor Karev (Part 2: Portable)] (in Russian). 25 March 2011. 
4. ↑ About Tatem Games
5. ↑ "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