Ankama Games
Encyclopedia
Ankama Games is a French
company
, focused on the design of Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games
(Dofus
, Dofus Arena
and Wakfu
). The company was founded by Anthony Roux, Camille Chafer, and Emmanuel "Manu" Darras.
Ankama Games is a subsidiary of Ankama Group.
The company name comes from their own names : ANthony, KAmille, MAnu.
Dofus Mag is the first leading product d' Ankama Presses. It corresponds to what the Japanese name a mook. This term indicates a hybrid leading product, mixture between magazine and book. Distributed in kiosk, it is intended to be read and preserved as a book.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
company
Corporation
A corporation is created under the laws of a state as a separate legal entity that has privileges and liabilities that are distinct from those of its members. There are many different forms of corporations, most of which are used to conduct business. Early corporations were established by charter...
, focused on the design of Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games
MMORPG
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world....
(Dofus
Dofus
Dofus is a Flash based massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed and published by Ankama Games, a French computer game manufacturer. Originally released solely in French, it has since been translated into many other languages. It is primarily a Pay to Play game, though it still...
, Dofus Arena
Dofus Arena
Dofus Arena is a free turn-based strategic online game and is the second game of Ankama Games. It is a PvP game based on the story of Dofus. Dofus Arena incarnates the essence of DOFUS's gameplay, featuring increasingly difficult tactical fights...
and Wakfu
Wakfu
WAKFU is a global cross-media brand by Ankama Games revolving around an online tactical turn-based MMORPG. In addition to the online game, elements consist of an Xbox Live Arcade Game , an animated television series , comics/manga, a Trading Card Game, action figures, and more.Taking place within...
). The company was founded by Anthony Roux, Camille Chafer, and Emmanuel "Manu" Darras.
Ankama Games is a subsidiary of Ankama Group.
The company name comes from their own names : ANthony, KAmille, MAnu.
History
- 2001, foundation of Ankama, web agency.
- 2003, Ankama Games, subsidiary of the company, began developing its first game, DofusDofusDofus is a Flash based massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed and published by Ankama Games, a French computer game manufacturer. Originally released solely in French, it has since been translated into many other languages. It is primarily a Pay to Play game, though it still...
. Dofus was fully developed in Flash and a beta version was released in October of this year. - 2004, after nearly a year of beta testing, the game was distributed via Internet and updates were regularly added.
- 2005, Dofus was officially released in September. Ankama Editions was created to develop comic book publishing. Ankama began development on Dofus Arena, the second game by the studio.
- 2006, WakfuWakfuWAKFU is a global cross-media brand by Ankama Games revolving around an online tactical turn-based MMORPG. In addition to the online game, elements consist of an Xbox Live Arcade Game , an animated television series , comics/manga, a Trading Card Game, action figures, and more.Taking place within...
began development. - 2007, Dofus-Arena version 2 was released, the alpha version of Wakfu was presented for the Japan Expo, and Ankama Animation was created, dedicated to the Wakfu animated series.
- 2011, WakfuWakfuWAKFU is a global cross-media brand by Ankama Games revolving around an online tactical turn-based MMORPG. In addition to the online game, elements consist of an Xbox Live Arcade Game , an animated television series , comics/manga, a Trading Card Game, action figures, and more.Taking place within...
was launched into open beta after more then 4 years of development. The full release was announced to be February of 2012
Video games
Ankama Games create, produce and distribute their own video games:- DofusDofusDofus is a Flash based massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed and published by Ankama Games, a French computer game manufacturer. Originally released solely in French, it has since been translated into many other languages. It is primarily a Pay to Play game, though it still...
, the first game of the studio, is an MMORPGMassively multiplayer online role-playing gameMassively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world....
developed entirely in Flash. The game encourages players to move in a world with lots of quests and scenery with a tactical combat system. The game uses a unique, turn based tactical combat system, which sets Dofus apart from many other MMO's. The game is free to play, but more features are available when the player purchases a subscription to the game.
- Dofus ArenaDofus ArenaDofus Arena is a free turn-based strategic online game and is the second game of Ankama Games. It is a PvP game based on the story of Dofus. Dofus Arena incarnates the essence of DOFUS's gameplay, featuring increasingly difficult tactical fights...
, whose public beta-testing began in early 2006, is the PvP (Player versus playerPlayer versus playerPlayer versus player, or PvP, is a type of multiplayer interactive conflict within a game between two or more live participants. This is in contrast to games where players compete against computer controlled opponents, which is correspondingly referred to as player versus environment...
) version of DofusDofusDofus is a Flash based massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed and published by Ankama Games, a French computer game manufacturer. Originally released solely in French, it has since been translated into many other languages. It is primarily a Pay to Play game, though it still...
. The goal is to set up a team by a coach with a budget and then to defeat your opponent. Dofus Arena take the same combat system from Dofus and puts you into an arena setting where you climb a tournament ladder by defeating your opponents.
- WakfuWakfuWAKFU is a global cross-media brand by Ankama Games revolving around an online tactical turn-based MMORPG. In addition to the online game, elements consist of an Xbox Live Arcade Game , an animated television series , comics/manga, a Trading Card Game, action figures, and more.Taking place within...
, an MMORPGMassively multiplayer online role-playing gameMassively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world....
developed in 2011, allows players to build a society without any NPCNon-player characterA non-player character , sometimes known as a non-person character or non-playable character, in a game is any fictional character not controlled by a player. In electronic games, this usually means a character controlled by the computer through artificial intelligence...
interference. The game takes place in the same world as Dofus, but is set 200 years later.
Comic Book Publishing
Ankama Editions has released a comic called Mutafukaz, which is very successful in France and can also be obtained while buying subscriptions to the Dofus game.- Artbooks Dofus
- Dofus manga
- Original SoundTrack Dofus
- Mutafukaz comic book (bd)
- Pandala comic book (bd)
- Dofus arena manga
- Maliki, comic book (bd)
- Dofus monster manga
- kuma-kuma manga
- Chaosland comic book (bd)
- Artbook Café Salé
- Dofus mag
- Debaser manga
- Freaks Squeele comic book (bd)
Web
Ankama Web is an interactive communication agency specialized in the new media, the creation of Internet sites and the strategies of buzz marketing. Ankama Web thus develops sites and applications Internet for professionals. Created in 2001, the agency is historically the first pole of activity of Ankama group.Press
Created on June 15, 2007, Ankama Presse continues the will of the group of to register in a true cultural diversity by proposing with the general public the publication magazines.Dofus Mag is the first leading product d' Ankama Presses. It corresponds to what the Japanese name a mook. This term indicates a hybrid leading product, mixture between magazine and book. Distributed in kiosk, it is intended to be read and preserved as a book.