Nival is a global games developer and publisher of social strategy games with extensive experience in strategy game development and massively multiplayer online game publishing. Nival is headquartered in Moscow and was founded by Russian games industry veteran Sergey Orlovskiy, who currently serves as company president.
With offices in Los Angeles; Kiev, Ukraine; Minsk, Belarus and St. Petersburg, Russia, Nival currently has more than 250 employees and four development studios.
Nival also operates the popular Russian gaming network, ZZima.com, which features many free-to-play online games, including Forsaken World, Seven Souls, Cabal Online, Shaiya and Dragonica.
Since 1996, Nival has developed several popular games, including Heroes of Might and Magic V, Blitzkrieg, Silent Storm, and Etherlords. Nival’s internal development studios are focused on major multiplayer online and mobile projects, including the innovative and award-winning cross-platform social strategy game Prime World.
Nival also works with external developers including the renowned KranX Productions, creators of King's Bounty: Legions.