Action Forms Ltd. was a Ukrainian

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based in

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History

Action Forms was founded by art director Yaroslav Kravchenko, lead

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Oleg Slusar,

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Igor Karev, and deputy director Denis Vereschagin. Krevchenko and Slusar had been "addicted" to the game '' Doom'' and wanted to develop a similar game. After commencing work on a

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for their game, ''Tron: The Hammer of War'', they brought in Karev and Vereschagin and formed Actions Forms in

in 1995. ''Tron: The Hammer of War'' was eventually renamed '' Chasm: The Rift'' and released in 1997. Subsequently, the company earned recognition as developer of the first three games in the ''Carnivores'' series. The company used their own game engine AtmosFear in every released game since ''

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''. In 2005, '' Vivisector: Beast Within'' and «Остров Сокровищ» (''Ostrov Sokrovisch'') based on the Soviet animated film ''

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'', which itself was based on the novel of the same name by

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, were released. In 2008, '' Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason'', which uses modified game engine AtmosFear 2.0, (though it was actually the fourth major generation of the engine) was released. Since 2011, Action Forms is currently dormant. Main members of the company created the game development studio Tatem Games, focused on games for

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platform and revived the ''Carnivores'' franchise.

List of games

* '' Chasm: The Rift'' (1997) * ''

'' (1998) * '' Carnivores 2'' (1999) * '' Carnivores: Ice Age'' (2001) * '' Duke Nukem: Endangered Species'' (cancelled) * ''Ostrov Sokrovishch'' (''Остров сокровищ''. Aka. ''Treasure Island'', based on the animated

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) (2005) * '' Vivisector: Beast Within'' (2005) * ''Adventures of Captain Wrongel'' (Announced 2006. Cancelled in 2009. UA title: ''Пригоди капітана Вронгеля''. Based on the animated series, Adventures of Captain Wrongel.) * '' Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason'' (2008) * '' Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter'' (2010) (

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) (in collaboration with Tatem Games) * ''Adventures of Talking Tom'' (cancelled project in 2010/with Outfit7) * '' Carnivores: Ice Age'' (2011) (iOS) (in collaboration with Tatem Games) * ''Mowgli's Adventures'' (cancelled project in 2011)

References

External links

Official website
(archived) * Defunct video game companies of Ukraine Video game development companies Video game companies established in 1995 Companies based in Kyiv Ukrainian companies established in 1995 {{Europe-videogame-company-stub