Strategy First and Akella Team Up To Develop Disciples III

Software publisher Strategy First Inc and Akella, a game publisher and developer based in Russia, are pleased to announce the signing of a mutual deal for the development and worldwide publication of "Disciples III: Renaissance", the next game in Strategy First's famous Disciples franchise.

"It is a great pleasure to be working on this project with Akella. The team brings immense talent to the table and both Akella and their .dat studio partner have everything it takes to give this project the world-class polish we wanted for the Disciples franchise," said Richard Therrien, VP Product Developments for Strategy First.

"We're glad to work in cooperation with Strategy First. We have gathered unique and talented developers and game-artists to work on the project. Akella and .dat intend to create the most exciting game in the series. While keeping the foundation of Disciples and Disciples II, we will introduce new features in order to provide gamers with more interesting gameplay and realistic graphics," said Dmitry Arkhipov, VP of Development of Akella.