# Sergey Orlovskiy

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**Sergey Orlovskiy** (Russian: Сергей Орловский) is the founder and CEO of [Nival](/source/Nival_(company)), one of the oldest game development companies in [Eastern Europe](/source/Eastern_Europe).

## Early life

Sergey Orlovskiy was born in Magadan, Russia, on September 15, 1972.[1]

## Nival history

See also: [Nival (company)](/source/Nival_(company))

[Nival](/source/Nival_(company)) was founded in 1996 as a PC game developer of stand-alone games. It started to self-publish games in 2005.

In 2006, Orlovskiy created the Nival spin-off named Nival Online and raised US $20 million from [Digital Sky Technologies](/source/Digital_Sky_Technologies) (DST) to focus on online game development and publishing.[2] In 2008, *Nival Online* was merged with *Astrum* and in 2009 sold to [Mail.ru](/source/Mail.ru) under the *Astrum Nival* name, to be integrated into the Mail.ru games division. This game development group inside Mail.ru is still referred to as the [Allods Team](/source/Allods_Team) after [Allods Online](/source/Allods_Online).[3]

In 2010, Digital Sky Technologies and [1C](/source/1C_Company) invested US$5 million to acquire a minority stake in Nival.[4]

In 2013, Nival raised US$6 million in its Series A funding round led by Almaz Capital.[5] Almaz Capital exited Nival’s shareholder structure in 2024.[6]

## Recognition

Orlovskiy typically gives a keynote at the Russian Games Developers Conference KRI,.[7] In his speech "Playing with God" in 2009,[8] he predicted the start of cross-platform gaming as a frontier and a challenge for the game industry.

In 2009, Orlovskiy was included in *Top 20 influential people in MMO of 2009* by MOG.[9]

In 2012, Orlovskiy was appointed by the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media to an Expert Council on the development of the IT industry in the Russian Federation.[10]

In 2015, Orlovskiy was called the most famous person in the Russian/CIS gaming industry.[11]

## Personal life

As of 2016 he was living in [Limassol](/source/Limassol), [Cyprus](/source/Cyprus).[12]

## Games

Sergey Orlovskiy is credited on the following games:[13]

- *[Sea Legends](/source/Sea_Legends)* (1996) - Programmer
- *[Rage of Mages](/source/Rage_of_Mages)* (1998) - Executive Producer and Design
- *[Rage of Mages II: Necromancer](/source/Rage_of_Mages_II:_Necromancer)* (1999) - Executive Producer and Game Design
- *[Evil Islands: Curse of the Lost Soul](/source/Evil_Islands:_Curse_of_the_Lost_Soul)* (2000) - Executive Producer and Game Design
- *[Etherlords](/source/Etherlords)* (2001) - Executive Producer, Conception and Game Design
- *[Blitzkrieg](/source/Blitzkrieg_(video_game))* (2003) - Executive Producer and Game Design
- *[Silent Storm](/source/Silent_Storm)* (2003) - Executive Producer
- *[Silent Storm](/source/Silent_Storm): Sentinels* (2004) - Executive Producer
- *[Blitzkrieg](/source/Blitzkrieg_(video_game)): Rolling Thunder* (2004) - Executive Producer and Game Design
- *[Blitzkrieg](/source/Blitzkrieg_(video_game)): Burning Horizon* (2004) - Executive Producer and Game Design
- *[Blitzkrieg 2](/source/Blitzkrieg_2)* (2005) - Executive Producer
- *[Hammer & Sickle](/source/Hammer_%26_Sickle)* (2005) - Producer
- *[Night Watch](/source/Night_Watch_(video_game))* (2005) - Producer
- *[Heroes of Might and Magic V](/source/Heroes_of_Might_and_Magic_V)* (2006) - Executive Producer
- *[Heroes of Might and Magic V: Hammers of Fate](/source/Heroes_of_Might_and_Magic_V:_Hammers_of_Fate)* (2006) - Executive Producer
- *[Blitzkrieg 2](/source/Blitzkrieg_2): Fall of the Reich* (2006) - Executive Producer
- *[Blitzkrieg 2](/source/Blitzkrieg_2): Liberation* (2007) - Executive Producer
- *[Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East](/source/Heroes_of_Might_and_Magic_V:_Tribes_of_the_East)* (2007) - Executive Producer
- *Entis Fantasy* (2007) - Executive Producer
- *[Allods Online](/source/Allods_Online)* (2009) - General Producer
- *[King's Bounty: Legions](/source/King's_Bounty:_Legions)* (2011) - Executive Producer
- *[Prime World](/source/Prime_World)* (2012) - Executive Producer
- *Prime World: Emaki* (2012) - Executive Producer
- *Prime World: Alchemy* (2012) - Executive Producer
- *[Prime World: Defenders](/source/Prime_World:_Defenders)* (2013) - Executive Producer
- *Etherlords* (2014) - Executive Producer
- *InMind* (2015) - Executive Producer
- *Defenders 2* (in development) - Executive Producer
- *[Blitzkrieg 3](/source/Blitzkrieg_3)* - Executive Producer

## References

1. [Биография Сергей Орловский - Peoples.ru](http://www.peoples.ru/undertake/game/orlovskiy/)

1. ["Russian Roulette (Русская рулетка)"](http://www.vedmosti.ru/newspaper/article/2006/10/27/114838). Vedmosti. 2006-10-27. Retrieved April 2, 2014.

1. ["Facebook Investor DST Expands Mail.ru With Astrum Online Merger"](https://techcrunch.com/2009/12/01/dst-mail-ru-astrum-online/). TechCrunch. 2009-12-01. Retrieved 2012-10-01.

1. ["DST and 1C Invest $5 Million In Nival Network"](http://www.privateequityrussia.com/2010/03/26/dst-and-1c-invest-5-million-in-nival-network/). Private Equity Russia. Retrieved 2012-10-01.

1. ["Prime World strategy-game developer Nival raises $6M in latest funding round"](https://venturebeat.com/2013/12/11/prime-world-strategy-game-developer-nival-raises-6m-in-latest-funding-round/). VBGamesBeat. December 11, 2013. Retrieved January 3, 2014.

1. Семенов, Александр (2024-05-20). ["Almaz Capital Partners и «1С» вышли из числа акционеров Nival"](https://app2top.ru/industry/almaz-capital-partners-i-1s-vy-shli-iz-chisla-aktsionerov-nival-239112.html) (in Russian). *app2top.ru*. Retrieved 2026-04-14.

1. ["KRI"](http://kriconf.ru)

1. ["KRI 2009"](http://kriconf.ru/2009/sch/day3.pdf)

1. ["The Top 20 Most Influential People In MMOs in 2009"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120725180631/http://www.massiveonlinegamer.com/special-features/789-the-top-20-most-influential-people-in-mmos-in-2009). Massiveonlinegamer.com. 2010-07-20. Archived from [the original](http://www.massiveonlinegamer.com/special-features/789-the-top-20-most-influential-people-in-mmos-in-2009) on 2012-07-25. Retrieved 2012-10-01.

1. ["Ministry of Communications and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation - Order No. 233 Creating an Expert Council for the Development of Information Technology industry"](http://minsvyaz.ru/ru/doc/?id_4=850). September 27, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2014.

1. ["The most famous people in the Russian/CIS gaming industry"](https://vc.ru/special/games-rating). vc.ru. 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-29.

1. [Cyprus has become a paradise for the Russian IT-industry](http://www.cyprus-russian.org.cy/cyprus-has-become-a-paradise-for-the-russian-it-industry/)

1. ["Moby Games Credits for Sergey Orlovskiy aka Serge Orlovsky and aka Sergey Orlovsky"](http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,45914/). Moby Games Database. Retrieved April 1, 2014.

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