Ankama Games

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Ankama Games
Type Public
Founded May 15, 2001
Headquarters 75 boulevard d'Armentières, 59100 Roubaix Cedex 1 - France
Key people Camille Chafer (lead programmer, co-founder), Anthony Roux (art director, co-founder), Emmanuel Darras (sales manager, co-founder)
Industry Video Game Design (Ankama Games), Interactive Communication (Ankama Web), Comic Book Publishing (Ankama Publishing)
Employees 250 (as of May, 2008)
Website http://www.ankama.com

Ankama Games is a company located in France, 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 Darras. Ankama Games is a subsidiary of Ankama Group. The company name comes from their own names : ANthony, KAmille, MAnu.

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[edit] History

  • In 2001, foundation of Ankama, web agency.
  • In 2003, Ankama Games, subsidiary of the company, began developing its first game, Dofus. Dofus was fully developed in [Macromedia Flash | Flash]] and a beta version was released in October of this year.
  • In 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.
  • In 2006, Wakfu 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.
  • In 2008 Dofus 2.0 was announced as well as Dofus Pocket, a mobile version of the game.


[edit] Video Games

Ankama Games create, produce and distribute their own video games:

  • Dofus, the first game of the studio, is a MMORPG developed entirely in Macromedia Flash | 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 Arena , whose public beta-testing began in early 2006, is the PvP (Player versus player) version of Dofus. 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.


  • Wakfu, MMORPG, is currently in development, set 1000 years later than Dofus and allow players to build a society without any NPC interference. The game is currently in closed beta in France, with the open beta set to be released in September.


[edit] 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
  • Pandala comic book
  • Dofus arena manga
  • Maliki, comic book
  • Dofus monster manga
  • kuma-kuma manga
  • Chaosland comic book
  • Artbook Café Salé
  • Dofus mag

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