Private company

Aventurine SA

Logo: http://www.darkfallonline.com/sites/default/files/aventurinelogo_f_vector.jpg, Non-free logo, via Wikipedia³

Independent video game developer

Aventurine SA (Greek: ΑΒΕΝΤΟΥΡΙΝ ΑΕ, romanized: AVENTOURIN AE) is a Greek independent video game developer and publisher founded in 2003, located in Athens, Greece. They are the developers of Darkfall, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game.² Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2003Founded¹

Industryvideo game industry¹
HeadquartersAthens¹
Websitewww.aventurine.gr

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The story

In July 2000 Claus Grovdal, Kjetil Helland and Ricki Sickenger founded Razorwax AS in Oslo, Norway for the purpose of making online games. Soon they were joined by Erik Sperling Johansen and Henning Ludvigsen and in August 2001, they announced the development of Darkfall.

In 2002 the group relocated to join Zad El Mehdawi, Tasos Flambouras and Spiros Iordanis and found Aventurine SA in Athens, Greece, in order to continue developing Darkfall.

From Wikipedia’s article on Aventurine SA, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.⁴

Products and brands

Darkfall

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Titles

Darkfall

Darkfall Online is sandbox MMORPG released on February 25, 2009 and was published in North America and Europe. Darkfall Online's servers shut down on November 15, 2012.

In the summer of 2008 it signed a deal with the Greek media and entertainment group, Audiovisual Enterprises, for the Darkfall distribution rights in Europe.

Darkfall Unholy Wars

Darkfall Unholy Wars is the sequel of Darkfall and was released on April 16, 2013 and discontinued in May, 2016.

In June 2012 Aventurine signed a deal with MGame Corporation, a Korean game publisher and developer, to release the new version of Darkfall to the Asian market.

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Technology

Aventurine's core technology consists of their independently created, real-time 3D engine.