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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Founder | David Darling |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Subsidiaries | Tictales |
| Website | kwalee |
Kwalee Ltd. is a British video game developer and publisher. The company was founded in May 2011 by David Darling, co-founder and former CEO of Codemasters who is hailed as one of the 'founding fathers' of the UK games industry.[1] The company publishes games on mobile, PC and console platforms. It is known for its hypercasual games for iOS and Android devices, with a large internal development studio helping the company to more than 700 million game downloads in total. Based in Leamington Spa[2] in the county of Warwickshire, Kwalee is one of the several companies that make up the Leamington Spa video gaming cluster.
As of 2022, the company also has offices in Bangalore,[3] Beijing[4] and Portugal.[5]
Kwalee employs over 180 technical, marketing, publishing and administrative staff in its offices,[6] including Andrew Graham (designer and programmer of Micro Machines) and COO Jason Falcus (programmer of NBA Jam[7]). In 2020, the company began to publish PC and console games with Max Everingham joining from Team17 to head up a new division.[8]
- ^ "Leamington Festival Celebrates the Making of Silicon Spa". Warwickshire County Council. 14 May 2013.
- ^ "Kwalee's David Darling on the new challenge of making games and apps for iOS | interview". PocketGamer.biz. 14 September 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
- ^ Kumar, Nitesh (19 May 2020). "Mobile games developer Kwalee to open first overseas studio in India". TechRadar. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ "Kwalee to open Chinese office". GamesIndustry.biz. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ "Kwalee opens new office in Portugal". European Gaming. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ Hughes, Ian (20 February 2020). "Million pound plus bonus payout for staff at Leamington firm". Leamington Observer.
- ^ Crookes, David (26 August 2014). "Games Developers Jason Falcus and David Darling to Reunite at Kwalee". The Independent.
- ^ Barton, Seth (29 January 2021). "Kwalee hires industry veteran Max Everingham from Team17 to lead console and PC publishing drive". MCV. ISSN 1469-4832. Retrieved 26 October 2021.