LEAMINGTON SPA’S KWALEE EXPECTING FURTHER EXPANSION IN 2023

Kwalee, a Leamington Spa-based video games developer and publisher, is planning further expansion this year following its first acquisition in 2022.

The studio, which is led by Chief Executive David Darling, one of the founders of the legendary Codemasters studio, acquired French narrative-based mobile games developer Tictales in January of 2022.

Having received more than 200 million downloads last year and seeing its revenue increase by 12 per cent year-on-year, the studio is planning to further expand its portfolio of mobile hyper-casual and casual mobile, PC and console games.

David, who was honoured with a fellowship at Warwickshire College University Group in Leamington last year, said: “It’s a privilege to reach this point where Kwalee is getting recognition for the hard work we’ve done, quickly becoming the games publisher that developers want to be a liated with.

“I’m incredibly proud of our teams, who have helped us get to this point. We have only positive expectations and strategies lined up in the coming months, and we can’t wait to unveil them as time unfolds.”