Online game writer and developer Kwalee has invested €1.5 million into French cell recreation studio 8SEC. The transfer will see Kwalee’s CFO Matthew Farrow and VP of cell publishing John Wright be a part of the 8SEC board.
Whereas sustaining unbiased operations in Paris and Lyon, the French firm will now leverage Kwalee’s in depth world group and specialised experience in consumer acquisition, monetisation, recreation design and information science. The British agency has a devoted publishing group that is dedicated to reworking recreation ideas into profitable and worthwhile ventures.
8SEC has launched greater than 90 cell video games, garnering over 50 million recreation downloads, together with well-liked titles like Trivia.io, Hero Squad, and Idle Military. By adopting the hybrid-casual cell recreation fashion, they provide easy-to-play titles which can be designed for prolonged play to generate income via advertisements and in-app purchases.
A major milestone
Louis Giraud, CEO of 8SEC stated, “This collaboration marks a big milestone for each organisations as we be a part of forces to create unimaginable video games that can push the hybrid-casual cell market into the following era. We’re very excited for the longer term and are impatient to indicate the world the unimaginable undertaking we’re engaged on collectively!”
This marks Kwalee’s second strategic funding in France, coming after they acquired informal narrative recreation platform Tictales in 2022. Additionally, it aligns with their latest Growth and Publishing Settlement with the KSA’s Fahy Studios and we spoke to Fahy on how the partnership can additional develop the gaming scene in Saudi Arabia.
“We’re delighted to spend money on gifted recreation studios like 8SEC, develop our attain out there and collaborate to assist them attain even higher success” stated Kwalee’s CEO David Darling CBE. The CEO added that 8SEC’s values align seamlessly with Kwalee’s dedication to creating pleasurable video games for gamers worldwide and can present help to scale video games on a worldwide stage.
