The Kwalee Blog

This post is number 12 from the series of articles we started about games that have taken too much of our time (some of them still do). Today we talk about Earthworm Jim, a 2D sideways platform game developed by Sega. The first time I remember playing this game…

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Testing out the offensive ammo last week, our soldiers saw the destructive potential but also the danger, because the enemy will have acces to the same weapons and gear. Therefore, they requested defensive measures. You know, bunkers, shields, radar, spy drones, the works. Did they…

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War is a serious thing. In Farm Fighters? Not so much. When going to war as a donkey, sheep, pig or cow, with a cannon on your back, you know the first thing that comes out of the enemy’s mouth is probably: “That guy is…

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We have already handed out the cannons to our farm fighters so they can test them out. This week though, they literally had a blast trying out the offensive ammo. They tested bouncing bombs, parachute bombs, remote controlled rockets, bombs that bounce, even shot Flip…

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Last night in conjunction with the guys over at Monster & Monster and Leamington Backspace we threw a networking event/party to raise money for two great causes – Myton Hospice and Special Effect. We were completely overwhelmed with the attendance and it was amazing to see…

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Welcome back private. After the donkey and the sheep, the next recruit back from training is the Cow. This recruit hails from Scotland, has a mean look in its eyes and is eager to put that training to the test. Here’s a video of the…

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Today we unveiled to our eager “farmy” soldiers the arsenal that they will be able to wield on the battlefield. A couple of hours later, after they were done admiring them, they set out to test each one. While the visual style and uniqueness of…

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Welcome back private. Last week you got to see donkey in battle gear and also a short video of him on the training grounds. Next up is the sheep, hailing from the land down under and ready to take on anything and everything when the…

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We thought of making it possible for all you future recruits to continue battling offline as well. In order to do that, the guys and gals in the art department have already taken the first steps and have provided us with the first functional prototype….

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Welcome private. As you may know, at Farm Fighters HQ we have started preparations for the upcoming battles. From the moment the first recruits set foot in the base, they have undergone intense training to get ready. After all, carrying and wielding a cannons and…

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Time to announce the winner. First of all we would like to say a massive thanks to all of you that got involved, for those that didn’t, we have more contests underway! So in order to choose the lucky winner in a fair, and most…

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Attention Soldier! The official Farm Fighters teaser trailer has been released today. Get ready for the best farm fighting game on iOS. Please rate, share and comment. 

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The UK Office of Fair Trade wants to investigate free to play mobile and web games to see if children are unduly pressured to pay for additional content in ostensibly free products. “Their focus is on games that appeal directly to children to pay or…

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In Japanese, the synonym for client is guest of honor or our honored guest(o-kyaku-sama). More and more mobile game developers talk about games as a service. Edge wrote an article titled “The 15 golden rules of free to play“. The last rule was “It’s never…

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In case you missed it, at the beginning of the week we released a new update for Flip the Cats. The update solves a series of bug fixes and also updated the rewards players receive for the rate action(via the prompt message). Also, the game…

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With only a few months away from the start of the war, we are starting to see the first recruits showing up in preparation for Farm Fighters. After a short debriefing, only moments after setting up their general HQ at Kwalee, they have already sent…

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Women in games is such a widely debated and extensive topic of discussion, when thinking of ‘women in games’, it’s hard to pinpoint a specific argument that I want to make and it’s also really easy to get lost in feminism and the ‘power of…

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On monday everyone at Kwalee headed out to the location of the company quarterly social event. This time around, we chose Airsoft and the location was a abandoned school with tight corners, dark rooms and tricky hallways; in other words, an ideal space for this…

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At the beginning of the month we launched a contest for everyone to suggest and come up with creative, funny or original names for our cats in Flip the Cats. We have received a lot of entries and now it is time to vote. As…

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We’ve been working an playing and tinkering in the past weeks with a new design for our website and right now you can see the final result. We will still be adding elements and features so that both our readers and players that access the…

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