Vavel Games is an international game development company with offices based in Washington, D.C., U.S., Rugby, UK and Warsaw, Poland. The company was officially founded on 2 January 2014 by Mikołaj Marcisz, Brett Norton and John Balestrieri. Vavel's CEO, John Balestrieri, has over twenty years of technology management, gaming, advertising and entertainment experience. He is best known for his work on the Kasparov versus Deep Blue, as well as being the former worldwide CTO of Ogilvy & Mather, one of the largest and most prestigious advertising agencies in the world. As well as leading technology efforts at Kabam and VP Engineering at Scopely. The company is mostly known for being the developer and publisher behind the gameImperium Galactic War. Which they acquired in 2017 from Kabam, with the intent of relaunching the title. The deal was financed by Gold Town Games, a game development and publishing company from Skellefteå, Sweden.
Games
Imperium Galactic War
is a massively multiplayer online real-time strategy game by Vavel Games, originally developed and published by Kabam in 2013. The game runs on a freemium model, and is supported through the use of microtransactions. The game's trailer is narrated by American Star Trek actor, Jeffrey Combs. The premise of the game is simple; players must choose one of three warring factions to battle against one another for supremacy within the Maelstrom Galaxy ''. In the heat of the battle, all three factions must also face off against a common threat, known as the Imperium. Players begin by picking which faction they would like to be a part of. There are three factions. The Tyrannar Empire, The Sovereignty, and The Intergalactic Alliance. Whichever decision the player makes, will ultimately effect the way the rest of their game-play looks, feels, and functions. Each player has their own starbase, and fleets they have to upgrade in order to defend themselves from other players, or even attack other players and non-player characters. Players can earn experience points and level up by upgrading their fleets and starbase, completing game missions, and engaging in live combat with other players and NPCs.
On March 24, 2017, Gold Town Games has made an investment in Vavel Games, which enabled Vavel to purchase the rights to the game Imperium Galactic War.
