Following the revelation back in March that Realtime Worlds were looking to expand their team, the developer has announced today that its ambitious growth plans have now taken it up to and beyond having 250 staff. The videogame developers’ plans for growth are set for it to continue to considerably more than 300 employees by early 2010 when it will have launched its next title, formally revealed as set to be published by Electronic Arts at this year’s Electronic Entertianment Expo (E3) earlier this month, APB.

To accommodate the increased talent pool, the company has recently just taken on an additional 8,000 sqft of offices to provide high quality working space to compliment the current 26,000 sqft premises.

Realtime Worlds’ CEO, Gary Dale, commented “The calibre and potential of games we are creating requires staff of the highest calibre and we’re proud to have found 250 immensely talented and creative individuals so far, and look forward to finding more like-minded people to join the family.”

“We’re coming off the back of a very successful E3, with APB winning countless plaudits, which increases the level of excitement over the coming months as we ramp up to launch.”

Dr Richard Wilson, CEO of Tiga, the national trade association for game developers, added: "Realtime Worlds' expansion is a testament to the company's inherent strengths: creativity, drive and professionalism. The company's exciting growth is also emblematic of the potential of the UK videogames sector. At a time of rising unemployment, Realtime World's recruitment drive demonstrates the capacity of the videogames sector to help lead the UK economy out of recession."

Realtime Worlds currently has over 40 vacancies, listed at www.realtimeworlds.com. Electronic Theatre will keep you updated with future developments from this inventive British developer.

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