2002

HexWar Limited was founded by Keith Martin-Smith to bring popular wargame boardgames from the 1970s and 1980s to PC. Collaborating with Decision Games and others, HexWar Limited launched around 30 games, covering historical periods from ancient times to the 1980s.

2014

HexWar Games Limited was established by the founders of Hunted Cow Studios and Keith Martin-Smith as CEO. The company focused on creating turn-based wargames for mobile devices. HexWar Games Limited developed the HexWar Tactical engine, its proprietary IP, which serves as the foundation for all its games. Over 30 games, spanning genres from ancient history to science fiction, were launched on the Apple AppStore as non-F2P games, with additional in-app purchases (IAPs) to enhance gameplay. The range of games was later expanded to be available on Steam (PC and Mac) and Android.

2021

HexWar Games Limited partnered with Code Wizards to develop educational games for the US Marine Corps University. Code Wizards adapted the games to a two-dimensional format, using symbols instead of graphics to represent units. The games were updated to be playable on modern cloud environments, and Code Wizards created the HexWar Management System (HMS) for centralized game management.

2023

Code Wizards acquired Hunted Cow Studios’ 50% shareholding in HexWar Games Limited. Commercial games were ported to Android to broaden market reach.

2025

HexWar Games has gone from strength to strength and continues to develop Professional Military Education games for use by Military personel all over the world.