Tag Archives: ireland

The Irish arm of HMV has been closed for good. All 16 of HMV’s Irish stores had supposedly been closed temporarily following the chain’s descent into receivership, but the company has confirmed that it has failed to find a buyer and that none of the stores will re-open. "Since his …

HMV has closed its 16 Irish stores and has appointed receivers, putting 300 jobs at risk. However, whereas the administration process – such as that employed by the British arm of HMV – is designed to find a way of keeping a business operating, receivership will mean the end of …

This week we take a look at jobs available at one of Ireland's newest and largest developers, Digit Game Studios

Ireland's games market valued at seven per cent of UK and Eire, claims report

PopCap Dublin has been closed by parent company EA. The news comes after management admitted last month that 50 jobs had been lost from PopCap’s Seattle office and an unspecified number shaved from its Irish operations. The company then went on to say that it had entered into an exploratory …

Digit Game Studios attracted by access to world-class developers and government support

CEO's comments about potential Dublin relocation of the Angry Birds developer 'taken out of context', says Heijari

Potential relocation to take advantage of generous tax rates

Like the UK, the Irish games retail market took a hit with the fall of GAME. In fact, the impact was more severe, as all RoI GAME stores closed after the retailer went into administration. Famously, some former GAME staff orchestrated a sit-in in protest against the lack of an …

Cork branch to be responsible for European roll-out of free-to-play shooter FireFall