Tagged: Activision & News
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Talent is Ireland’s secret weapon in digital games race News
14.03.2012 In the global race for supremacy in digital game production Ireland is fast emerging as a location for high-quality digital games developers, with graduates virtually guaranteed... -
Dylan Collins talks 'Fight My Monster' (video) News
16.02.2012 Demonware and Jolt founder Dylan Collins talks to John Kennedy about his latest adventures as chairman of London-based 'Fight My Monster' and Cork-based Treemetrics.Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Investments, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Funding, Digital Media -
350 games jobs on offer as ‘Godfather’ designer reveals tricks of trade News
07.02.2012 The creative genius behind video games like Gold, as well as the popular Godfather and James Bond video games franchises, Phil Campbell, is one in the impressive line-up of...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Multimedia, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Development, Design, ComputersTags: Video Games, Activision, Job Creation, Havok, Electronic Arts, PopCap Games, Microsoft, Forfas, -
Dylan Collins gets into the green game News
04.02.2012 We hear that successful games entrepreneur Dylan Collins – the supremo who sold Demonware to Activision for US$15m and whose subsequent venture Jolt was snapped up by GameStop –... -
CoD: Modern Warfare 3 hits US$1bn sales, eclipses Avatar News
12.12.2011 Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has crossed the US$1bn threshold in sales, making it the only entertainment product to eclipse Avatar’s 17-day record in reaching...Categories: Social Media, Online Business, Digital Media, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Games/Entertainment -
COD: Modern Warfare 3 breaks first-day sales records News
11.11.2011 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has sold more than 6.5m units in the US and UK in its first day alone, topping previous records set by its prequels. -
GameStop to open at midnight for Modern Warfare 3 launch News
04.11.2011 GameStop is opening 55 stores across Ireland at midnight on 7 November for the worldwide release of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3. -
Chiefs of global video game giants descend on Dublin News
10.10.2011 Chief executives and senior managers from major companies in the global video-games business will be in Dublin tomorrow as guests of a new movement focused on making Ireland the... -
Ireland is getting ready to play to win 4,500 video games jobs News
10.10.2011 Globally, the video-games business is expected to reach US$82.4bn in revenues by 2015 and, if Ireland plays its cards right, it could double its employment in core games...Tags: IDA Ireland, Forfas, Enterprise Ireland, Video Games, Gaming, Mobile, Activision, Havok, Demonware, JOLT -
Demonware boss warns of skills gap in Irish computer science courses News
27.05.2011 Tony Kelly, CEO of Demonware, pointed out a huge skills gap between Irish and Canadian graduates of computer science programmes, saying they hired 95pc of Canadian interns...Tags: Tony Kelly, Demonware, Computer science, Maths, Education, Graduates, Ireland, Dublin, Software, Activision, Jobs, Skills -
Games entrepreneur Dylan Collins leaves Jolt News
08.04.2011 Dylan Collins, the young Irish entrepreneur who has built and sold technology companies to two of the world’s biggest computer games firms, Activision and Gamestop, is leaving... -
MMO games to be massive on iOS, Jolt CEO says News
22.03.2011 While the iPad 1 and iPad 2 and the various iPhone devices have proven themselves as fantastic gaming devices, the unexplored potential of massively multiplayer online (MMO)... -
Gaming perpherals are not finished – Activision News
27.09.2010 Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has said the release of Microsoft’s Kinect and the Sony PlayStation Move does not mean that gaming peripherals are over. -
The digital strategist who will drive the online gaming revolution News
29.07.2010 Entrepreneur Dylan Collins has sold three technology start-ups. Ireland, he says, must play to win. -
How Ireland can develop a thriving digital media sector News
29.07.2010 With our creative talents being recognised internationally, it’s time for Ireland to get animated about digital media and put in place policies and structures to support this...Categories: Multimedia, Media, Government, Education, Digital Media, Digital Business, Digital 21, DevelopmentTags: Jolt Online Gaming, Demonware, Havok, Infrastructure, Digital Economy, Arts, Start-ups, Oracle, Activision, Google, Microsoft, digital, -
Savvy entrepreneur knows how to raise and change the game News
11.02.2010 Having sold his games-software company, DemonWare, to Activision for $15 million three years back, Dylan Collins recently scored another coup when GameStop made a major... -
Guitar Hero frontman steps down News
03.02.2010 Dan Rosensweig, also a former executive at Yahoo!, has left his position as CEO of the Guitar Hero division at games company Blizzard to take on the CEO position of online...Categories: BusinessTags: Yahoo!, Activision, -
The entrepreneurial opportunity News
01.02.2010 Speaker Dylan Collins is arguably Ireland’s poster boy for the sheer breadth of opportunities presented by the internet for Irish-based business start-ups with a global outlook....Categories: Special Events -
Modern Warfare 2 hits US$1 billion in sales News
14.01.2010 With the accolade of highest-earning entertainment launch in history, grossing more than US$300 million in its first day of sales in the UK and US alone, Activision's Call of...Categories: New MediaTags: Activision, Earnings -
Modern Warfare 2 smashes all records News
13.11.2009 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has officially become the highest-earning entertainment launch in history, grossing more than US$300 million in its first day of sales in the UK...Categories: Digital LifeTags: Hollywood, Activision,