Tagged: Activision & News
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Digital gaming sector in Ireland grew 90pc between 2009 and 2012 News
14.03.2013 Employment in Ireland’s digital gaming sector grew 90pc between 2009 and 2012 and this growth rate can be sustained and accelerated over the next three years, the annual Games... -
Halo makers unveil plans for 10-year sci-fi epic Destiny (video) News
18.02.2013 The creators of perhaps the most successful video-game franchise to date are back with an ambitious plan to create a ‘shared world shooter’ that will expand over the course of... -
Call of Duty: Black Ops II grosses US$1bn in 15 days, outpaces Avatar News
06.12.2012 Black Ops II, the latest title in the Call of Duty franchise, has just reached US$1bn in retail sales just 15 days after launch. This means it has reached the US$1bn point... -
BBC Worldwide digital entertainment chief to lead ITLG panel in Hollywood News
20.09.2012 A stellar cast of some of the leading digital entertainment professionals in the world will join the panel at the Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG)’s Innovation in...Tags: BBC, Warner, Sony, Dylan Collins, Activision, Microsoft, Google, Disney, Lucasfilm, ITLG, Movies, Games, Hollywood, Silicon Valley -
Angry Birds continues world takeover – next stop: PS3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo 3DS News
11.07.2012 Activision and Rovio are teaming up to bring the extremely popular game Angry Birds to PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo 3DS consoles.Tags: Games, Gaming, Consoles, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Kinect, Nintendo, Angry Birds, Activision, Rovio, -
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,