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Tech tycoon delivers delight to digital natives News
26.03.2013 In 2003, two Trinity College Dublin graduates, Dylan Collins and Sean Blanchfield, did a very unfashionable thing at the time. They started a technology company in the... -
Digital supremo Dylan Collins appointed chairman of marketing player Potato News
12.03.2013 Demonware and Box of Awesome founder Dylan Collins has been appointed chairman of Potato, one of Europe’s fastest-growing marketing technology agencies which counts Google,...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Media, Marketing, Internet, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Consumer Tech -
Irish Govt establishes digital games group to deliver 2,500 new jobs by 2014 News
25.07.2012 Ireland's Jobs Minister Richard Bruton, TD, has established an industry group consisting of executives from the major games companies present in Ireland to spearhead a strategy...Categories: Upskilling, Training, Social Media, R&D, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Investments, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Funding, Economy, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
Game on! We’re at the start of something big News
16.02.2012 For a long time we told ourselves that the notion of Ireland producing big-budget gaming titles was a myth, deluded even. But I’m becoming less sure that it is impossible. Let’s...Categories: Wireless Communications, Software & Web Development, Mobility, Mobile, Games/Entertainment, Development, Design, AppsTags: Demonware, Havok, EA Games, Dylan Collins, Coder Dojo , App, Microsoft, iOS, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation Vita -
Fight My Monster raises US$2.1m in seed investment from Greycroft News
16.02.2012 Fight My Monster, a UK-based video games company chaired by Irish games entrepreneur Dylan Collins, considered to be one of the UK’s best start-up secrets, has closed a US$2.1m... -
Ireland: A global games hub News
20.10.2011 Merging console and PC video games with casual and social is a chance for Ireland to create 4,500 jobs. John Kennedy spoke to the chiefs of the world’s biggest games firms.Categories: Multimedia, Mobility, Jobs, Investments, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Economy, Digital MediaTags: PopCap Games, Zynga, EA Games, Gala Networks, Activision Blizzard, Demonware, Havok, Forfas, Ireland, Video Games, Games, Gaming -
Activision studio boss: console games have a social future News
14.10.2011 Activision Blizzard’s senior vice president of Worldwide Studios Brian Ward says that while the console gaming world’s jury is still out on 3D, console games that address the...Categories: Apps, Consumer Tech, Digital Business, Digital Media, Games/Entertainment, Mobile, Mobility, Social Media -
Tax is Ireland's ace in bid to win global games industry - Taoiseach News
11.10.2011 Addressing the CEOs and senior vice-presidents of video-game giants like Activison Blizzard, EA Games, Popcap Games, Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony, Ireland’s Taoiseach Enda Kenny... -
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 -
Tech Jobs - Breaking into the games industry News
04.06.2011 The games industry is growing hugely in Ireland, with plenty of companies hiring right now. LAURA O’BRIEN finds out what it takes to land a dream job in this field. -
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 -
Hot tech jobs on offer this week News
28.04.2011 There’s no denying gaming is one of Ireland’s most promising emerging industries and a number of companies based here from this sector have some high-level positions vacant with... -
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)... -
Everything to play for - Ireland's gaming potential News
14.10.2010 With the phenomenal success of the global games industry, LAURA O’BRIEN examines where Ireland’s position is in the gaming market and what needs to be done to further it.Categories: Multimedia, Media, Leadership & Management, Jobs, Government, Games/Entertainment, Economy, Digital Media -
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, -
Internet start-ups generate cheap, fast return - Collins News
03.03.2010 Dylan Collins, the young entrepreneur who by the age of 30 had sold three successful technology firms, says Ireland needs to focus more on generating a larger number of internet...Categories: Special Events -
Gaming supremo Collins is Ireland's Net Visionary 2010 News
21.05.2010 Dylan Collins, the 30-year-old entrepreneur who sold one of his first companies to Activision for US$15m and whose latest venture has been acquired by Gamestop – the largest... -
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...