Type
Business expansion
Country
Ireland
Region
Southern and Eastern; South-West (IRL);
Location of affected unit(s)
Cork
Sector
Information / Communication
Publishing Of Information; Production And Programming Of Audiovisual
Publishing Activities
58 - Publishing activities

100 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
9 April 2009
Employment effect (start)
9 April 2009
Foreseen end date
9 April 2012

Description

It has emerged that approximately 100 new jobs are to be created in County Cork over the course of the next three years by US online games company Big Fish Games. Recruitment for new posts has already commenced, as the games company unveiled the opening of its European headquarters in Cork. Big Fish Games is based in Seattle, US, and develops and publishs games for computers and mobile devices.


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2009), Big Fish Games, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 68675, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68675.