A measure of the growth possibilities offered by the video games industry in Ireland was underlined in last week’s major acquisition by Dublin headquartered Keyword Studios of US-based VMC Consulting for $66m (€57m).

In this week’s article, Kehlan looks at the games industry in Ireland and why a trip to the Games Fleadh held LIT Thurles showed why more has to be done to support domestic games developers in Ireland.    

Game designers and developers here have called for a tax relief scheme similar to that enjoyed by Irish-made film and television productions.