Canadian game developer to create 50 jobs

Canadian video game developer DC Studios is to create 50 jobs in Dublin with a new development studio.

The studio will be based in the Digital Hub in Dublin, with the support of IDA Ireland.

This will be Ireland’s first overseas investment in console software development.

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Micheál Martin said the investment is an excellent fit with IDA’s strategy of attracting knowledge intensive investments to Ireland.

"The digital media sector has been identified as an area of opportunity for this country and DC Studios, a young ambitious company, will be a valued addition to the growing cluster of digital media activities in Ireland, in particular games development,” he said.

Mark Greenshields, CEO of DC Studios, said he sees Ireland as the ideal base to service this growing demand for the company’s services.

DC Studios’ primary business is content development work for major console games publishers such as Konami, Ubisoft and Hip Interactive.

It also develops its own content and is currently working on a new football game, scheduled for launch later this year.

DC Studios, established in 1999, employs nearly 80 people at its headquarters in Montreal, Canada, and in satellite studios in Glasgow, Scotland and Bristol, England.