Keywords shrugs off Covid-19 impact, sticks to full-year forecast

Dublin-based gaming company expecting revenues of €326m, up 30% on prior year

Sequoia walks away from $21m investment due to conflict with Stripe

Venture capital firm backs away from investment in online payments company Finix

Irish software company Artomatix sold in deal valued at up to $60m

Company developed (AI) technology that can automate the creation of 3D content

Keywords Studios named technology company of the year

Other Technology Ireland award winners include Nova Leah, Cognizant and Version 1

Electronic Arts’ Irish arm sees revenue increase 11% to €29m

Pre-tax losses at video games giant more than doubles to €569k as staff numbers rise

This Week in Business: Tech giants due to report results

CSO to report retail spending figures. Alphabet, Facebook and Apple to deliver results

Keywords Studios acquires German voiceover specialist for €3.7m

Service provider says revenue rose almost 40 per cent to €153.2 million in first half

It’s connected devices vs consoles at biggest e-games convention

Gamescon, the world’s largest online gaming fair, opens in Cologne

European stocks dive to two-month lows on China worries

Shares of video-game makers down as Trump blames industry for gun violence

Optimism about US-China trade boosts shares

Ryanair shares rise 1.9% on news airline could cut up to 900 jobs in coming months

Keywords Studios agrees €140m credit facility, posts rise in revenues

Video gaming company reports a 17% rise in first-half group revenues to €146m

Dublin’s Keyword Studios acquires Canadian company for €2.12m

Acquisition will give audio description services company its first studio in Vancouver

Loot boxes have opened a debate on gaming and a route into gambling

Loot boxes are like shiny lucky-dip bags that are treated as a form of early gambling in several countries

One4All’s new owner sees bright future for the company

Blackhawk looking at expanding brand further in Britain and rolling it out elsewhere

Revenues jump 66% at Keywords Studios despite ‘Fortnite effect’

Dublin video gaming firm sees profits double to €22m on back of strong demand for services

Trade fears end run of weekly gains for European shares

Dublin market follows other bourses lower, with Kingpsan and Aryzta among the losers

European shares edge higher after Italian banks make gains

Electronic Arts and Ocado among the fallers, while CRH is key mover in Dublin

Video game director settles case over purported dismissal

Agreement reached with Electronic Arts following mediation

Revenues and profits soar at Dublin-based Keywords Studios

Company acquired eight businesses last year but also saw a 10% rise in organic growth

Davy upgrades Dublin-based Keywords Studios to ‘outperform’

Upgrade comes despite Keywords recently predicting below-consensus full-year revenue

Game not over: director gets injunction against video game giant

Electronic Arts Ireland prevented from firing director over ‘dick’ remark to colleague

Keyword Studios predicts full-year pretax profits of about €37m

Dublin-based gaming group also announces deal to buy Sunny Side Up for CAD5.9m

Court told Irish subsidiary of games giant EA entitled to dismiss director

Director dismissed for alleged misconduct in allegedly making an inappropriate remark

Man fired over alleged inappropriate remark was reinstated and fired again, court told

Court being asked to extend temporary injunction until full hearing has been heard

Top video games may face clampdown over child gambling fears

‘Loot boxes’ in games such as Fifa and Star Wars Battlefront are under Irish scrutiny

Keywords Studios acquires Japanese company for €1.27m

Dublin gaming firm with €1.15bn market value acquired another company last week

Game on for Keywords Studios as it acquires Canadian company Snowed In

Dublin-headquartered but London-listed gaming company on acquisition trail

Irish video game firm to buy London agency for £5.2m

Keywords Studios swoops for Fire Without Smoke, the latest in a string of acquisitions

Game on for London-listed Irish firm that operates below the radar

Andrew Day is chief executive of Keywords Studios, the billion dollar company you’ve probably never heard about

Irish video gaming studio Keywords expects big rise in revenues

Group made 11 acquisitions last year and expects pretax profit of €22.5m

Dublin-based Keywords Studios makes second acquisition this week

Video gaming firm snaps up Localizadora Latam just days after buying Sperasoft

Irish game developer Keywords Studios buys US firm in $27m deal

Keywords has bought Sperasoft, which employs 400 software engineers and artists

EA still in the game despite losses rising at Irish subsidiary

Videogame publisher reported turnover of €24.4m for the 12 months to the end of April

Ryanair’s wings clipped by cancellations debacle

This Week: Airline’s first-half results will reflect investor jitters. Also: AIB’s egm

Meet the Kildare man behind this year’s surprise gaming hit

Brendan Greene: It really felt like the universe was looking out for me.

Electronic Arts creates new American football video game

Game allows players to compete on behalf of favorite pro teams for first time

The major business events coming up in the week ahead

For your Diary: Ryanair, McDonald’s and the banks to reveal trading figures

Dublin video games service firm Keywords buys Spov for £1.2m

Digital design company based in London offers services to video game and film markets

Electronic Arts sees profits rise through online game sales

Maker of ‘Fifa’ and other sports games moves to digital play from shop-bought games

Pokémon Go resistant to cloning, say rival developers

Games companies caught off guard by surprise success of augmented-reality app

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