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Full coverage: Gaming

“Mind-blowing for us”: Inside the Irish studio behind one of the very best games of 2025

The New York Times, The Guardian, and AP have all listed Galway studio Spooky Doorway's The Séance of Blake Manor among the top 10 games of 2025. CEO Paul Conway talks about creating a gaming hit from the west coast of Ireland.

Michael Cogley
29th Jan, 2026 - 15 min read

KamaGames calls in receivers to related company with €7.2m debts

The mobile games company, founded in Russia and now based in Dublin, has appointed receivers to a company called Pinterpod, with which it shares a director.

Jonathan Keane
24th Jan, 2025 - 2 min read

“Soft launch is not when you stop spending money”: Game studios sound off on tax credit

The digital games tax credit arrived in late 2022 but it has had several problems, according to Irish studios who say many of their functions are excluded from eligibility.

Jonathan Keane
30th Sep, 2024 - 5 min read

“Nothing secret”: How a US casino giant’s acquisition of an Irish firm stumbled on an outsourcing headache

An employee at SportCaller secured an injunction against his dismissal over his ties to an outsourced business. Just what happened?

Jonathan Keane
6th Sep, 2024 - 4 min read

The rise of Keywords Studios, the Dublin gaming company subject to a €2.5bn takeover bid

Founded in 1998, the gaming services business has morphed into a behemoth employing over 12,000 people. Now Swedish private equity giant EQT is circling and more may come to play.

Michael Cogley
24th May, 2024 - 6 min read

“It is only now that omnichannel marketing is starting to become doable. Before now, it was a mirage”

The end of third party cookies is looming large in 2024. Xtremepush, the fast-growing digital marketing company, is turning to gamification to entice customers and leverage first-party data in this new era.

Rosanna Cooney
11th Sep, 2023 - 4 min read

“We are bringing something extremely fun and addictive to market”

The gaming business has revenues greater than the music and film industries combined. Nikki Lannen, founder of WarDucks, is confident she has a top grossing game on her hands that could make up to a billion dollars.

Rosanna Cooney
30th Jun, 2022 - 4 min read
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