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Directory: Producers

Games Toaster’s Irish Computer Games Directory 

PHASE ONE: Developers, Publishers, and Middleware Providers
After vastly expanding our news archive’s category tags, the following is the first phase of Games Toaster’s Irish Computer Games Directory.

Part one coverers producers (developers, publishers, and middleware providers etc). This first phase, like what is to come, will be dynamic; but also contains historic entrees.

The directory comes after many years of looking at the idea of a database or similar. It is planned to expand from producers to every area of computer games in Ireland.

NOTE: While every reasonable effort has been made to make sure all information is accuracy, we can not guarantee such. Please send error reports to errors@gamestoaster.com. Other information is welcome at directory@gamestoaster.com. As always, we can not take responsible for other websites. Research sources: Company Registration Office, Dublin; Google;  companies’ websites; GameDevelopers.ie.

Games events at the Digital Hub

On Thursday, computer games events planned for this month start in the Irish Government’s Digital Hub in Dublin. Exhibitions, debates, and a ‘Careers Expo’ are pencilled in from May 5 to May 18.

The Digital Hub is home to a number of games industry companies, including middleware company Havok, and mobile games developers TKO, and Eirplay Games. As we reported recently, games developer DC Studios are in the process of moving into the Hub.

The Hub’s latest exhibition, ‘Exhibit8: New Frontiers in Gaming’ is open office hours, 9.30am-5.30pm, from Thursday, with the official launch of the events on the same day, incorporating the announcement of the winners of the student games competition Dare to be Digital Ireland.

On Friday (May 6) a public talk titled ‘Censorship in the games industry’ is set to debate censorship in games, chaired by the journalist and critic, Medb Ruane, the panel is to include Ger Connolly, the Duputy Irish Film Censor; Dr Mary Corcoran, Professor of Sociology, NUI Maynooth; and Paul Hayes, a games marketing consultant. Other panel-based discussions lined up are ‘Game Design - Responding to New Interfaces’ (Monday, May 9), ‘Mobile Gaming: Successful Business Models’ (Wednesday, May 11), and ‘Learning Through Gaming’ (Wednesday, May 18).

To guide those looking into a career in the games industry, the Gaming Careers Expo takes places 11am to 5.30pm, on Monday, May 9.

For full listings of venues and times, as well as registration for some events, visit the Digital Hub’s website.

Edited 03/05/2005: changes to the panel of the ‘Censorship in the games industry’ debate.

DC to open Dublin studio

The Canadian developer DC Studios, with headquarters in Montreal, and UK studios in Glasgow and Bristol, is set to move into the government’s Digital Hub in the Liberties area of Dublin.

DC's IDA-backed expansion is set to create 50 jobs, which will include artists, programmers, and producers. The deal with the IDA is – as usual – undisclosed.