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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Other Manufacturing 32.4 - Manufacture of games and toys
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
19 September 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 September 2010
Description
Blizzard Entertainment, a U.S based software firm, is to create 100 new jobs in Cork with the development of a new site. The firm, which develops and publishes entertainment software, is to set up an European customer support centre in Cork that will create 50 jobs initially, and that will employ 100 by September 2010.
The firm, who are headquartered in Irvine in California, produce online role-playing digital titles such as World of Warcraft, Diablo and StarCraft. The firm's President, Mike Morhaime, has expressed confidence that the Cork office will strengthen the firm’s support offerings in Europe.
Sources
20 September 2007: The Irish Times
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Blizzard Entertainment, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 65822, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65822.
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