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Arts / Sports 90 - Arts creation and performing arts activities 90 - Arts creation and performing arts activities 90 - Arts creation and performing arts activities
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 September 2017
Employment effect (start)
27 September 2017
Foreseen end date
30 September 2019
Description
Wargaming, an international game developer, intends to employ over 300 people at its new branch to be open in Prague by the end of September 2017. The full planned number of employees is to be completed by the end of 2019. The branch will be one of the largest, focusing on testing and developing games. The creator of popular and physically sophisticated on-line tank battle simulations (World of Tanks ) chose Prague for its attractiveness and skilled workforce.
Globally, the company with headquarters in Nicosia, Cyprus operates 16 branches and employs over 4,000 people worldwide.
Sources
20 September 2017: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Wargaming, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 92056, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/92056.