Major Investment in International Games Startup for Ireland

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Major Investment in International Games

Startup for Ireland

PR Newswire

DUBLIN, June 28, 2012

DUBLIN

,

June 28, 2012

/PRNewswire/ --

Digit to create largest indie games studio in

Ireland

Digit Game Studios has acquired significant funding from Irish investors to

establish a major independent games studio in

Ireland

. The management team

has held senior positions in EA, Atari, Jagex, Popcap and Jolt/Gamestop.

"We chose

Dublin

because of the ability to access best in class talent, the great

support from Enterprise Ireland and the general buzz around the cities startup

scene. We hope to hire locally and to attract some top class people from

around the games world", said Richard Barnwell, CEO of Digit.

"The arrival of Digit Games, with its talented team, innovative backers and

the exciting market that they will address, demonstrates that Social, Locational

and Mobile (SoLoMo) is the main driver of the Irish games scene," David

Sweeney, Games Ireland.

Greg Treston, Enterprise Ireland said: 'Digit Game Studios is a highly innovative

young Irish company which will rapidly make a name for itself in the games

sector. This is a hugely positive development for start ups in the games

sector."

"The creation of original IP in the country by such a team of talented

developers will lead to some very exciting opportunities in this sector. The

International Digital Services Centre (IDSC) will provide the necessary services

and act as a platform for companies like Digit alongside the multinationals who

have also located their IP and European HQ's here."

Neil Leyden of the International Digital Services Centre.

About Digit GamingFounders

CEO Richard Barnwell was most recently CEO of Jolt Online Gaming and an

Advisor to GameStop (NYSE:GME) Prior to that he was CEO of secureVirtual

(Cloud hosting platform in

London

) and part of the original management team

at Jagex

CMO Martin Frain was most recently Marketing Director at Stan James.

He was Marketing and Biz Dev Director at Atari, Global Marketing Director at

EA, Marketing at Radica and Marketing Manager at Hasbro

Art Director Fergus Duggan worked at Jolt Online Gaming, Monumental Games,

Swordfish Studios and at Circle Studio.

David McGovern was Head of Studio at Jolt Online Gaming and was previously

Mobile QA Lead at Popcap.

An experienced team in developing and launching

games:

MMOs: Runescape, Star Trek Online

AAA console :Tomb Raider, Colin McRae, Mirrors Edge

Online : Battlefield Heroes, Championship Manager

Rivals

Mobile : Bejewelled, Chuzzle