Big Fish Games needs a bigger net for Cork

Big Fish Games, a publisher and developer of casual games is adding to its cloud gaming research and development initiative at its Cork operation.

Supported by the IDA, Big Fish’s cloud gaming service will run the company’s casual game catalog in the cloud, which allows for its games to be accessible to customers on a variety of devices and platforms via interactive video streaming. This dedicated research initiative by Big Fish will involve the recruitment of 30 software engineers, the largest research and development project undertaken by Big Fish in Ireland to date.

Jeremy Lewis, Big Fish CEO, said: "Much like Netflix changed the way we view movies today, allowing film entertainment to be accessed on over 800 devices, Big Fish’s cloud gaming service will transform the marketplace for premium casual entertainment by bringing our millions of mainstream customers that much closer to the thousands of wonderful games created by our in-house Studios and game development partners."

Barry O’Leary, CEO, IDA Ireland said: "There are now more than 1,500 people employed in the computer games industry in Ireland, and today’s announcement reinforces Ireland’s reputation as a leading location for digital media companies. Furthermore, the investment establishes Cork as a leading RD&I centre of excellence in cloud computing".

Founded in 2002, Big Fish has a network of more than 500 development partners and an in-house studio. It has a catalogue of 2,500 titles and a total of 1.5 billion downloads. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA, with regional offices in Vancouver, Canada, Cork, Ireland, and Luxembourg.

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