(Source: The Advocate)
Firebrand Games, a Glasgow, Scotland-based game developer focusing on racing games for Nintendo systems, will locate in Baton Rouge, bringing 30 jobs and an annual payroll of about $1.5 million.
Mayor-President Kip Holden and the Baton Rouge Area Chamber announced today that the Baton Rouge Area Digital Industries Consortium was successful in convincing Firebrand that Baton Rouge is the ideal location for its third digital media studio.
BRADIC, a partnership between the city-parish, the chamber, the Baton Rouge Area Foundation and LSU, has been working to increase the number of digital media companies in Baton Rouge, particularly in video game development.
Firebrand Games will locate at the Louisiana Technology Park and hire 30 staff members and expects to be operational in January, according to a chamber news release.
Firebrand’s other U.S. location is in Merritt Island, Fla. It has developed titles such as Grid, Race Driver, DiRT and Need for Speed, as well as all console versions of Trackmania, the company is now expanding into other formats and will soon be on all consoles including PlayStation®3 and Xbox 360.
Publish Date:
12-08-2010
