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[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 29 points 4 hours ago (4 children)

"Dublin firm behind Baldur's Gate game" has to be the longest possible way they could have written "Larian Studios."

Author getting paid per word or what?

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

It's an Irish site and so they probably want to market this as a success for Ireland and not necessarily that a Belgium-based studio is just using their Ireland branch office for special tax status.

It's not just a shell company though, as the article highlights they do have their own development staff there.

[–] ahornsirup 7 points 4 hours ago

I suspect in this case the reason was to hide the name "Larian Studios" to get a click out of people who don't know.

[–] Thaurin@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

Wasn’t Larian based in Belgium?

[–] modifier@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 hours ago

Its likely that Baldur's Gate has more name recognition among readers of this paper than Larian does, so anchoring on that makes sense.

[–] jonathan@lemmy.zip 14 points 5 hours ago

There are tax efficiencies for them being here, but they actually have a sizeable staff presence too. Of all the tech companies in Dublin, they're the ones I'd most like the opportunity to work with.