Talk:Keywords Studios

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{{TextDiff|1=Keywords Studios plc is an Irish video game industry services company based in Leopardstown. Founded in 1998 by Giorgio Guastalla and Teresa Luppino, the company initially provided localisation services for business software before transitioning to the video game industry. Andrew Day replaced Guastalla as chief executive officer in 2009 and the company completed its initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange in 2013. Since then, Keywords has acquired several other companies, including GameSim, D3T, Heavy Iron Studios, and High Voltage Software.

2=Keywords Studios is an international technology-enabled solutions provider to the global video games and entertainment industries. Founded in 1998, the company initially provided localisation services for business software before transitioning to the video game industry. Andrew Day was CEO of the company from 2009-2021, leading the business through an IPO on the the London Stock Exchange and its growth into the largest external service provider to the video gaming industry (https://irpages2.equitystory.com/websites/rns_news/English/1100/news-tool---rns---eqs-group.html?company=keywords&article=33585876). In addition to organic growth, Keywords has completed over 60 acquisitions in the last 10 years, including GameSim, D3T, Heavy Iron Studios, and High Voltage Software. (https://www.keywordsstudios.com/investors/investment-proposition/

{{TextDiff|1=In January 2021, Keywords Studios hired Sonia Lashand Sedler as its chief operating officer. Citing health reasons, Day took a temporary leave in March 2021, with Hauck and Sedler becoming joint interim CEOs. In June, Keywords Studios announced Day's impending retirement and that he had formally stepped down as CEO and member of the board of directors, remaining on the board in an advisory role for six months. Bertrand Bodson, the former chief digital officer for Novartis, succeeded Day on December 1, 2021.

|2= In January 2021, Keywords Studios hired Sonia Lashand Sedler as its chief operating officer. Due to personal reasons, Sonia left the Company, her position on the Board, and her role as Chief Operating Officer in March 2022. (https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/KWS/directorate-change/15375548 ) In October 2022, Keywords announced that Jon Hauck, would be appointed as the Group’s Chief Operating Officer following the appointment of a successor Chief Financial Officer. He took up his new role on 1 July 2023 following the announcement that Robert Kingston, the former CFO of Flutter Entertainment plc’s UK and Ireland division, as the Group’s CFO. (https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/KWS/appointment-of-chief-financial-officer/16007313)

{{TextDiff|1=Corporate Affairs Keywords Studios is headquartered at Whelan House in the South County Business Park of Leopardstown. As of September 2017, the company leases the entire ground floor and parts of the first and lower ground floor of Whelan House for €422,722.

|2= Keywords Studios plc is a public limited company registered in England and Wales with registered number 08548351 and having its registered address at 4th Floor, 110 High Holborn, London WC1V 6JS, United Kingdom. Principal place of business is Keywords International Limited, Whelan House, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin18, Dublin Ireland. https://www.keywordsstudios.com/investors/faq/#:~:text=Keywords%20Studios%20plc%20is%20a,London%20WC1V%206JS%2C%20United%20Kingdom.

{{TextDiff|1=The company employs 9,493 people as of 2021. |2= c.12,000 employees (https://www.keywordsstudios.com/content/uploads/2023/06/June-Company-Snapshot.pdf)

{{TextDiff|1=The largest single shareholder in Keywords Studios as of April 2019 is PEQ Holdings, itself 90%-owned by Guastalla, at 6.3% of shares worth £58.1 million.

|2= The largest shareholder is Capital Group, with over 8% shareholding. https://www.keywordsstudios.com/investors/faq/#:~:text=Keywords%20Studios%20plc%20is%20a,London%20WC1V%206JS%2C%20United%20Kingdom.

{{TextDiff|1=The company's businesses are divided into seven segments: art, engineering, functional testing, audio recording, translation, localisation, and player support.

|2= It provides services across the entire content development life cycle through its Create, Globalize and Engage service lines to a large blue-chip client base across the globe.

Data table - Keywords financials are from 2021 - please can you update for 2022 figures (https://www.keywordsstudios.com/content/uploads/2023/03/KWS-FY-Results-2022-Final-.pdf UKGamer2023 (talk) 14:34, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

Hard no on lines copy-pasted from their website. Not only would that be copyright infringement, those passages are so PR-ladden that they would likely violate Wikipedia's neutrality guidelines. I can update the numbers in due time. IceWelder [✉] 15:14, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

Thanks Ice Welder and understood about the direct lift from the materials. If reworded, would you accept any of the changes - the current issue is that the text is out of date, whether you include the PR spin or not? Some of these points are purely factual updates.

For instance we could change: The company's businesses are divided into seven segments: art, engineering, functional testing, audio recording, translation, localisation, and player support.

To: The company's businesses were divided into seven segments: art, engineering, functional testing, audio recording, translation, localisation, and player support. In 2022, the company re-organised its structure into 3 divisions, Create, encompassing art and game development, Globalize (functional testing, audio recording, localisation and localisation testing) and Engage (marketing and customer support). The company currently provides services to 24 of the top 25 global gaming companies. UKGamer2023 (talk) 16:19, 3 July 2023 (UTC)