Irvine’s Blizzard Entertainment Inc., Orange County’s top video game maker, said it’s set to open a new European base in Ireland.
The company, best known for its “World of Warcraft” series of online multiplayer games, said it expects to hire some 100 workers in Cork City, in southern Ireland, according to ENN.ie, an Irish tech news Web site.
The Cork site is set to be a customer support center for European game players.
About 9 million players subscribe to “World of Warcraft,” the company said.
Blizzard already has offices near Paris,it’s part of France’s Vivendi.
The announcement of the new jobs is a relief for city, which has seen a handful of U.S. companies shutter operations there of late.
Cork is Ireland’s third-largest city and is home to the famed Blarney Stone.
