Keywords Studios

Keywords Studios

https://www.keywordsstudios.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/keywordsstudios/

Keywords Studios, privately owned and headquartered in Ireland, founded in 1998 with approximately 10,990 employees, reported $874.0M in revenue as of 2024. The company operates as an international technical and creative services provider to the global video games and media industry.

Revenue

Founded

1998

Headcount

11,722

Headquarters

Ireland

Primary Segment

Computer Games

Ownership

Privately Owned

Deployments

1

News Summary:

Keywords Studios is eliminating 128 positions at its San Francisco office, with its Chief Financial Officer also departing, according to a June 25 filing with California's employment authorities. The Dublin-headquartered, EQT-owned video games company disclosed these job cuts, which impact its San Francisco location. This follows reports on June 24 indicating that the Ireland-based provider of technical and creative services to video-game publishers was preparing to shed approximately 128 local jobs.

Similar Companies

Subscribe for full access to Keywords Studios's profile

Keywords Studios offers 2 products in the ad tech and services industry. Keywords Studios's product portfolio comprises of advertising, marketing, media agencies.

Subscribe for full access to Keywords Studios's products in full detail

Keywords Studios's revenues were less than $1B in 2024. Caretta Research has split Keywords Studios's revenue into 2 different product categories.

Subscribe for full access to Keywords Studios's revenue in full detail

Jul

23rd

2026

03:30

How to localize a game with a constructed language without losing character or immersion

What changes when a game includes a constructed language? 1. Not everything should be localized in the same way The first step is to decide what stays fixed and what should adapt. In some projects, full lines in the constructed language need to remain exactly as approved in the source.

Keywords Studios

Jul

21st

2026

03:30

B2B Tag, Target Customer Expansion

Choosing Between European Spanish and LatAm Spanish for your Video Game Localization

European Spanish vs LatAm Spanish for video games In broad terms, the easiest way to categorise the different uses of the Spanish language is to divide them in two: European Spanish, also known as Spain’s Spanish, Castilian Spanish, or simply Spanish, and Latin American Spanish.

Keywords Studios

Jul

13th

2026

01:00

ESG, B2B Tag, Sustainability Initiatives

Keywords Studios Near-Term Science-Based Targets

Our Targets: Keywords Studios commits to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 42.0% by 2030 from a 2024 base year. Keywords Studios also commits to reduce absolute scope 3 GHG emissions from fuel- and energy-related activities, business travel and employee commuting 25.0% within the same timeframe.

Keywords Studios

Jul

10th

2026

01:00

How to Choose the Right Chinese Locale Setup for Your Game, Audience, and Release Path

When teams say they are localizing into Chinese, they are often talking about several different decisions at once. Script is one of them, locale is another, and so are player expectations. And if your release path includes mainland China, commercial and regulatory considerations come into play too.

Keywords Studios

Jul

9th

2026

23:21

Events, Emerging Tech, B2B Tag, Events and Conferences

China is rarely just one market conversation. For studios outside China, the challenge is entering the market without losing quality, local relevance or momentum, while navigating local regulations and opportunities like WeChat minigames. For studios in China, the challenge is different: taking games global without stretching internal teams across art, localization, game testing, player support, live ops, and more.

Keywords Studios

Jul

3rd

2026

02:30

A Step-by-Step Guide to Game Localization

Step 1: Define Your Target Markets and Launch Strategy Market selection comes first - before any other localization decisions can be made sensibly. The question isn't which languages you can localize into, but which markets offer the strongest return on investment given your game's genre, visual style, content type and competitive position.

Keywords Studios

Jun

25th

2026

09:49

Management Changes, Corporate Restructuring, Layoffs, B2B Tag

Shake-up at Keywords Studios: 128 San Francisco jobs to go, CFO departing - The Currency

Keywords Studios, the Dublin-headquartered, EQT-owned video games company, is cutting 128 jobs from its San Francisco office while one of its top executives is leaving. The company disclosed the job cuts in a filing with California’s employment authorities.

Jun

24th

2026

06:30

Cost Cutting, Layoffs, B2B Tag

Keywords Studios Axes Nearly 130 SF Jobs In Downtown Office Shakeup

Game industry workers at Keywords Studios’ San Francisco office are bracing for a major cut, as the Ireland‑based provider of technical and creative services to video‑game publishers prepares to shed about 128 local jobs, according to state layoff filings.

Jun

24th

2026

01:00

What Is Player Agency? A Practical Guide for Modern Game Teams

Agency expresses itself in different ways depending on genre and intention. Mechanical This is the most visible form: movement, interactions, traversal, crafting, and it shapes early player expectations. It also defines how the game connects systems together.

Keywords Studios

Jun

22nd

2026

00:40

Emerging Tech, Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

The AI Adoption Gap That No One in Gaming Wants to Talk About

The games industry has never been short of enthusiasm for new technology, and artificial intelligence is no exception. Across studios of every size, AI tools are being explored, trialled, and debated with a level of energy that suggests a fundamental shift is underway.

Jun

17th

2026

01:00

Understanding and navigating anxiety in the workplace

That’s why for Neurodiversity Celebration Week we were fortunate enough to hear from Kristie Dale, Senior Producer at Snowed In Studios, a Keywords studio, in a presentation about her experience with understanding and navigating anxiety in the workplace: Read on to see what she had to say: (Important note: this is not medical advice and should only be regarded as an expression of personal experience) Everybody experiences anxiety.

Keywords Studios

Jun

9th

2026

01:00

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

The Game Business Podcast: The process of making a game trailer

The conversation gets into the nuts and bolts of the process, from working with a client to building a trailer around a game build that is not quite there yet. It also looks at what is and is not working right now.

Keywords Studios

Keywords Studios has customers like Ubisoft. Keywords Studios has suppliers like Snowflake.

Example Customers

Subscribe for full access to Keywords Studios's profile

Example Suppliers

Subscribe for full access to Keywords Studios's profile

Analyst insight reports

Enthralling the sports fan of the future

What a winning pay TV architecture looks like

AI in media and broadcast

AV broadcast: A buyer's world

Subscribe to access all analyst insight reports