A Liverpool PlayStation game development firm is to take over one of the city’s most historic buildings following a multi-million pound revamp.
Firesprite, acquired by Sony Interactive Entertainment two years ago, is to move into the grade II listed Duke Street building following a £5m upgrade made possible from two Liverpool City Region Combined Authority investment funds. The property, which housed Liverpool’s first public library, will now be occupied by the firm that helped create one of the launch games for Sony’s PlayStation 4 console in 2013.
The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority contributed just over £5m to the refurbishment of this historic building, with £2.96m from its Urban Development Fund and £2.1m from its Chrysalis Fund. This funding unlocked the project at a time when commercial funding was not available.
