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PlaySound DigitalExtremes Companyinfo Status Operating Foundationdetails In:1993By:JamesSchmalz Locatedat London,Ontario,Canada Ownedby Leyou Keypeople MichaelSchmalz(president) No.ofemployees 170 Divisions DigitalExtremesToronto Laboralinfo Workedin UnrealUnrealTournamentUnrealChampionshipUnrealTournament2003UnrealTournament2004 Website http://www.digitalextremes.com DigitalExtremesisaamajorityChinese-owned[1]Canadian-operatedcomputerandvideogamedevelopmentcompanybasedinLondon,Ontario,Canada.Thecompanyco-createdseveralgamesintheUnrealseriesandhasmadeseveralothergamessuchasDarkSectoranditsonlinefree-to-playgameWarframe. Contents 1Bio 1.1InvolvementintheUnrealseries 2Works 2.1Unrealseries 2.2Othergames 3Trivia 4Externallinksandreferences 5Seealso Bio[] Inthelate80'sandearly90's(duringthesharewarecraze)theCanadiangamedeveloperJamesSchmalzdevelopedaseriesofsharewaregames,whichwerepublishedbyseveraldifferentcompanies.AfteraventurewithBigBlueDisc,JameswenttothenEpicMegaGamestorelease2ofhisgames:SolarWindsandagamecalledEpicPinball.Thelatterbecameahugehit,andgaveJamestheopportunity(andthemoney)tostarthisowncompany:DigitalExtremes.ThefirstgamesdevelopedbyDEwerepinballgames(includingthesequeltoEpicPinball)andarevolutionarynew3d-shooterthatlaterbecameknownasUnreal(videogame).[2] In2001,DigitalExtremesformedasecondstudioinToronto,Ontariotofocusondevelopingconsolegames.ThenewstudiowasnamedBrainBoxGames,butthislaterbecamethenameofasmalldivisionoftheTorontostudiothatfocusedonbudgetgames.Sincethen,theTorontostudiowasrenamedtoDigitalExtremesToronto,andtheprimarystudioinLondonwasrenamedtoDigitalExtremesLondon. AftertheUnrealgames,DEstartedtofocusonit'sownfranchises:TheTorontostudioworkedontheirfirst-personshooterPariahwhiletheLondonstudiowasstillworkingonDarkSector.AfterPariahfinisheddevelopment,theTorontostudiobeganworkingonPariah:ShroudWars.Unfortunately,sincePariahwasacommercialflop,ShroudWarswasrenamedWarPathandtookonanewlifeasawholenewgame.In2005,theLondonandTorontostudiosmergedsothattheycouldbothworktogetheronWarPathandDarkSector.Warpathwasreleasedayearlater,whileDarkSectorwasreleasedin2008.DuringthefinalyearsofDarkSector'sdevelopment,Epicstartedtoworkonthe3rdgenerationUTtitle:UnrealTournament3.ThisendedupbeingthefirsttitleintheUTseriesthatwasn'tco-developedbyDE.Theaforementionedgame,meanwhile,insteadofusingEpic'sUnrealEngine3,useditsownengine,Evolution. Inrecentyears,DigitalExtremeshasassisted2KGameswiththePS3versionofblockbusterhit,BioShock,[3]aswellasdevelopedthemultiplayercomponentofthesequel,BioShock2whilesimultaneouslydevelopingthemultiplayerportionofTHQ'sfirst-personshooter,Homefront.[4]DigitalExtremesdevelopedthegamefortheStarTrek:IntoDarknessmovie,workingwithBandaiNamcoandParamounttodevelopStarTrek. In2014,61%ofthecompanywassoldtoChineseholdingcompanyMultiDynamic,nowLeyou,for$73million.PresidentMichaelSchmalzandtwopartnersretained39%ofDigitalExtremes,andwillcontinuetomanageit.[5] In2016,itwasrevealedthatDigitalExtremes'gameWarframehadbeenhacked,exposingtheemailaddressesofover700,000players.[6] OnOctober6,2017itannouncedtheopeningadevelopmentstudioinTorontosettobeginoperationsthefollowingmonth.[7] InvolvementintheUnrealseries[] 4yearsafterJamesSchmalzdevelopedthefirstUnrealdemo,thegamewasreleased,bringinginanothersuccessforDE. ThepartnershipwithEpicprovedtobefruitful,andtheycontinuedtoworktogetheronUnrealTournamentandUnrealTournament2(whichwaslaterrenamedtoUT2003/UnrealChampionship).Halfwaythroughthedevelopmentitbecameclearthatbothgameswouldbefinishedfasterifeachteamwasdedicatedtoonespecificgame.DEthentookoverUC,whileEpicfinishedUT2003. Works[] Unrealseries[] Unreal-(1998) UnrealTournament-(1999) UnrealTournament2003-(2002) UnrealTournament2004-(2004) UnrealChampionship-(2002) Othergames[] SolarWinds-(1993) EpicPinball-(1993) Silverball-(1993) ExtremePinball-(1995) AdventurePinball:ForgottenIsland-(2001) Pariah-(2005) Warpath-(2006) DarkSector-(2008)Xbox360/PS3 BioShock-(2008)(PS3port) BioShock2-(2010)(multiplayer) Homefront-(2011)(multiplayer) TheDarknessII-(2012) Warframe-(2013) StarTrek-(2013) SwordCoastLegends-(2015) TheAmazingEternal-(2017) Trivia[] WhenWarframebecameavailableviatheEpicGamesStore,DigitalExtremesandEpicGamesreleasedasetofskinsforin-gameweaponsthatmimicthreeUnrealTournamentweapons:theRocketLauncher,theShockRifle,andtheFlakCannon. Externallinksandreferences[] ↑"MajorityshareinWarframedevpurchasedbyChinesecompanies"@Engadget.com ↑"DigitalExtremesWeighsInOnUnrealEngine3forPS3"@Gamasutra.com ↑"DigitalExtremesToAssistInBioShockPS3Development"@Exophrase.com ↑"HomefrontPCporthasdedicatedservers"@PCGamer.com ↑"London'sDigitalExtremessoldtoMultiDynamicGamesGroup"@TheLondonFreePress ↑"DigitalExtremesadmitsWarframehack"@GamesIndustry.biz ↑"DigitalExtremesexpandstoToronto"@GamesIndustry.biz Seealso[] Creators Companies LegendEntertainment•MidwayGames•UTPG•EpicGames•StreamlineStudios•StraylightProductions•ScionStudios•OldUnreal People CliffBleszinski•JuanPancho'XceptOne'Eekels•Cedric'Inoxx'Fiorentino•MichielvandenBos•Alan'Talisman'Willard•Elliot'Myscha'Cannon•ShaneCaudle•Sidney'Clawfist'Rauchberger•AlexanderBrandon•JimBrown•NickDonaldson•DaveEwing•MatthiasWorch•JeremyWar•DavidKelvin•Rich'Akuma'Eastwood•WarrenMarshall•JamesSchmalz•StevenPolge•ScottMcGregor•PhilCole•BastiaanFrank•MarkRein•KevinRiepl•StarskyPartridge•DanGardopée•PeterHajba•AndrewSega•WillNevins•RomDiPrisco•JesperKyd•ErikdeNeve•JackPorter•Eric'Ebolt'Boltjes•Mick'VerMoorD'Beard•Jean'ElChicoverde'Rochefort•David'DavidM'Münnich•Chris'Plutonic'Blundell•Jeremy'Faceless'Graves•EdDuke-Cox•Nathan'TomWithTheWeather'Overman•DavidSpalinski•TynanSylvester•RogelioOlguin•TeddieTapawan•PeterRespondek•Sjoerd'Hourences'DeJong•TimSweeney•SaschaDikiciyan•ArturBialas•PaulMeegan•JamesParkman Categories: Operatingcompanies Unreal CreatorsofUnreal UnrealTournament CreatorsofUnrealTournament UnrealChampionship CreatorsofUnrealChampionship UnrealTournament2003 CreatorsofUnrealTournament2003 UnrealTournament2004 CreatorsofUnrealTournament2004 Companies Creators Addcategory Cancel Save CommunitycontentisavailableunderCC-BY-SAunlessotherwisenoted. 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