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The 2009 Dig London Conference features many great London – based sponsors. One of these companies is “Digital Extremes” which has been one of the world’s top development studios since their inception in 1993. Here is some background information:

Founded in 1993 by James Schmalz, Digital Extremes proudly ranks as one of the world’s top development studios in the interactive entertainment industry.

Headquartered in London, Ontario, Canada, Digital Extremes got its foothold in the industry through the shareware craze during the early 90’s. Written entirely in assembly language by Schmalz, Epic Pinball was released 10 months after development began, was delivered exactly on time and soon became a huge success. Epic Pinball was one of the most successful shareware games ever made, trailing only behind such industry greats as Duke3D, Doom and Wolfenstein 3D. A sequel soon followed – Extreme Pinball — and together they helped fund the creation of what would become one of the industry’s blockbuster franchises, Epic Games’ Unreal®.

The brainchild of Schmalz, Digital Extremes partnered with Epic Games and co-created Unreal and its counterpart Unreal Tournament. Both games set a new standard for first-person action games. Tremendously rich graphics, fine-tuned gameplay, frenetic action and high quality production value are descriptions that have become synonymous with any Unreal branded game. To date, the scope of games in the award-winning Unreal franchise, including Unreal, Unreal Tournament and Unreal Championship have sold more than 10 million units worldwide across the PC, PlayStation®2, Xbox™ and Dreamcast™ platforms.

Most recently, Digital Extremes completed development on its newest IP, Dark Sector®, which shipped to stores in 2008, using its proprietary next-gen technology, the Evolution Engine™. Following its success, the studio has expanded to two teams to allow for simultaneous development on separate projects. In addition, the acclaim received regarding the impressive technology used in Dark Sector has prompted a new business stream for the company in the form of middleware licensing.

For more DIG London sponsorship information, check out the site: http://conf.diglondon.ca/index.php/dig/menu_link/sponsorship