game industry founded 1993 headquarters london ontario canada owner multi dynamic number of employees 170 parent leyou website www.digitalextremes.com digital extremes is a canadian computer and video game development studio founded in 1993 by james schmalz best known for its co creation of epic games highly successful unreal series of games . digital extremes is headquartered in london ontario . in 2014 61 % of the company was sold to chinese holding company multi dynamic now leyou for 73 million . president michael schmalz and two partners retained 39 % of digital extremes and will continue to manage it . 1 contents 1 history 2 projects 3 technology 4 awards and recognition 5 games developed 6 games published 7 see also 8 references 9 external links history edit founder james schmalz began developing games at the age of 12 creating an ultima clone called sorcery on an apple iie computer . from there he continued dabbling with game development through his university years at university of waterloo . upon graduation left with a choice between a full time paid engineering position and the option of self employed game developer schmalz chose the latter and created epic pinball published by then shareware publisher epic megagames . bolstered from the success of epic pinball 2 and the rising technology movement in the mid 90 s toward realistic 3d graphics schmalz officially founded digital extremes in 1993 and the company began co development with epic games on what would become epic games unreal franchise . 3 unreal was a first person shooter released in 1998 and was followed up with unreal tournament in 1999 . both received many editorial and industry awards including game of the year . 4 subsequent sequels in the unreal franchise included unreal championship unreal tournament 2003 and unreal tournament 2004 . to date the unreal series has sold more than 15 million units worldwide across a multitude of gaming platforms including playstation 2 dreamcast xbox playstation 3 xbox 360 mac and pc . several of the game s iterations are currently available for download on steam software . after years of working in the same universe with unreal digital extremes broadened its library and technology with development of its original ip dark sector . a third person shooter released in 2008 for playstation 3 xbox 360 and pc dark sector used digital extremes proprietary game engine evolution . following dark sector digital extremes continued expansion in response to the growth in the industry and the need to stay competitive through the next generation console transition . in recent years digital extremes has assisted 2k with the ps3 version of blockbuster hit bioshock 5 as well as developed the multiplayer component of the sequel bioshock 2 while simultaneously developing the multiplayer portion of thq s first person shooter homefront . 6 digital extremes developed the game for the star trek into darkness movie working with bandai namco and paramount to develop star trek . on october 14 2014 sumpo food holdings ltd. acquired majority share of digital extremes with perfect world co. acquiring minority . 7 8 9 projects edit digital extremes has recently developed warframe a free to play title . 10 it is the spiritual successor to dark sector as mentioned by the developers since dark sector was officially disregarded as canon during an early dev stream . warframe is a free to play third person shooter placing the players in a position to play solo or co op against multiple enemy ais . they must take back the solar system from the grineer empire the corpus and other various enemies . it is currently in update the vacuum within 11 and is available for download via steam their official website via ps4 and now xbox one . digital extremes is currently working with n space as the title confirms to develop a fantasy role playing game sword coast legends which is set within the dungeon and dragons franchise . 12 technology edit the evolution logo evolution is digital extremes proprietary game engine . 13 the engine made its debut with dark sector ; and was again utilized in the darkness ii . 14 2013 s star trek featured use of the evolution engine ; and the engine was also used for the 2013 free to play online title warframe . awards and recognition edit digital extremes employment environment has been recognized as one of canada s top employers for 2010 2011 and 2012 . 15 additionally the company has been recognized as one of canada s top employers for young people . 16 in 2010 and 2011 the financial post named digital extremes one of the ten best companies to work for in canada . 17 on the provincial level digital extremes received the ontario small business award in 2010 . 18 digital extremes was also presented with the large business of the year award in 2011 from the london chamber of commerce . 19 digital extremes was also awarded the excellence in human resources award from the london chamber of commerce in early 2012 . 20 in 2011 a quality assurance tester filed a claim with the ontario ministry of labour for alleged working hour violations and unpaid overtime on the basis that the quality assurance tester position did not fall under an information technology professional exemption from working hour and overtime pay regulations . the ministry upheld the claim and digital extremes complied with its judgment without contest . 21 games developed edit year title platform s dc dos lin mac ps ps2 ps3 ps4 win xbox x360 xone 1993 solar winds no yes no no no no no no no no no no 1993 epic pinball no yes no no no no no no no no no no 1993 silverball no yes no no no no no no no no no no 1995 extreme pinball no yes no no yes no yes no no no no no 1998 unreal no no no yes no no no no yes no no no 1999 unreal tournament yes no yes yes no yes no no yes no no no 2001 adventure pinball forgotten island no no no no no no no no yes no no no 2002 unreal championship no no no no no no no no no yes no no 2002 unreal tournament 2003 no no yes yes no no no no yes no no no 2004 unreal tournament 2004 no no yes yes no no no no yes no no no 2005 pariah no no no no no no no no yes yes no no 2006 warpath no no no no no no no no yes yes no no 2008 dark sector no no no no no no yes no yes no yes no 2008 bioshock ps3 port no no no no no no yes no no no no no 2010 bioshock 2 multiplayer no no no yes no no yes no yes no yes no 2011 homefront multiplayer no no no no no no no no yes no no no 2012 the darkness ii no no no yes no no yes no yes no yes no 2013 warframe no no no no no no no yes yes no no yes 2013 star trek no no no no no no yes no yes no yes no 2015 sword coast legends no no yes yes no no no yes yes no no yes games published edit year title platform s lin os x ps4 win xone 2013 warframe no no yes yes yes 2015 sword coast legends yes yes yes yes yes see also edit epic games unreal series references edit debono norman october 15 2014 . london s digital extremes sold to multi dynamic games group . the london free press . retrieved february 16 2016 . rgb classic games . epic pinball . rgb classic games . david jenkins august 20 2007 . digital extremes weighs in on unreal engine 3 for ps3 . gamasutra.com . retrieved february 8 2012 . gt interactive and epic games earn coveted game of the year honors for unreal tournament . business wire . february 17 2000 . p. 1261 . mike bendel june 8 2008 . digital extremes to assist in bioshock ps3 development . exophase.com . retrieved february 8 2012 . jaz mcdougall august 18 2010 . homefront pc port has dedicated servers . pcgamer.com . retrieved february 8 2012 . digital extremes october 14 2014 . in depth partnership announced . makuch eddie october 15 2014 . unreal bioshock dev digital extremes sold to chinese companies . gamespot . cbs interactive . retrieved october 18 2014 . futter mike october 16 2014 . digital extremes no changes to leadership following majority acquisition by chinese firms . game informer . gamestop . retrieved october 18 2014 . kotaku august 10 2012 . warframe the next game from the darkness ii s developers looks interesting . kotaku . retrieved august 28 2012 . pc update & build notes warframe forums . warframe forums . retrieved 2016 07 07 . jared petty february 13 2015 . new dungeons & dragons game sword coast legends coming in 2015 . ign . retrieved february 13 2015 . mark deloura march 9 2010 . in depth the state of game engines at gdc 2010 . gamasutra.com . retrieved february 8 2012 . kranzl justin . preview the darkness ii . stuff.co.nz . retrieved september 6 2011 . canada s top 100 october 7 2011 . canada s top 100 employers national competition . canadastop100.com . retrieved february 9 2012 . canada s top 100 september 19 2011 . canada s top 100 employers for young people . canadastop100.com . retrieved february 9 2012 . canada s top 100 february 1 2011 . financial post s ten best companies to work for . canadastop100.com . retrieved march 13 2012 . jody lundrigan september 16 2010 . twelve ontario businesses named winners of business and export excellence . ontario chamber of commerce . retrieved february 9 2012 . london chamber of commerce . business achievement awards business of the year hall of fame . london free press . celebrating city s best . ministry of labour . digital extremes employment standards claim december 2011 pdf . external links edit official website v t e video games developed by digital extremes developed solar winds silverball epic pinball extreme pinball unreal unreal tournament championship 2003 2004 adventure pinball forgotten island pariah warpath dark sector bioshock 2 multiplayer the darkness ii warframe star trek sword coast legends ported bioshock ps3 homefront pc retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title digital extremes & oldid 744194517 categories companies established in 1993international game developers association membersvideo game companies of canadavideo game development companieshidden categories use mdy 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