games interactive entertainment founded 2003 founder dylan collins and sean blanchfield headquarters dublin republic of ireland products middleware number of employees 177 parent activision 2007 present website www.demonware.net demonware is an irish software development company and a subsidiary of activision blizzard . demonware s products enable games publishers to outsource their networking requirements allowing them to concentrate on playability . the organisation has offices in dublin ireland ; vancouver canada ; and shanghai china ; . contents 1 history 2 products 3 references 4 external links history edit demonware was founded in 2003 by dylan collins and sean blanchfield . 1 2 in may 2007 the organisation was purchased by activision . during the acquisition activision offered long term contracts to the management team and employees of demonware . 2 mike griffith ceo of activision offered the following statement following the corporate acquisition the acquisition of demonware will enable us to eliminate many of the challenges associated with online multiplayer game development reducing development time and risk and allowing us to deliver consistent high quality online gaming experiences . in addition to increasing our talent pool of highly skilled engineers demonware s suite of technologies combined with activision s own library of tools and technologies will enable us to easily share online development capabilities on multiple platforms across our development studios . 2 products edit primary products developed by demonware include the demonware state engine and matchmaking . the state engine is a high performance state synchronization c programming framework that eliminates the need to reinvent netcode in multiplayer games . matchmaking provides services for multiplayer games such as matchmaking user profiling and gaming statistics . demonware s main product which is used for multiplayer in the call of duty franchise among other games is programmed in erlang 3 and python 4 references edit game developers ireland irish game development community . gamedevelopers.ie . retrieved may 11 2012 . a b c activision confirms demonware acquisition gamesindustry international . gamesindustry.biz . march 6 2007 . retrieved may 11 2012 . erlang and first person shooters pdf . erlang factory.com . 2011 . retrieved may 11 2012 . python at demonware . python.ie . 2011 . retrieved december 18 2012 . external links edit official website v t e activision list of video games main franchises call of duty crash bandicoot destiny guitar hero skylanders tony hawk s subsidiaries current beenox demonware freestylegames fun labs high moon studios infinity ward king digital entertainment major league gaming radical entertainment raven software sierra entertainment sledgehammer games toys for bob treyarch vicarious visions former bizarre creations budcat creations gray matter interactive infocom luxoflux massive entertainment neversoft redoctane shaba games swordfish studios underground development behaviour santiago related activision blizzard blizzard entertainment vivendi games robert kotick timothy p. riley retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title demonware & oldid 743036031 categories activisionsoftware companies of irelandvideo game development companiesmatchmaking software companieshidden categories use mdy dates from march 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 7 october 2016 at 11 24 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view