Cutting edge development studio featured at InterNETwork

London ON – One of the world's top development studios in the interactive entertainment industry, London’s own Digital Extreme will be featured at the next InterNETwork event on October 3rd. The guest speaker will be the company’s chief financial officer Michael Schmalz.

The October event, sponsored by Research Western, will be held at Downtown Kathy Brown’s, 228 Dundas Street from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Over 100 people are expected to attend. RSVP online at www.internetwork.ca.

ABOUT DIGITAL EXTREME: Founded in 1993 by James Schmalz, Digital Extremes ranks as one of the world's top development studios in the interactive entertainment industry. Head-quartered in London, the company 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. 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 Game's Unreal®.

Digital Extremes then 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 have sold more than 9 million units worldwide across the PC, PlayStation®2, Xbox™and Dreamcast™platforms.

More recently, Digital Extremes' Toronto studio completed the new first-person shooter, Pariah™ that shipped to stores in May 2005. Currently, both teams have convened at Digital Extremes London to develop its newest IP, the next-generation action game, Dark Sector™ that is poised, as with Unreal, to take the gaming world by storm.

About InterNETwork London: InterNETwork provides an opportunity for a dynamic networking environment where entrepreneurs and managers of e-business enterprises can connect with service providers and venture resources to cultivate ideas, help bring projects to life, and generally share business experiences. The organization is wholly funded by sponsorship contributions and individuals can expect complimentary munchies, a cash bar for drinks, a high quality guest speaker or special networking events, and hours of networking time in an informal setting. All sessions are FREE.

For more information, please contact:
Patricia Hoffer
Director, Marketing & Communications
London Economic Development Corporation
Ph: 519.661.5009