Digital Extremes Named One of Canada's Top 100 Employers.Top Independent Game Developer Works Hard To Keep Top Industry Talent LONDON, Ontario -- Digital Extremes, a leading independent video game development studio, is honored to announce it has been recognized as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers Canada's Top 100 Employers is an annual competition that recognizes the best places in Canada to work. First held in 1999, the project aims to single out the employers that lead their industries in offering exceptional working conditions and progressive human resources policies. . Conducted annually by Mediacorp Canada Inc., the Canada's Top 100 List recognizes employers that are industry leaders in attracting and retaining employees. Digital Extremes was awarded one of the Top 100 spots from over 2600 reviewed employers. "It's an honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft. to be recognized in this way. To be included as one of the Top 100 alongside the best of the best in Canada is outstanding," said James Schmalz schmaltz also schmalz n. 1. Informal a. Excessively sentimental art or music. b. Maudlin sentimentality. 2. Liquid fat, especially chicken fat. , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Digital Extremes. "Developing games is a massive team effort that requires top notch notch (noch) incisure; an indentation on the edge of a bone or other organ. aortic notch dicrotic n. cardiac notch 1. talent and keeping a positive, healthy, productive culture and work environment is a critical factor in our success and retention of that talent. We are constantly reviewing how we operate to improve recruiting efforts, employee relations, morale and production - it evolves as our games and people do." For over 16 years, Digital Extremes has developed or co-developed some of the highest regarded games in the industry. Currently, Digital Extremes is working on the hotly hot·ly adv. In an intense or fiery way: a hotly contested will. Adv. 1. hotly - in a heated manner; "`To say I am behind the strike is so much nonsense,' declared Mr Harvey heatedly"; "the anticipated action game, Bioshock[TM] 2 for 2K Games, which is set for release in early 2010. In its 10th year, the Canada's Top 100 Employers project grades employers in eight key areas: (1) Physical Workplace; (2) Work Atmosphere & Social; (3) Health, Financial & Family Benefits; (4) Vacation & Time Off; (5) Employee Communications; (6) Performance Management; (7) Training & Skills Development; and (8) Community Involvement. This year's full List will be featured in the October 8th edition of Maclean's magazine and the October 9th edition of The Globe and Mail newspaper. About Digital Extremes Founded in 1993 by industry visionary 1. visionary - One who hacks vision, in the sense of an Artificial Intelligence researcher working on the problem of getting computers to "see" things using TV cameras. (There isn't any problem in sending information from a TV camera to a computer. , James Schmalz, and based in London, Ontario, Digital Extremes ranks as one of the world's top independent development studios in the interactive entertainment industry. The Canadian based developer is best known for its co-creation of the award-winning and multi-million unit selling franchise, Epic Games' Unreal[R] as well as the highly acclaimed ac·claim v. ac·claimed, ac·claim·ing, ac·claims v.tr. 1. To praise enthusiastically and often publicly; applaud. See Synonyms at praise. 2. , Dark Sector[R] for Playstation[R]3 and Xbox360[R] using their proprietary technology, the Evolution Engine[TM]. For more information about the company or licensing the Evolution Engine, please visit www.digitalextremes.com. |
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