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Remember back to those days before Christmas when we forwarded you a link to Enigma's special festive game and offered you a prize if you could get top score?

Well, as the Reindeer Tipping Season draws to a close, and we're all back to work, the time has come to announce who was the highest placed Enigma Client.

Somewhat controversially, this accolade goes to "Jack M (aged 11)" who achieved a score of 2577 and finished an impressive 11th on the leader board.

Now, we've checked our books and we're fairly sure that we don't actually have any 11 year old clients. However - for those who would want to deny Jack his prize, ask yourself this question - don't you just wish you'd thought about getting your offspring, young relations etc. to play the game on your behalf?!

Given his age, we've decided to replace the planned prize of a Caribbean mini cruise, with a fabulous set of homework books. We hope you enjoy them Jack!

As for the rest of you grown up Reindeer Tippers - you should be ashamed of yourselves! - being beaten by an 11 year old indeed!

Special thanks should also go to all those who forwarded the game on to friends and family - you've helped contribute to our own mini worldwide phenomenon!

By the 3rd Jan, Reindeer Tipping had been played more than ¼ million times by players spread across 130 countries - that equates to around 5million actual reindeers tipped and an awful lot of misspent time!!

All that remains is to thank everyone who took part and wish you all a very happy (and productive) New Year!

Hugs & Kisses from Ebenigma and the boys & girls at Enigma Interactive xxx

Your might have heard about our Reindeer Tipping game by now? We’d be surprised if you hadn’t; its been mentioned on Fox News and ABC, reached No 2 on the Lycos top viral games and played worldwide from New Zealand to Canada and Greenland (maybe it was Santa himself!)

At its peak, Reindeer Tipping was being played in over 100 countries averaging more than 1 game per second with over 100,000 games viewed in the last 3 working days to Christmas. That’s over 1 million reindeers tipped, per day!

We are happy to say they all got up safe and sound and will be fit for Christmas Eve.

If you would like help or advice on your marketing campaign please feel free to contact us for more details.

Fancy playing yourself? http://www.reindeertipping.com

As Christmas draws nearer and the snow starts to fall, Santa Claus is starting to prepare his magic reindeer for the busy night. Little does he know that the mischievous Ebenigma Scrooge has a new Christmas hobby – Reindeer Tipping!

You have infiltrated Santa’s secret grotto in the North Pole. Your mission is to tip over as many Reindeer as possible before Santa Claus catches up with you. If he hits you with his shovel, it’s Game Over.

In what’s promising to be a busy end to the year, Enigma is pleased to announce another high profile business win in the capital.

The Office of Health Economics provides pharmaceutical decision makers with independent research, advisory and consultancy services on policy implications and economic issues within the pharmaceutical, health care and biotechnology sectors.

Following a competitive tender process, Enigma has been appointed by the OHE to design a new corporate website which will bring their existing suite of four (currently separate) websites under the umbrella of a single site which will be managed using Trinity, Enigma’s Enterprise Content Management System.

The OHE contract is the second significant business win this Month for Enigma’s London office which is now a key part of the company’s business development strategy.

Enigma is delighted to announce its appointment by Design of the Times (Dott07) to develop its Schools Eco Design Challenge - a web-based Flash carbon and ecological footprint calculator for Year 8 students

The ECO Design Challenge is open to all Year 8 students in the North East of England and its objective is to introduce the concept of sustainable design - changing the way we want to live by design. The challenge will be designed to engage Year 8 students in a fun and friendly manner, and to help them calculate the carbon and ecological footprint of their school during a 24 hour period.

In undertaking the challenge, students will be asked to think about how much water they use, how they deal with waste, where their food in the canteen comes from and how they use energy. Ultimately, students will be asked to redesign some aspect of their school making it more sustainable, with less impact on the environment and the planet’s natural resources.

About Dott 07

Dott (Designs of the time) launched in the North East in 2007, and is giving the opportunity for designers, businesses and public service providers to get involved with communities to develop projects that will improve daily life through design.

Dott is a ten year initiative which will be based in a different UK region or nation every two years. It will encourage people to think about design innovation as something that contributes to the cultural, economic and social success of the country.

Nick Salloway, Business Development Manager at Enigma said: “Dott challenged Enigma to think differently about ways in which we could educate young people about green issues. Our appointment by Dott demonstrates our ability to come up with imaginative, creative ideas and combine them with technical solutions that have the potential to impact in positive ways on people’s lives. We will continue to set the creative and technical standards that others aspire to and we’re very much looking forward to working with the Dott team.”

Following a four way pitch involving at least one developer specialising in the recruitment sector, Enigma is pleased to announce our appointment by London based, retained search recruitment specialist, Adamson & Partners.

Adamson’s provide high profile international corporations with a comprehensive Search and Selection service recruiting high calibre executives for a number of specific disciplines and in a wide variety of industries and commercial practices throughout the UK, Continental Europe and internationally.

Over the coming weeks, Enigma will be working with Adamson’s to develop a new corporate web presence in keeping with the company’s growing reputation and standing within their sector.

Enigma are pleased to welcome Mariana Stöffin on a four month work experience placement. Currently in her second year and studying International Media and Computing (BSc) at the FHTW University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, Germany, Marianna will be learning the ropes with Enigma over the next four months on various projects and processes.

If you are interested in taking part in a placement at Enigma please Contact us for further information.

Enigma’s record of winning business from entrepreneurial start up companies was put firmly to the test recently when we entered a three way race to win the contract to create an exciting new website, designed exclusively for female motorists.

By providing female focused, straight talking, no-nonsense motoring advice on everything from the latest chic accessories to purchasing your next car, LipstixAndGearstix.com, the brainchild of twin sisters Kim & Sue Brown will put women firmly in the driving seat and ultimately become the website for female motorists.

Sue Brown, Managing Director of LipstixandGearstix said:

”Enigma have an exemplary record of providing web based solutions that are delivered on time and on budget. They fully understood our brief and delivered a proposal that not only enhanced our concept but exceeded our expectations.”

Enigma is delighted to have been appointed by LipstixAndGearstix and is very much looking forward to creating a website that will become synonymous with female motoring 

Enigma have been working in partnership with London based production company Dog Eat Dog Media on the “How To Be A Dancing Fairy With Nadia Sawalha” DVD. The education/exercise based DVD, aimed at 3-9 year olds, contains a 45 minute main feature, interactive menu’s and additional extras that include “Behind The Scenes” and “Out takes”.

As lead in the production of the DVD, Enigma developed, created and produced the “Fairy” brand, interactive menus, and graphics for the DVD and it’s packaging.

The DVD is available now on Amazon for pre-order or purchase.

After a lengthy qualification process involving a detailed assessment of the Company’s creative and technical capability, quality assurance procedures and project management processes, Enigma is delighted to have been awarded approved supplier status by the BBC.

Steve Grainger, Managing Director of Enigma, said: “The BBC is widely recognised as a world leader in the delivery of exciting and innovative interactive and web-based content. I’m delighted they recognise Enigma’s potential to contribute to their ongoing success”.

The Approved Suppliers List (ASL) is the prime resource the BBC uses to choose external agencies to create new content for their websites, interactive TV and other new media platforms. Enigma is very much looking forward to working with the BBC in the future.

As part of a refresh of their corporate site, CE Electric UK commissioned Enigma to create a new look and feel with increased functionality to their back office Trinity Content Management System. The site now boasts several new features including a zoned home page; allowing CE Electric UK to target valuable information in various sections of the site.

The new site was launched on at the end of June and can be viewed from the link below.

As part of the creation of CE Electric UK’s new safety and education site, The Fusebox, Enigma has been asked to revamp their safety mascot Vic Voltage.

Vic’s new image is key in providing an engaging and stimulating environment for the new site, which now includes, interactive games, activities and electricity based learning modules mapped closely to the curriculum.

The site, along with Vic, was launched on the 26^th June and can be viewed from the link below.

Modern Rugs e-Shop site has been given a make over this month utilising the new flexible templates of SiteBuilder. Alongside the refresh of the branding, Enigma has also added some extra functionality to the site allowing user to view thumbnails of their selected rugs before buying.

You can visit the site at the link below. Who knows you may buy one!

Following on from the success of the Royal Society of Chemistry Data Book CD, Enigma have been commissioned to produce an online interactive version of the educational resource.

Using the same content and visual styling, the website contains a media rich interactive learning environment aimed at 11-16 science and post-16 chemistry students and teachers.

Featuring seven comprehensive databases of extensive information including Elements, Compounds and Infrared Spectroscopy, the site allows students to search, visualise and study advanced chemical algorithms and processes.

Through its user friendly interface, structure and design the site is now a valuable and comprehensive resource of information, datasheets and chemistry related links for students and teachers alike.

Enigma are please to announce the refresh of two science educational areas for the ABPI Resource for Schools website.

Taking control of all aspects of the 'Hormones and their effects' and 'Skin structure and function' sections, Enigma have been able to not only improve the previous restrictive content but enhance the user experience through exceeding the National Curriculum requirements.

Students and teachers are engaged through quizzes, Flash animations, interactive games and glossary linked text to help facilitate and enrich their learning process.

More information on ABPI.

We are delighted to have been selected to build an electrical safety and education website for CE Electric UK, one of our longest standing clients.

CE Electric are responsible for the supply of electricity to over 3.7 million homes in the north of England, a network which consists of more than 31,000 substations, 33,000 km of Overhead Line and 66,800 km of underground cable. They are wholly committed to driving home the message about the potential dangers of electricity, and strive continually for new and innovative ways to do this.

The new site will use a series of interactive games and activities to drive home CE Electric’s key safety messages in an engaging and stimulating manner. Led by Vic Voltage, their safety mascot (newly revamped by Enigma!), they aim to provide a highly visual look at the dangers of electricity, and what to do in an emergency.

In addition, the site will offer a number of electricity-based learning modules, mapped closely to the curriculum – including an interactive circuit builder, history timeline, plus puzzles, downloadable games and interactive quizzes.

The site is due to be released in June.

Enigma are pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new website designed exclusively for North East Job Seekers. Jobtimise.co.uk was developed on behalf of Sunderland based Cask Media and is intended to provide the most comprehensive and up to date online listing of job vacancies in the region and to offer North East employers a fast, easy to use and cost effective online recruitment and job advertising service.

The site covers all the major job categories and industry sectors and includes a series of innovative features that will reduce recruitment costs for employers and enable job seekers to quickly find the job their dream job.

Enigma are delighted to announce the launch of a new flagship Science education website designed for GlaxoSmithKline.

At Work with Science presents work-related learning in the context of how science is used in the pharmaceutical industry. The various modules range from job application skills, to team working and enterprise activities together with a virtual visit to a chemical plant.

This site is aimed at teachers and students at Key Stage 4 and in post-16 education. It is specifically designed to support applied science courses and parts of the statutory work-related learning framework introduced in September 2004.

Enigma has enjoyed a longstanding relationship with GlaxoSmithKline. The Active science project represents the latest in a series of developments undertaken by Enigma on Glaxo's behalf.

More information about Enigma's work with GlaxoSmithKline.

Enigma's shiny new London office is now officially open!

As well as providing a base from which to service our current clients in the south, the London office is a key part of Enigma's plan to further increase the amount of work we do for major national and international firms.

Enigma Interactive
85 Clerkenwell Road
London
EC1R 5AR

Tel: 020 7681 4068
Fax: 020 7681 4031

Enigma are pleased to announce the launch of Energy North East, an online website portal developed for Government Office North East.

The site provides information, resources and links relating to the energy sector in North East England and is a vital resource for policy makers, the energy sector and wider business, teachers, students, community groups and anyone simply interested in the global energy situation and how it affects the North East.

Following on from the success of Crime and You Enigma is delighted to have been appointed by Victim Support Scotland to develop a new corporate website for the organisation.

Enigma has become the first North East agency to be included on the prestigious New Media Age (NMA) list of top Interactive Agencies.

Following a period of rapid growth during the last 3 years, the company now employees a team of 18 people at its Newcastle office and is ranked by NMA as the Number 1 Agency in the North East.

Plans to continue this growth include the imminent opening of a London office to support the growing national profile of the company and to better serve its customers in the south.

Deloitte has unveiled its eighth annual ranking of the Northern fastest growing technology companies. For the third year running, Newcastle upon Tyne based New Media company - Enigma Interactive has been ranked as the fastest growing New Media company in the North East.

Deloitte created the Technology Fast 50 to support UK technology companies and champion innovation in the sector. The programme tracks the growth rates of technology companies in seven regions in the UK and Ireland, culminating in a European Fast 500 ranking in December 2005.

Enigma are delighted to announce the launch of an exciting new website aimed at aspiring and existing women entrepreneurs. Enigma has worked closely with Women Into the Network (WIN) to develop a strategic and innovative website that will form the “hub” for women’s enterprise development both in the region and across the UK.

WIN are an organisation who strive to facilitate women’s enterprise development. They currently have over 1500 members, have helped to create over 800 jobs in women-owned businesses and have won several awards, including the UK best practice initiative for supporting women's entrepreneurship. WIN believe that the new site will be seen as a central portal, not only for women in business, but for stakeholders, partners and other support organisations.

WIN’s site has been designed to include a range of interactive facilities, useful resources and interesting research. The popular online directory has been retailed and WIN have built in additional benefits, such as the national ‘Business Support’ and ‘Inspirational Role Models’ sections. The site is designed to be driven by it’s members, offering opportunities to enhance their profile and develop networking relationships.