This has changed. Microsoft has expanded their operations in BC quite a bit but I'm not actually sure if their Richmond office even exists anymore. In 2007 Mic

This has changed. Microsoft has expanded their operations in BC quite a bit but I'm not actually sure if their Richmond office even exists anymore. In 2007 Microsoft hired Don Mattrick, a British Columbian who long ago founded Distinctive Software, the company bought by EA which became EA Canada (Situated in Burnaby, develops FIFA, NHL and other games) and bought Big Park, a company founded by Mattrick. Microsoft's Xbox division then created Microsoft Game Studios Vancouver and expanded again just recently to create Microsoft Games Studios Victoria. Since 2010 Mattrick has been president of the Interactive Entertainment Business and lives in Victoria I think and so he's a booster for the area. Being so close to Redmond surely helps.