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'''Jagex Ltd.''' (or '''Jagex Software''') is a [[United Kingdom]]-based producer of [[Java (programming language)|Java]]-based online [[computer game]]s. According to developer Paul Gower, Jagex stands for Java Gaming Experts.<ref name="whatisjagex">{{cite web|url=http://www.runescape.com/lang/en/aff/runescape/kbase/viewarticle.ws?article_id=2449|title=What is Jagex?|accessdate=2007-03-12|work=RuneScape knowledge base|publisher=Jagex}}</ref> The company is best-known for its [[MMORPG]], ''[[RuneScape]].'' |
'''Jagex Ltd.''' (or '''Jagex Software''') is a [[United Kingdom]]-based producer of [[Java (programming language)|Java]]-based online [[computer game]]s. According to developer Paul Gower, Jagex stands for Java Gaming Experts.<ref name="whatisjagex">{{cite web|url=http://www.runescape.com/lang/en/aff/runescape/kbase/viewarticle.ws?article_id=2449|title=What is Jagex?|accessdate=2007-03-12|work=RuneScape knowledge base|publisher=Jagex}}</ref> The company is best-known for its [[MMORPG]], ''[[RuneScape]].'' |
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==History== |
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[[Andrew Gower]] began trading under the Jagex name in 1999<ref>{{cite web|url=http://domains.adrforum.com/domains/decisions/874805.htm|title=Jagex Limited v. na c/o Kristen Shilley|publisher=National Arbitration Forum|date=2007-1-23}}</ref>, and described ''Jagex Software'' as a "small software company based in England [who] specialise in producing top-quality Java-games for webpages"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/19991129010103/http://www.jagex.com/|title=Jagex Software|publisher=Jagex|date=1999-11-29|accessdate=2007-06-11}}</ref>. In December 2001, [[Andrew Gower]], Paul Gower, and Constant Tedder launched Jagex in its current incarnation to "take over the running of RuneScape, underlying technologies and other games developed by Andrew"<ref name="whatisjagex" />. The company was incorporated on [[28 April]] [[2000]] as ''Meaujo (492) Limited''<ref name="companieshouse"/>, changed its name to ''Jagex Limited'' on [[27 June]] [[2000]], and formally acquired the Jagex name from Andrew Gower in 2001. |
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By this time, one year after the release of the game, ''RuneScape'' already had over one million free accounts registered. The first tasks of the company were to create a version of the game with extra features that required a £3.20 ($5[[USD]]) monthly fee, while still offering the free version, and to develop partnerships with advertisers. Both tasks were achieved, and the pay-to-play version of ''RuneScape'' was released on [[27 February]] [[2002]], gaining 5,000 subscriptions in the first week making |
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''RuneScape'' one of the largest [[Java (programming language)|Java]] pay to play games in the world. Currently, ''RuneScape'' has over 9,000,000 free players and over 1,000,000 pay-to-play subscribers as of [[4 May]] [[2007]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.runescape.com/newsitem.ws?id=789|title=RuneScape reaches one million members!|publisher=Jagex|date=[[4 May]], [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-05-04}}</ref> In 2006, founders Andrew Gower and Paul Gower were calculated to be worth [[pound sterling|£32 million]]. On "The Rich List 2007" Andrew and Paul are under claims to be worth [[pound sterling|£106 million]] ($190 million [[United States dollar|USD]]). Andrew Gower is also known for his varieties of Java games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/richlist/person/0,,39448,00.html|title=Rich List 2006|accessdate=2007-03-12|publisher=Sunday Times Online}}</ref> Jagex received an investment from [[Insight Venture Partners]] in October of 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamingblog.org/entry/runescape-developers-secure-investment-from-insight-venture-partners|title=RuneScape Developers Jagex Ltd. Secure Investment from Insight Venture Partners|publisher=GamingBlog|date=[[28 October]], [[2005]]|accessdate=2007-01-29}}</ref> The company had been self-funded before this investment. ''RuneScape'' has since been translated into a [[German language|German]] open [[Software release life cycle#Beta|beta version]], which was released on [[7 March]] [[2007]].<ref name="GermanRelease">{{cite web|url= http://news.runescape.com/lang/en/aff/runescape/newsitem.ws?id=713|title=RuneScape: German Language Beta Launch|accessdate=2007-03-12|author= Jagex|date=[[14 February]], [[2007]]|publisher= Jagex}}</ref><ref name="GermanOpenBeta">{{cite web|url= http://news.runescape.com/lang/de/newsitem.ws?id=707|title=Hereinspaziert - die Open Beta der deutschen Version beginnt!|accessdate=2007-03-08|author= Jagex|date=2007-02-07|publisher= Jagex|language=German}}</ref> Jagex was ranked 59th on the list of The Best 100 Companies to work for by the Sunday Times.<ref name="100bestcompanies">{{cite web|url=http://timesonlinesmall.madgex.com/best100Companies.aspx?liPage=3&#top100|title=The Sunday Times Best 100 Companies to Work For|accessdate=2007-03-22|publisher= Sunday Times Online}}</ref> |
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==Future development== |
==Future development== |
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Interactive entertainment, MMORPG, Software consultancy & supplyCite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). |
| Founded | 2001 (incorporated 28 April 2000[1]) |
| Headquarters | Cambridge, United Kingdom |
Key people | Andrew Gower, Paul Gower, and Constant Tedder, Founders |
| Website | http://www.jagex.com/ |
Jagex Ltd. (or Jagex Software) is a United Kingdom-based producer of Java-based online computer games. According to developer Paul Gower, Jagex stands for Java Gaming Experts.[2] The company is best-known for its MMORPG, RuneScape.
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Future development
Jagex have stated on their website that they "intend to become a significant online operator in all the major gaming markets worldwide"[3] by developing new games using their own technologies.
Operation
Jagex has grown since the founding of the company in 2001. They currently have offices in Cambridge and London. The company had been recruiting heavily in 2006 and has over 300 employees, grouped into the Development, Publishing, Web Content, Minigame, and Customer Relations teams.
They maintain about 140 servers for RuneScape in various locations around the United States, Canada, Australia, Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, and the United Kingdom. One of the most recent additions to the servers was the addition of the two German beta servers, which are currently the only servers for a non-English version of the game. Their current major focus is on translating RuneScape into non-English markets, primarily working on a recently-released German translation of the game.[4]
Beyond RuneScape
While most of the work by Jagex staff now deals with RuneScape, they still maintain a few other games that one can play online at the company's website.[5] These games are:
- Meltdown
- Vertigo
- Flea Circus
- Gold Mine
- Monkey Puzzle
Other games have often been hinted at by the company's employees during interviews, however so far there have been no official statements regarding future products.
References
- ^ Companies House WebCHeck. Retrieved 29 July 2007.
- ^ "What is Jagex?". RuneScape knowledge base. Jagex. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
- ^ "Jagex Company History". Jagex. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
GermanReleasewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Jagex games index". Jagex. Retrieved 2007-03-12.