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Revision as of 01:52, 30 August 2005
As of April 23, 2003
Jagex Ltd. (a.k.a. Jagex Software), based in the United Kingdom, is a producer of Java-based online computer games. According to a developer, Jagex stands for Java Gaming Executables.
History of Jagex
Jagex Software was founded in November 1999 by Andrew Gower, Paul Gower, and Constant Tedder and became Jagex Ltd. in December 2001. The company was made in order to run their prime game, RuneScape, a MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game), which allowed you to fight monsters, train skills such as mining and fishing to become rich, solve quests, and many more abilities. At the time of the company formation, RuneScape had already been created and had over one million accounts created. The first tasks of the company were to create a version of the game with extra features that required a monthly fee, while still offering the free version, and to develop partnerships with advertisers. Both tasks were achieved, and the pay to play (or P2P) version of RuneScape was released on February 27, 2002, gaining 5000 subscriptions in the first week.
The operation of Jagex
Jagex has grown since the founding of the company. Jagex has two offices; one in Cambridge and one in London. Jagex currently has over 100 staff members who work on different aspects of RuneScape.
Beyond RuneScape
While almost all work by Jagex staff is now towards RuneScape, they still maintain a few other games that you can play online with other people. While nowhere near as popular as RuneScape, you can still find people to play with.
List of other Jagex games
The games listed below were removed during mid-2004 and are no longer available, Jagex has refocused resources on RuneScape.
The past games Jagex used to offer were:
- Meltdown
- Flea Circus
- Monkey Puzzle
- Vertigo
- Gold Mine
- Fuel Critical
- Tetralink
- Cyberwars
- Warships
- Checkers
- Chess
- Reversi
- Backgammon
- Go-mad
- SlimeWar
References
- Jagex Ltd. Jagex Company History. Retrieved August 9, 2004.
External links
- Jagex homepage
- Jagex corporate homepage
- Duel Board remake of Jagex multiplayer games, which are no longer available (Cyberwars!)