Jon Hare joining Jagex

MCV Staff 8th July 2009 Business News

Jagex has hired Jon Hare as its head of publishing, the firm announced this morning.

Hare, who is well known for his work on titles such as Sensible Soccer, Mega-Lo-Mania and Cannon Fodder, will have particular focus on further developing FunOrb.com, the developer’s casual games portal.

In his 24 year career Hare has developed more than 30 games on over 20 formats from Sinclair Spectrum to the Nintendo Wii.

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