Press Releases


Jagex Joins TIGA 15/04/2009

Jagex Ltd, the UK’s largest independent games developer, was unveiled today as the newest member of Tiga, the UK’s game developer trade body.

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Jagex Appoints Mark Gerhard as Chief Executive Officer 30/01/2009

Jagex today announced the appointment of Mark Gerhard as the new Chief Executive Officer following the resignation of Geoff Iddison earlier this month. Mark Gerhard, who currently serves as the Chief Technical Officer at Jagex, has been appointed to lead the company from 1st February.

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RuneScape Tops NHL as Canada's Most Searched Online Subject in 2008 01/12/2008

Yahoo! Canada today released its annual list of the most popular online searches of 2008 - The Yahoo! Canada 2008 Buzz Index. In a stunner, NHL, the top ranked search for the past two years, falls to the number two spot behind newly-crowned RuneScape.

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Jagex launches FunOrb Brazil 20/11/2008

Jagex Ltd, the UK's largest independent games developer, today released a Brazilian version of FunOrb, Jagex's hugely popular browser games portal.

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Jagex launches members' beta of RuneScape High Detail 01/07/2008

Jagex Ltd, the UK's largest independent games developer, today launched RuneScape High Detail, the latest version of their hugely successful, massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). RuneScape High Detail has been released as a beta to subscribers with the plan to offer the same functionality to free players in the future.

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Jagex voted the best UK games company to work for 10/03/2008

Jagex Ltd, the online games developer, today announced it has been named the 87th best place to work by the Sunday Times. Jagex has been voted one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For" for the second year in succession and is the only games company to make the prestigious Sunday Times poll.

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Jagex launches FunOrb games 27/02/2008

Jagex Ltd, the online games developer behind RuneScape, today launched FunOrb, their latest games offering. FunOrb is an engaging website that offers an array of online games, which have greater depth of play than traditional casual games.

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Jagex appoints PayPal CEO to accelerate international growth 23/10/2007

Jagex Ltd, the online games developer, announced that Geoff Iddison, the former European CEO of PayPal, has joined the company as CEO. Iddison has extensive experience in leading international e-commerce-based businesses.

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