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| industry = | products = | revenue = £45,345,000 (2011) | operating_income = £10,658,000 (2011) | num_employees = 480+〔 | homepage = }} Jagex Games Studio, based in the St John's Innovation Centre in Cambridge〔 and usually referred to as Jagex, is the UK’s largest independent developer and publisher of online games.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jagex Games Studio :: Press Release )〕 It is best known for ''RuneScape'', the world's largest free-to-play MMORPG. The company's name comes from its original slogan, "Java Gaming Experts". In addition to ''RuneScape'', Jagex has released 43 casual games on its ''FunOrb'' portal〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FunOrb Games List )〕 and published several independently developed titles.〔 Jagex has over 480 employees〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Who are Jagex? )〕 who provide content development, employee management, and customer support in house.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jagex Games Studio :: About Us )〕 ==Corporate history== After initially creating the Jagex name and logo for their projects, Andrew Gower and Paul Gower began trading under the Jagex name in 1999,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Decision )〕 describing ''Jagex Software'' as a "small software company based in England who specialise in producing top-quality Java-games for webpages."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jagex Software )〕 That same year they began work on the MMORPG ''RuneScape'', which was released in January 2001. In December 2001, Andrew Gower, Paul Gower, and Constant Tedder launched Jagex in its current incarnation, with Tedder as its CEO.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Jagex )〕 Jagex Ltd formally acquired the Jagex name from Andrew Gower in 2001. ''RuneScape'' grew dramatically; one year after its release over a million free accounts had been registered. The game was originally supported by advertisements, however, the Dot-com bubble meant that there were fewer advertisers willing or able to sign with Jagex. One of the first tasks of the new company was to create a paid version of the game with extra features, to support hosting costs and continued development. This was achieved on 27 February 2002 when the pay-to-play version of ''RuneScape'' was released. It gained 5,000 subscribers in the first week, making it one of the largest Java pay-to-play games in the world at the time.〔 Until the release of ''War of Legends'' in 2010, the company used the slogan "Java Gaming Experts" as it had only produced games written in Java up to that point. Following the launch of the Flash-based ''War of Legends'', the company name was said to stand for "Just About the Game Experience".〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jagex」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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