Josh Fairhurst | |
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| Born | Joshuah Roberts Fairhurst June 10, 1987 Danville, California, U.S. |
| Education | North Carolina State University[1] |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur Game Developer |
| Known for | Founding Limited Run Games Founding Mighty Rabbit Studios |
| Spouse | Amanda Fairhurst |
| Children | 1 |
Josh Fairhurst (born June 10, 1987) is an American game developer and entrepreneur, best known for founding Limited Run Games as well as developing the video games Saturday Morning RPG and Breach & Clear (video game).
Career edit
Josh Fairhurst started his career in the video game industry by working on Gears of War 2 in 2008 as a Game Tester at Epic Games, while he was in college at North Carolina State University.[2]
During his final year of college, Josh's senior game project, Terraform, was selected as a finalist in the Serious Games Showcase at the 2010 Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference in Orlando, FL.[3]
In 2010, he founded Mighty Rabbit Studios during the inaugural session of Joystick Labs with the intention of developing a game called Saturday Morning RPG.[4] He later went on to develop several more projects with the company. Upon learning that the company was nearly out of money, Fairhurst took a gamble and started Limited Run Games in late 2015 with the hope that it could save Mighty Rabbit Studios, while also preserving the games he had developed.[5]
Since founding the company, Josh has served as the CEO of Limited Run Games. He has lead the company through over 400 physical releases and sold over 1,000,000 games.[6] He has collaborated with partners like Epic Games[7], Oddworld Inhabitants[8], Lucasfilm[9], and SNK[10] to release physical versions of their digital games. In 2019, under Josh's leadership, Limited Run Games was ranked #34 on the Inc. (magazine) Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing publicly held small companies in the United States, with a revenue of $20.8 million dollars and a three year growth of 6,388%.[11]
Game Credits edit
| Year | Title | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Gears of War 2 | Game Tester |
| 2012 | Saturday Morning RPG | Director, Lead Programmer, Lead Designer, Writer |
| 2013 | Breach & Clear (video game) | Director, Programmer, Designer |
| 2015 | Breach & Clear: Deadline | Director, Programmer, Designer |
References edit
- ^ Game Time! NC State is fueling big-time growth in North Carolina's games industry from ncsu.edu
- ^ "Josh Fairhurst Speaker Page". East Coast Game Conference. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^ "Student Game Selected for I/ITSEC Serious Game Challenge". North Carolina State University. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^ Team Hollywood (December 1, 2010). Joystick Labs: The First Five. The Escapist. Defy Media. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
- ^ Don't Quit, Do Something Crazy from gamasutra.com
- ^ "Limited Run Games LinkedIn Profile". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^ "ChAIR Partners with Limited Run Games on Shadow Complex Remastered Special Edition". Epic Games. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^ "Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty Sells Out for PS3 Via Limited Run Games". Oddworld Inhabitants. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^ "LIMITED RUN GAMES GIVES SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE AND THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK THE CARTRIDGE RERELEASES THEY DESERVE". StarWars.com. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^ "Even King of Fighters is Getting in on That Limited Run Action". PlayStationLifestyle. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^ Limited Run Games Profile from inc.com