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{{Infobox Person<br />
|name = Andrew Gower<br />
|image = [[File:Andrew Gower.jpg|250px|Andrew Gower]]<br />
|date_of_birth = 2 December 1978 (age 33)<br />
|nationality = British<br />
|known_for = Creator of ''[[RuneScape]]''<br />
|occupation = Co-founder of [[Jagex|Jagex Ltd.]]<br />
|networth = £138 million with [[Paul Gower]] (2010)<ref name="The Sunday Times">{{cite web|url=http://www.develop-online.net/news/34613/Jagex-duo-ascend-UK-rich-list-with-138m-fortune|title=Jagex duo climb rich list with £138m fortune|year=2010|accessdate=2010-08-05|publisher=Develop Online | location=London}}</ref><br />
|relatives = [[Paul Gower]] (brother)<br />[[Ian Gower]] (brother)<br />
|website = http://www.jagex.com, http://www.runescape.com<br />
}}<br />
'''Andrew Christopher Gower'''<ref name="name">{{Cite web |url=http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/1999-2000/weekly/5816/25.html |title=Congregations of the Regent House on 29 June, 30 June, and 1 July 2000 |author=Cambridge University Reporter |publisher=University of Cambridge |date=12 July 2000 |accessdate=14 September 2007}}</ref> (born 2 December 1978) is the lead developer and co-founder of [[Jagex|Jagex Ltd.]], a [[Wikipedia:Java (programming language)|Java-based]] game distributor and creator. His most famous creation is the [[Wikipedia:Massively multiplayer online role-playing game|MMORPG]] game ''[[RuneScape]]'', created during his time at the [[Wikipedia:University of Cambridge|University of Cambridge]].<ref name="guardian">{{Cite news |title=Rune to move |url=http://technology.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1103882,00.html |work=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian Unlimited |date=11 December 2003 |accessdate=25 March 2007}}</ref><br />
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== Life and career ==<br />
Gower has programmed a variety of games, often creating the graphics and music with the help of his brothers, [[Paul Gower|Paul]] and [[Ian Gower]]. In 1995, he created a 3D platform game called ''Parallax Painter'' for the [[Wikipedia:Atari ST|Atari ST]].<ref name="atarilegend">{{Cite web |url=http://www.atarilegend.com/games/games_detail.php?game_id=4046 |title=Parallax Painter |accessdate=25 March 2007 |year=1995 |publisher= Atari Legend | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071216072336/http://www.atarilegend.com/games/games_detail.php?game_id=4046 | archivedate =16 December 2007}}</ref> This was followed in 1996 by a 3D first-person shooter called ''Destruction Imminent'' for the same system.<ref name="atarilegend2">{{Cite web |url=http://www.atarilegend.com/games/games_detail.php?game_id=3308 |title=Destruction Imminent |accessdate=25 March 2007 |year=1996 |publisher=Atari Legend}}</ref> He then began programming in [[Java]], and created a series of [[Java]] games from 1997 to [[1999]], most of which appeared on the website ''Games Domain''. This included several single player games and a 3D castle (called ''Games Domain Castle'' with an interface similar to that of ''[[Wikipedia:Wolfenstein 3D|Wolfenstein 3D]]'') with a variety of classic multiplayer games.<ref name="webarchive">{{Cite web |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20020614124155/www.gamesdomain.co.uk/onlinegames/othergames.html |title=Single Player Web Games |accessdate=25 March 2007 |year=2002 |publisher=Games Domain}}</ref> ''Games Domain'' was later bought out by Yahoo! and was eventually shut down.<br />
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He then created an isometric RPG, again in [[Java]], called ''[[DeviousMUD]]''. This game was the fore-runner to ''[[RuneScape]]'', which he created from a similar concept, this time as an MMORPG, in [[2001]]. The original version of ''RuneScape'' is now better known as ''[[RuneScape Classic]]'', which is now kept online but only with limited access. With the help of the company he founded to develop and operate the game, [[Jagex]], a graphical and engine rewrite was completed in 2004, which was named ''RuneScape 2'' in development and is now commonly known as ''RuneScape''.<ref name="runescape">{{Cite web |url=http://news.runescape.com/newsitem.ws?id=204 |title=RS2 Launched! |accessdate=6 April 2007 |date=29 March 2004 |work=RuneScape News}}</ref><br />
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In December 2010, Andrew left the Jagex board of directors.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/board.asp?privcapId=24438225|title= Jagex Ltd.: Board of Directors |accessdate= 9 October 2011|year= 2011|publisher= Businessweek}}</ref> During 2011, he was the principal architect of Jagex. Since November 2011, he isn't listed in ''RuneScape'' Credits<ref name="GowerOnWiki">{{Cite web |url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Gower |title = Andrew Gower|accessdate=5 April 2012|publisher=Wikipedia}}</ref><ref name="RSCredits">{{Cite web |url=http://services.runescape.com/m=rswiki/en/About_Jagex |title=About Jagex |publisher=RuneScape|accessdate=5 April 2012}}</ref> and he doesn't have any holdings in ''Jagex'' anymore.<ref name="GowerOnWiki"></ref><br />
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Currently, he's working on a new company, [http://www.fenresearch.com/ Fen Research Ltd]<ref name="GowerOnWiki"></ref>, which he founded in 2010. According to the company website, they're working on a new online game, containing user created content.<br />
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== Recognition ==<br />
The ''[[Wikipedia:Sunday Times Rich List 2007|Sunday Times Rich List 2007]]'' ranked Andrew and his brother [[Paul Gower|Paul]] as the 654th richest [[Wikipedia:Entrepreneur|entrepreneurs]] in the UK, worth £196 million.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.timesonline.co.uk/richlist/person/0,,47604,00.html|title= Andrew and Paul Gower |accessdate= 5 June 2011|year= 2007|publisher= Times Online}}</ref> In 2008, ''[[Wikipedia:The Daily Telegraph|The Daily Telegraph]]'' listed them as the UK's eleventh richest young entrepreneurs.<ref name="telegraph">{{Cite news |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2954734/The-UKs-richest-young-entrepreneurs-30-11.html|title= The UK's richest young entrepreneurs: 30-11|last= Tomkinson|first= Martin|date= 19 February 2008|publisher= The Telegraph|accessdate= 5 June 2011}}</ref> Andrew and Paul Gower were awarded the Industry Legend prize at the 2010 Develop Awards.<ref name="awards">{{Cite news |url= http://www.develop-online.net/news/35369/Develop-Awards-Gower-brothers-crowned-Industry-Legends|title= Develop Awards: Gowers crowned Industry Legends|author= Will Freeman in Brighton|date= 15 July 2010|publisher= Develop|accessdate= 5 June 2011}}</ref><br />
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