Notable People in The Dutch Gaming Industry
- Henk Rogers
Was born in the Netherlands, and was responsible for acquiring the license to Tetris for global distribution onto video game consoles.
- Arjan Brussee
Started his career in video games as the main programmer behind the first demo ever to use 3D imagery on the PC and later both Jazz Jackrabbit games, and is currently head of Guerrilla Games. He is often credited with being the first successful Dutch game developer, sometimes mentioned as "the godfather of Dutch game development".
- Wouter van Oortmerssen
Is a computer programmer notable for his work in game programming as well as having designed several programming languages. He has worked on Far Cry, and is the creator of a number of open source game engines, and a number of games from his own hand.
- Arno van Wingerden
Is the lead programmer of Triumph Studios, one of the first Dutch game developers. He is responsible for the Age of Wonders-series, and the recent console-game Overlord.
- Ruud van de Moosdijk
Is Vice President of Development, and one of the founders, of the Netherlands' oldest still working game developer, Engine Software.
- Ed Wiggemans
Was one of the first editors for Power Unlimited, and is currently head editor of the Netherlands' biggest and longest running game magazine.
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