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US, January 16, 2008 - IGN is saddened to report that industry veteran and Retro Studios programmer Mark Haigh-Hutchinson died yesterday afternoon after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 43-years-old.

Mark Haigh-Hutchinson.
Haigh-Hutchinson's illustrious career spans decades. He worked on such classics as Paperboy before joining LucasArts in the late '80s, where he went on to co-develop titles like Star Wars: Dark Forces and Rebel Assault. Nintendo fans will better remember him as the project leader and contributing programmer on such N64 games as Star Wars: Shadow of the Empire and Star Wars: Rogue Squadron.

The established programmer joined Retro Studios shortly after its inception and was eventually moved to the original Metroid Prime team, where he served as senior engineer and was integral in the development of the franchise's camera systems. Haigh-Hutchinson retained this position for all three critically acclaimed Prime endeavors.

Haigh-Hutchinson leaves behind a wife and two daughters and his absence from the industry will be felt by those making games and those playing them alike.

R.I.P

http://au.wii.ign.com/articles/845/845934p1.html

 

[madmook]

R.I.P.

 

[SuperAndroid17]

RIP

 

[GauntletFan]

Sad

 

[Oblivion]

Damn, sorry to hear that. R.I.P.

 

[_Alkaline_]

Helped program a truly fantastic series.

RIP. All my thoughts go out to his family and friends who must be grieving at this time.

 

[Jocchan]

._.

 

[Fatalah]

May he rest in peace. So sad, so young

 

[Akai]

...where he served as senior engineer and was integral in the development of the franchise's camera systems.

He did a most excellent job...It's sad to see talent lost to the wiles of nature... =(

 

[Spire]

Impressive body of work, R.I.P. mate.

 

[JavaMava]

my condolences to his family.

 

[Das-J]

The man did a lot for our industry and will be missed.

 

[Caoz]

May he rest in peace.

 

[ksamedi]

Rest in Piece. People need to put more money in Cancer research, it kills a lot of people.

 

[Witchfinder General]

R.I.P.

 

[I AM JOHN!]

Poor guy. My heart goes out to his family.

 

[Mr. Pointy]

RIP

 

[Fenix]

This is one of those times I had an appropriate D: smiley (seems like the wrong word though).

RIP, looks like he made a big chunk of my favourite childhood games. He will me missed.

 

[traveler]

R.I.P.

 

[brandonh83]

Terrible. Thanks for the great games good sir and RIP.

 

[careksims]

Aww no :[ RIP! Thanks for Rogue Squadron and Shadows of the Empire. Such fond memories of those.

 

[FooTemps]

RIP, his contributions have gone well appreciated

 

[FF_VIII]

R.I.P

 

[Draft]

Awful. Pancreatic cancer is a monster.

As someone who loves games above all other art, I have much respect for this man. He worked on what I consider one of the greatest games ever made.

 

[tanod]

RIP

Cancer affects a lot of people every day. Help if you can:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=147474

 

[404]

so young
rip

 

[MisterHero]

RIP

I actually played most of those games. And the ones I played were very good.

 

[Guled]

RIP. A guy that helped program one of the best game series deserves everyone's respect.

 

[AndersTheSwede]

43?!

Damn. RIP.

 

[zoku88]

I used to love playing Paperboy back in the day.

 

[xray49er]

R.I.P

May god bless the dead

 

[Ril]

R.I.P. Mark.

 

[Forgotten Ancient]

Man, that's terrible.
RIP

 

[Feep]

Resting In Peace isn't enough for this guy. Mark, I hope you have a kick-ass Plasma screen in heaven and get access to all the video games ever made in the past, present, and future. Plus you get to eat delicious chicken wings and pizza all the time and not get fat, and you can even post on NeoGAF as long as you don't tell anyone it's really you.

Sad to see you go, man.

Edit: Actually, make that an OLED

 

[LiquidMetal14]

His contributions will be remembered.

 

[Mejilan]

Damn. He worked on many games I loved, and I never even knew his name. The testaments to his skills and contributions will live on in his works. Best of luck to his family and colleagues.

 

[DuckRacer]

R.I.P.

 

[Redd]

Rest in Peace Mark.

 

[LaneDS]

Bummer, condolences to his family and friends.

 

[Madman]

RIP

 

[WHOAguitarninja]

RIP. Impressive resume...wow...

 

[iceatcs]

RIP Mark

 

[Ark-AMN]

Oh, this is terrible

I had the great privilege of being able to meet him at the GDC a few years ago when he was giving a presentation on his work with Prime 2. He was such a nice guy with a lot of excitement about his work, and it was such a great experience to have been able to have a conversation with him. This was back when I had a miniscule understanding of game development, and to have been able to get a glimpse at it through his presentation was something I'll never forget.

Rest in peace Mark, and my deepest sympathies to your family and friends at Retro

 

[MarzipaNMOS]

A real shame. RIP, Mark.

 

[Miguga64]

He did a good work, he will be remembered, thanks... R.I.P.

 

[Jive Turkey]

I had no idea who he was before this article but he worked on some fantastic games. Best wishes to his friends and family.

 

[Onemic]

RIP

 

[jrricky]

I hope they do something for this guy, he helped to bring forth the 3d vision of a great metroid franchise. My heart goes out to his family.

 

[Nicko]

R.I.P. Man. Few could have aspired to accomplish as much as he did in life. His work, especially in Metroid Prime with the camera, will live on for hopefully decades. You will be remembered!

 

[BravoSuperStar]

So sad. Thanks for the great games, mate. Rest in peace.