Josh Fairhurst

Josh Fairhurst has a long and varied work experience. Josh began their career in 2008 as a Game Tester at Epic Games, where they worked on Gears of War 2 and Unreal Tournament III. In 2010, they were a Digital Games Research Assistant at North Carolina State University, where they laid the groundwork for a game-like interface for monitoring network activity. In 2013, they became an Instructor at Wake Technical Community College, teaching courses in C#, Java, and Python. In 2015, they became the CEO of Limited Run Games, a publisher and distributor of physical games for consoles and handhelds. To date, Limited Run Games has sold nearly 3,500,000 games, grossed over $220m in revenue, and shipped over 1,000 different retail products. In 2019, they ranked #34 on the Inc 500 list of fastest growing private businesses in America. In 2010, Josh also co-founded Mighty Rabbit Studios, Inc., where they served as lead designer and lead programmer on Saturday Morning RPG, as well as a lead designer and programmer on Breach & Clear and Breach & Clear: Deadline. The studio is currently contracting on various projects with inXile. In 2021, Josh took on the role of Director at SUPERDELUXE GAMES.

Josh Fairhurst obtained a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from North Carolina State University between 2006 and 2010. Josh also holds a Scuba certification from the YMCA.