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  1. Jon Van Caneghem (born 1962/1963) [2] is an American video game director, designer and producer. He is best known for launching development studio New World Computing in 1983, making his design debut in 1986 with Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum.

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    Van Caneghem designed King's Bounty, which was released in 1990 and spawned sequels along with the Heroes of Might and Magic series; he also actively participated in the direction and creation of content for the first four Heroes installments. Ubisoft Entertainment reportedly offered him a position on the Heroes of Might and Magic V design team, wh...

    The character Sir Caneghem is named after Van Caneghem, and the Data Keeper of Might and Magic I was apparently intended as a parallel to his role as creator of the series and manager of New World...
    In addition to game design work, Van Caneghem is an occasional race car driver, a hobby which reportedly detracted from his input on Heroes of Might and Magic IV.

    Jon Van Caneghem is the creator of the Might and Magic series and other strategy games. Learn about his career, achievements, trivia and videos on this wiki page.

  2. Jon Van Caneghem is a game industry veteran and the co-founder and co-CEO of Digital Insight Games (DIG), a web 3 gaming studio. See his experience, recommendations, and activity on LinkedIn.

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  3. Jon Van Caneghem, the creator of the Might and Magic series, shares his insights on the challenges, inspirations and trivia of his CRPG design. Learn about his vision, influences, innovations and opinions on the current state of the genre.

  4. Dec 10, 2021 · Jon Van Caneghem, the series’s guiding light, was himself a lifelong compulsive gamer, and he stuffed his creations full of the things that he himself enjoyed: quests to fulfill, dungeons to explore, loot to collect, and an absurd variety of monsters to fight, all couched inside a non-linear, open-ended philosophy of gameplay that eschewed the s...

  5. VC Mobile Entertainment is on a mission to bring the magic touch of founder Jon Van Caneghem (creator of Might and Magic, Heroes of Might and Magic) to your screen. While it’s a new quest for us, we’re all pros.

  6. Apr 23, 2009 · Trion World Networks president, co-founder and chief creative officer Jon Van Caneghem has departed from the company, according to a statement from the US-based developer.