| Mark Haigh-Hutchison | |
| Birth Date: | 20 August 1964 |
| Birth Place: | United Kingdom |
| Death Place: | Austin, Texas |
| Known For: | Designer of several video games |
| Occupation: | Game designer and programmer |
Mark Haigh-Hutchinson (20 August 1964 – 15 January 2008) was an English video game developer. He is most notable for working on mid to late 1990s Star Wars titles, and the Metroid Prime games.[1]
Haigh-Hutchinson started his career at Artic Software, but moved to Vortex Software in 1984. In 1986, he left Vortex for Elite Systems, where he ported Paperboy to the Amstrad CPC. He then later worked at Tiertex. In 1989, he was hired by LucasArts, where he worked until 1999, mostly on Star Wars video games.[2] Since 2000, he worked at Retro Studios, where he developed the camera system for the Metroid Prime series.
On 15 January 2008 Haigh-Hutchinson died in Austin, Texas after battling pancreatic cancer, at the age of 43. He is survived by his wife and two daughters.[3]