Fergus McGovern

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Fergus McGovern
Place of birth: London, England, United Kingdom[1][2]
Date of birth: 1965-06[1][2]
Date of death: 2016-02-27[3] (age 50)
Company(ies): Probe Software, Jakks Pacific, HotGen
Role(s): Executive, Producer, Designer, Tester

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Fergus McGovern was a British video game executive and founder of Probe Software and HotGen, most known for his various contributions to both the British and American game software industries, and for his titular inclusion as a fatality in Mortal Kombat II - the Fergality.

History

Probe Software

HotGen

Later career

On February 26th, 2016, McGovern returned from a transatlantic flight with a cerebral blood clot, and passed away the following day.[4]

Cameos

The Fergality, from Mortal Kombat II.

Originally created by an artist named Dokk[5] sometime in the early 1990s, the Fergus Head made a number of cameo appearances in games developed by Probe Software[5], most notably as the Fergality fatality from Mortal Kombat II (in which the losing fighter is transformed into the digitized face of McGovern himself.)

List of game appearances

Production history

External links

References