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Members of the UK video game industry have paid warm tributes to Just Add Water founder Stewart Gilray, who has died aged 51.<\/p>\n

Gilray, who headed up the Leeds-based developer of Gravity Crash and various Oddworld titles after founding the studio in 2006, was hospitalised with Covid just before Christmas, and after fighting the disease over the last few weeks, passed away this morning.<\/p>\n

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Members of the UK video game industry have paid warm tributes to Just Add Water founder Stewart Gilray, who has died aged 51. Gilray, who headed up the Leeds-based developer of Gravity Crash and various Oddworld titles after founding the studio in 2006, was hospitalised with Covid just before Christmas, and after fighting the disease over the last few weeks, passed away this morning. 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