David Jaffe American video game designer (born 1971)
This article is about the video game designer. For the composer of contemporary classical music, see
David A. Jaffe .
David Scott Jaffe (born April 13, 1971) is an American video game designer best known for directing the Twisted Metal God of War series[ 1] [ 2] IGN as one of the top 100 game creators of all time.[ 3]
Biography
Jaffe is originally from Birmingham, Alabama and currently resides in San Diego, California .[ 4] Jewish family. Jaffe graduated from Alabama's Mountain Brook High School , located in Mountain Brook, AL , a suburb of Birmingham. Jaffe then attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles .[ 5]
Jaffe is known for directing the Twisted Metal seriesGod of War Twisted Metal: Black God of War both ranked in IGN 's "Top 25 PS2 Games of All Time", with Twisted Metal: Black in ninth place and God of War winning first place as IGN's best PS2 game of all time.[ 6] SCEA then founded Eat Sleep Play . The studio signed a multi-year deal with Sony to create games exclusively for PlayStation platforms. He left Eat Sleep Play in February 2012 due to creative differences.[ 7] [ 8]
In 2014, Jaffe announced his first project from his new studio The Bartlet Jones Supernatural Detective Agency called Drawn to Death PlayStation 4 exclusive.[ 9] [ 10] [ 5]
Jaffe has served as a creative consultant for Polish developer Movie Games .[ 11]
Works
Games
Year
Game
Console(s)
Credited as
1993
Cliffhanger NES , Super NES , Mega Drive/Genesis , Game Boy , Game Gear Tester
1993
Skyblazer Super NES Tester
1994
Mickey Mania Super NES, Mega Drive/Genesis , Mega CD/Sega CD
Game designer[ 12]
1995
Twisted Metal PC /PlayStation Game designer[ 13]
1996
Twisted Metal 2 PC/PlayStation
Game director, producer, and designer[ 13]
2001
Twisted Metal: Black PS2 Game director, lead designer[ 13]
2001
Kinetica PS2
Game designer
2005
God of War PS2
Game director, lead designer[ 13]
2005
Twisted Metal: Head-On PSP Game director, designer
2007
God of War II PS2
Creative director[ 13]
2007
Calling All Cars! PS3 Game director
2008
Twisted Metal Head On: Extra Twisted Edition PS2
Game director, designer[ 14]
2012
Twisted Metal PS3
Game director[ 13]
2017
Drawn to Death PS4 Game director[ 13] [ 14]
Television
Year
Title
Roles
Notes
2007 Code Monkeys Himself (voice) Episode: "Just One Of The Gamers"
References
↑ "Twisted Metal Studio Hit With Massive Layoffs" . CINEMABLEND . January 27, 2018. Retrieved May 11, 2018 .↑ "Spider-Man PS4 and Why We're in a Golden Age of Licensed Games - GameRevolution" . GameRevolution . May 2, 2018. Retrieved May 11, 2018 .↑ "IGN - 71. David Jaffe" . IGN . Archived from the original on April 20, 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2023 .↑ "David Jaffe Opens Up," GamePro 235 (April 2008): 23. 1 2 Staff Writer (December 4, 2022). "Who Is David Jaffe, Creator of God of War?" . Sportsmanor . Retrieved April 12, 2023 . ↑ IGN PlayStation Team (March 16, 2007). "The Top 25 PS2 Games of All Time" . IGN.com . Archived from the original on June 5, 2007. Retrieved April 1, 2007 . ↑ Sliwinski, Alexander. "David Jaffe leaves Eat Sleep Play, layoffs hit developer [ Update] " . Joystiq . Retrieved February 4, 2015 . ↑ Jaffe, David (June 8, 2012). "Why I Left Eat Sleep Play" . DavidJaffe.biz . Retrieved February 4, 2015 . ↑ Matulef, Jeffrey (December 6, 2014). "David Jaffe reveals arena shooter Drawn to Death" . Eurogamer . Retrieved January 10, 2020 . ↑ "David Jaffe's The Bartlet Jones Supernatural Detective Agency closes down" . GamesIndustry.biz . February 28, 2018. Retrieved January 10, 2020 .↑ Adams, Robert N. (May 4, 2021). "God of War Creator David Jaffe Joining Movie Games" . TechRaptor . Retrieved April 12, 2023 . ↑ Jaffe's Blog with Project Listing Archived June 9, 2010, at the Wayback Machine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "David Jaffe" . IMDb . Retrieved April 12, 2023 .1 2 "David Jaffe" . MobyGames . Retrieved July 30, 2023 .
