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David Jaffe
Born
David Scott Jaffe

(1971-04-13) April 13, 1971 (age 53)
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
OccupationVideo game designer
Known forTwisted Metal series
God of War
WebsiteBlog

David Scott Jaffe (born April 13, 1971) is an American video game designer; best known for his contribution to the Twisted Metal and God of War franchises.

Biography[]

Jaffe is originally from Birmingham, Alabama and currently resides in San Diego, California.[1] 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. He applied to the USC School of Cinematic Arts, but was never admitted. After a few years pursuing his dream of directing movies, he turned to game design.

Jaffe is well known for directing the Twisted Metal series and God of War. Jaffe's Twisted Metal: Black and God of War have both ranked into 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.[2] In 2007, Jaffe left SCEA to found 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. [3][4]

In 2014, he announced his first project on his new studio The Bartlet Jones Supernatural Detective Agency called Drawn to Death as a PlayStation 4 exclusive.[5] The game received mixed reviews and due to the cancellation of an unannounced title, his newfound company shut down a year later.[6]

Works[]

References[]

  1. "David Jaffe Opens Up," GamePro 235 (April 2008): 23.
  2. IGN PlayStation Team (2007-03-16). "The Top 25 PS2 Games of All Time". IGN.com. Retrieved 2007-04-01. {{cite web}}:
  3. Sliwinski, Alexander. "David Jaffe leaves Eat Sleep Play, layoffs hit developer [Update]". Joystiq. Retrieved 4 February 2015. {{cite web}}:
  4. Jaffe, David. "Why I Left Eat Sleep Play". DavidJaffe.biz. Retrieved 4 February 2015. {{cite web}}:
  5. Matulef, Jeffrey. "David Jaffe reveals arena shooter Drawn to Death". Eurogamer. {{cite web}}: ; publisher
  6. Handrahan, Matthew. "David Jaffe's The Bartlet Jones Supernatural Detective Agency closes down". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 22 March 2018. {{cite web}}:
  7. Jaffe's Blog with Project Listing Archived 2010-06-09 at the Wayback Machine

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