David Jaffe

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.[1][2]

This article is about the video game designer. For the composer of contemporary classical music, see David A. Jaffe.
David Jaffe
Born
David Scott Jaffe

(1971-04-13) April 13, 1971
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
OccupationVideo game designer
Known forTwisted Metal series
God of War
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
WebsiteBlog

Biography

Jaffe is originally from Birmingham, Alabama and currently resides in San Diego, California.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5][6]

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.[7] The game received mixed reviews, and due to the cancellation of an unannounced title, his newfound company shut down a year later.[8]

Jaffe now spends most of his time live streaming on Twitch talking about video games and pop culture.

Works

References
  1. "Twisted Metal Studio Hit With Massive Layoffs". CINEMABLEND. 2018-01-27. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  2. "Spider-Man PS4 and Why We're in a Golden Age of Licensed Games - GameRevolution". GameRevolution. 2018-05-02. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  3. "David Jaffe Opens Up," GamePro 235 (April 2008): 23.
  4. IGN PlayStation Team (2007-03-16). "The Top 25 PS2 Games of All Time". IGN.com. Archived from the original on 2007-06-05. Retrieved 2007-04-01.
  5. Sliwinski, Alexander. "David Jaffe leaves Eat Sleep Play, layoffs hit developer [Update]". Joystiq. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  6. Jaffe, David. "Why I Left Eat Sleep Play". DavidJaffe.biz. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  7. Matulef, Jeffrey (2014-12-06). "David Jaffe reveals arena shooter Drawn to Death". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  8. "David Jaffe's The Bartlet Jones Supernatural Detective Agency closes down". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  9. Jaffe's Blog with Project Listing Archived 2010-06-09 at the Wayback Machine
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