David Jaffe
American video game designer (born 1971)
David Scott Jaffe (born April 13, 1971) is an American video game designer best known for directing the Twisted Metal and God of War series. In 2009, he was chosen by IGN as one of the top 100 game creators of all time.
01Biography
Jaffe is originally from Birmingham, Alabama and currently resides in San Diego, California. He was born to a 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.
Jaffe is known for directing the Twisted Metal series and God of War. Jaffe's Twisted Metal: Black and 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. In 2007, Jaffe left 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.
In 2014, Jaffe announced his first project from his new studio The Bartlet Jones Supernatural Detective Agency called Drawn to Death as a PlayStation 4 exclusive. The game received mixed reviews, and due to the cancellation of an unannounced title, his newfound company shut down a year later. Jaffe expressed disdain for the mixed critical reception and insisted the reception from players of the game was more positive.
Jaffe has served as a creative consultant for Polish developer Movie Games.
02Works
| 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 |
| 1995 | Twisted Metal | PC/PlayStation | Game designer |
| 1996 | Twisted Metal 2 | PC/PlayStation | Game director, producer, and designer |
| 2001 | Twisted Metal: Black | PS2 | Game director, lead designer |
| 2001 | Kinetica | PS2 | Game designer |
| 2005 | God of War | PS2 | Game director, lead designer |
| 2005 | Twisted Metal: Head-On | PSP | Game director, designer |
| 2007 | God of War II | PS2 | Creative director |
| 2007 | Calling All Cars! | PS3 | Game director |
| 2008 | Twisted Metal Head On: Extra Twisted Edition | PS2 | Game director, designer |
| 2012 | Twisted Metal | PS3 | Game director |
| 2017 | Drawn to Death | PS4 | Game director |
| Year | Title | Roles | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Code Monkeys | Himself (voice) | Episode: "Just One Of The Gamers" |
Sources and credits
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