David Jaffe Explained

David Jaffe
Birth Date:April 13, 1971
Birth Place:Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Known For:Twisted Metal series
God of War series
The Jaffe Room in Metroid Dread
Website:Blog

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.[1] [2] In 2009, he was chosen by 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] 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.[5]

Jaffe is known for directing the Twisted Metal series and God of War. Jaffe's 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.[6] 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.[7] [8]

In 2014, Jaffe announced his first project on his new studio The Bartlet Jones Supernatural Detective Agency called Drawn to Death as a PlayStation 4 exclusive.[9] 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 who played the game was more positive.[10]

Since leaving his previous company, Jaffe now primarily live streams his show, Gabbin' + Games, formerly The Jaffe Stream, via Twitch and YouTube. Here, he openly converses with his audience via live chat and Discord about the past and current state of the video game industry, world events, pop culture, politics, metaphysics, the paranormal and existentialism, among other topics.

Jaffe has served as a creative consultant for Polish developer Movie Games.[11]

Works

Games!Year!Game!Console(s)!Credited as
1993CliffhangerNES, Super NES, Mega Drive/Genesis, Mega CD/Sega CDTester
1993SkyblazerSuper NESTester
1994Mickey Mania Super NES, Mega Drive/Genesis, Mega CD/Sega CDGame designer [12]
1995Twisted MetalPC/PlayStationGame designer [13]
1996Twisted Metal 2PC/PlayStationGame director, producer, and designer
2001PS2Game director, lead designer
2001KineticaPS2Game designer
2005God of WarPS2Game director, lead designer
2005Twisted Metal: Head OnPSPGame director, designer
2007God of War II PS2Creative director
2007Calling All Cars!PS3Game director
2008Twisted Metal Head On: Extra Twisted EditionPS2Game director, designer [14]
2012Twisted MetalPS3Game director
2017Drawn to Death PS4Game director

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Twisted Metal Studio Hit With Massive Layoffs. 2018-01-27. CINEMABLEND. 2018-05-11.
  2. News: Spider-Man PS4 and Why We're in a Golden Age of Licensed Games - GameRevolution. 2018-05-02. GameRevolution. 2018-05-11. en-US.
  3. Web site: IGN - 71. David Jaffe . IGN . en . 2023-11-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140420081441/http://www.ign.com/top/game-creators/71.html . 2014-04-20.
  4. "David Jaffe Opens Up," GamePro 235 (April 2008): 23.
  5. Web site: Staff Writer . 2022-12-04 . Who Is David Jaffe, Creator of God of War? . 2023-04-12 . Sportsmanor . en-US.
  6. Web site: IGN PlayStation Team . 2007-03-16 . The Top 25 PS2 Games of All Time . IGN.com . 2007-04-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070605142021/http://ps2.ign.com/articles/772/772296p1.html . 2007-06-05 . dead .
  7. Web site: Sliwinski. Alexander. David Jaffe leaves Eat Sleep Play, layoffs hit developer [Update]]. Joystiq. 4 February 2015.
  8. Web site: Jaffe. David. Why I Left Eat Sleep Play. DavidJaffe.biz. 8 June 2012 . 4 February 2015.
  9. Web site: David Jaffe reveals arena shooter Drawn to Death. Matulef. Jeffrey. 2014-12-06. Eurogamer. en. 2020-01-10.
  10. Web site: David Jaffe's The Bartlet Jones Supernatural Detective Agency closes down. GamesIndustry.biz. 28 February 2018 . en. 2020-01-10.
  11. Web site: Adams . Robert N. . 2021-05-04 . God of War Creator David Jaffe Joining Movie Games . 2023-04-12 . TechRaptor . en.
  12. http://www.davidjaffe.biz/ Jaffe's Blog with Project Listing
  13. Web site: David Jaffe . 2023-04-12 . IMDb . en-US.
  14. Web site: David Jaffe . 2023-07-30 . MobyGames . en.