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.
Biography Jaffe is originally from Birmingham, Alabama and currently resides in San Diego, California."David Jaffe Opens Up," GamePro 235 (April 2008): 23. 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.
Works +GamesYearGameConsole(s)Credited as1993CliffhangerNES, Super NES, Mega Drive/Genesis, Game Boy, Game GearTester1993SkyblazerSuper NESTester1994Mickey Mania Super NES, Mega Drive/Genesis, Mega CD/Sega CDGame designerJaffe's Blog with Project Listing 1995Twisted MetalPC/PlayStationGame designer1996Twisted Metal 2PC/PlayStationGame director, producer, and designer2001Twisted Metal: BlackPS2Game director, lead designer2001KineticaPS2Game designer2005God of WarPS2Game director, lead designer2005Twisted Metal: Head-OnPSPGame director, designer2007God of War II PS2Creative director2007Calling All Cars!PS3Game director2008Twisted Metal Head On: Extra Twisted EditionPS2Game director, designer2012Twisted MetalPS3Game director2017Drawn to Death PS4Game director
+TelevisionYearTitleRolesNotes 2007 Code Monkeys Himself (voice) Episode: "Just One Of The Gamers"
References
External links David Jaffe's blog