David Jones (game developer)
David Jones (born October 1965 in Dundee ) is a Scottish game developer and is known for Lemmings (1991), Grand Theft Auto (1997) and Grand Theft Auto 2 (1999).
Career
Jones founded the video game company DMA Design in Dundee , Scotland in 1988 , which he ran until 1999. His first game, Menace (1988), Blood Money (1989) and the games of the cult series Lemmings (1991-1994) appeared here. In 2002 Jones founded the Realtime Worlds studio , where he was the creative director for the games Crackdown and APB: All Points Bulletin . In 2004 Jones was a keynote speaker at the World Cyber Games in San Francisco. Realtime Worlds was liquidated in 2010.
In 2012 Jones founded two new studios: Cloudgine should focus on cloud computing- based games, Reagent Games should work on Crackdown 3 together with Sumo Digital . In 2017, Cloudgine was bought by Epic Games , and Jones moved to Epic as "Director Cloud Strategy".
Ludography (excerpt)
| game | year | Studio | Publisher | genre |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menace | 1988 | DMA design | Psygnosis | Shoot 'em up |
| Blood Money | 1989 | DMA design | Psygnosis | Shoot 'em up |
| Lemmings | 1991 | DMA design | Psygnosis | Thinking game |
| Shadow of the Beast ( PC engine port) | 1992 | Reflections Interactive | Psygnosis | Action adventure |
| Grand Theft Auto | 1997 | DMA design | BMG Interactive | Open world game, third person shooter |
| Body Harvest | 1998 | DMA design | Gremlin Interactive | Action-adventure, third-person shooter |
| Space Station Silicon Valley | 1998 | DMA design | Take 2 Interactive | Jump 'n' run , action adventure |
| Grand Theft Auto 2 | 1999 | DMA design | Rockstar Games | Open world game, third person shooter |
| Crackdown | 2007 | Realtime Worlds | Microsoft Studios | Open world game, third person shooter |
| Crackdown 3 | 2017 | Reagent Games | Microsoft Studios | Open world game, third person shooter |
Web links
- David Jones at MobyGames (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gamespot.com: GTA Creator David Jones keynotes World Cyber Games 2004 Conference. Retrieved January 23, 2016 .
- ↑ Polygon.com: Crackdown 3's original co-developer and series creator are no longer on the project. Retrieved October 2, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jones, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish game developer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dundee , UK |