God of War creator headlining GDC

By Luke Anderson, GameSpot UKPosted Feb 5, 2008 7:13 am PT

The father of Kratos, David Jaffe, is the latest keynote speaker to be confirmed for this month's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.

Veteran video game designer David Jaffe has been locked down as a keynote speaker for this year's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Jaffe's presentation, entitled "From Grunt to God to Startup: Career Lessons From the Edge of Game Development," is aimed at those who wish to make a career in the video game industry.

During the presentation, Jaffe will discuss his journey, which has seen him develop the Twisted Metal and God of War franchises and the recent formation of his own independent studio, Eat, Sleep, Play. Currently, his studio is developing the upcoming Twisted Metal: Head On - Extra Twisted Edition for PlayStation 2 as part of a three-game deal with Sony.

The address will be part of the Game Career Seminar, which runs February 21 and 22 during GDC, held this year at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

Other speakers at GDC 2008 include Lionhead Studios' Peter Molyneux, Microsoft Corporate VP John Schappert, Electronic Arts' Sims studio head Rod Humble, and Blizzard Entertainment VP of game design Rob Pardo.

59 Comments

  • Smeeze

    Posted Jul 7, 2008 12:02 pm PT

    me too

  • gangster480

    Posted Jun 27, 2008 3:05 pm PT

    hopefully this will come out soon. I MUST KILL ZEUS!!!

  • Brandon2127

    Posted Apr 3, 2008 9:46 am PT

    @juliusIII Id have to agree whole-heartedly with every single word.

  • lazymexican721

    Posted Feb 25, 2008 2:52 am PT

    I currently only have a 360, but even if it benefits me, Id hate to see god of war on 360. Its always been a sony things and Id hate to see that changed, rather just buy a ps3

  • juliusIII

    Posted Feb 24, 2008 5:25 pm PT

    Of course God of War will never see the green(and sometimes evil red flashing) lights of Microsoft, that would be idiotic.
    Sony has FF, GOW, UT, DBZ games(tho i dont know if id claim those), Ratchet, KH(my favorite of em all) and some other classic series
    Microsoft has Halo, of course, Geears of War, BioShock, Fable, etc. etc.
    Why would you want to take that away from either console? Wasnt it bad enough when Devil May Cry and GTA made the jump? Certain series should stay in the family.
    Next homie 13_9, you'll be talkin bout gettin Smash Bros to another console, and then id hafta slap ya.
    Keep it in the family yall

  • BMG13

    Posted Feb 24, 2008 10:38 am PT

    I must make one thing cleared: GOD OF WAR III WILL NEVER COME OUT ON XBOX360!!!! This hapends because is sony the producer of god of war. This game must be realesed this year because is important for ps3 and for all ps3 players like me.

  • Anti-Nerd_Gamer

    Posted Feb 19, 2008 4:53 pm PT

    AMEN 2 that, IT BETTER STAY A SONY XCLUSIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • asian_pride69

    Posted Feb 19, 2008 1:58 pm PT

    Go Jaffe!! God of War 3 is gonna be awesome...and it better not come out in the 360 i will be pissed....its a Sony exclusive so it will never happen

  • xeuse51

    Posted Feb 19, 2008 11:47 am PT

    God of War will never be on Xbox. It is a Sony exclusive just like Halo is a Microsoft exclusive.

  • homie13_9

    Posted Feb 19, 2008 9:30 am PT

    yo whens god of war goin into Xbox??/neva??

  • Dark182

    Posted Feb 18, 2008 6:32 pm PT

    god of war III is gonna rock

  • jahd5000

    Posted Feb 17, 2008 10:08 pm PT

    hey 1 question... is ir very possible that in this conference they confirm new games comgin just like they do in the other one, (i think its name is EB or EF and it is always in q3...) sorry but i dunno anything about this kind of things..

  • kajtrooper

    Posted Feb 17, 2008 9:16 pm PT

    can't wait to see what he has planned for PS3

  • Bodboy466

    Posted Feb 17, 2008 11:12 am PT

    Father of Kratos? Man, he must be hella old. I'm surprised they don't have Twisted Metal (PS3) listed on the right- it's been all but "officially" confirmed.

  • zeeshan810

    Posted Feb 16, 2008 5:55 pm PT

    yea...hope to seeeeeeee stuff

  • supersonicGO

    Posted Feb 16, 2008 2:59 pm PT

    hope to see some great new stuff

  • spartan_rebelin

    Posted Feb 16, 2008 2:40 am PT

    From Grunt to God to Startup: Career Lessons From the Edge of Game Development, man this is a rally cool topic he's taken up can't wait to hear it man

  • filiwian

    Posted Feb 15, 2008 10:22 pm PT

    Can't wait to get my hands on God of War 3.

  • furqan2006

    Posted Feb 15, 2008 5:44 pm PT

    God of War 3 will be second reason to buy ps3 after MGS4

  • ps3cooly21

    Posted Feb 13, 2008 2:49 am PT

    god of war 3 better be good for the wait not til 2009 i wish it was in now

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