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David Jones

Scottish video game designer (born 1965)

David Scott Jones (born October 1965) is a Scottish video game programmer and entrepreneur who co-founded video game developers DMA Design (now Rockstar North) in 1987, Realtime Worlds in 2002, and Cloudgine in 2012. Jones created Lemmings and Grand Theft Auto, which both spawned many successful sequels.²

From Wikipedia’s article on David Jones (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Mar 11, 1966.¹

About

He also created the Crackdown franchise for the Xbox 360 and Xbox One consoles, and the open-ended massively multiplayer online game APB: All Points Bulletin.

In 2009, he was chosen by IGN as one of the top 100 game creators of all time.

From Wikipedia’s article on David Jones, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

Realtime WorldsFounder⁹
Rockstar NorthFounder¹⁰

Early life and education

Date not recordedUniversity of Abertay Dundee³

Career

Occupation: engineer, video game developer, programmer.⁶

Date not recordedFounded Realtime Worlds⁴
Date not recordedFounded Rockstar North⁵

Personal life

BornMar 11, 1966, Dundee⁷
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom⁸

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WikidataDavid Jones: education, on Wikidata
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WikidataDavid Jones: Founded Realtime Worlds, on Wikidata
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WikidataDavid Jones: Founded Rockstar North, on Wikidata
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WikidataDavid Jones: place of birth, on Wikidata
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WikidataDavid Jones: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataRealtime Worlds, Founder
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WikidataRockstar North, Founder
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Wikimedia CommonsDavid Jones photo by jon jordan, CC BY 2.0