David Jaffe, designer of Drawn to Death.
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David Jaffe’s Drawn to Death is an ode to crazy and creative video games

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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David Jaffe’s Drawn to Death debuts in a couple of weeks as a “hybrid shooter brawler” arena combat game for Sony’s PlayStation 4. In an interview with GamesBeat, veteran game designer Jaffe — creator of titles like Twisted Metal and God of War — referred to it as Quake meets Super Smash Bros.

Jaffe’s team at The Bartlet Jones Supernatural Detective Agency has worked on the unconventional game for more than three years, and it is finally ready for its debut on April 4 as a PlayStation exclusive. Over time, the team will update the game with new modes and other things to keep it going.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.