# Gary Penn

> Gary Penn is a British computer game developer and former games reviewer. He wrote for Zzap!64 in the 1980s and he later was editor of The One from 1988 to 1990 and was Creative Director at DMA Design where he supervised the release of the first Grand Theft Auto game in 1997. Penn has described the game as taking years to develop and almost being cancelled.

*British games reviewer and software industry veteran*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/gary-penn

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Journalist
- **Category:** Journalists
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1901
- **Status:** unknown
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Gary Penn is a British computer game developer and former games reviewer. He wrote for Zzap!64 in the 1980s and he later was editor of The One from 1988 to 1990 and was Creative Director at DMA Design where he supervised the release of the first Grand Theft Auto game in 1997. Penn has described the game as taking years to develop and almost being cancelled.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 39.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.3 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 2.9 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 18.5 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 20.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 53.0 / 100

## Sources
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5525734)

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