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David Jones

British game programmer and co-founder of Grand Theft Auto

  • Fame54.2
  • Momentum10.3
  • Developers rank#108
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  • Fame54.2
  • Momentum10.3
  • Developers rank#108
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Born 1966 · age 60United Kingdom
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    Born 1966
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Updated 2026-06-20

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

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Momentum10.3
Historical13.4
Now attention46.7
Source confidence60.0
Completeness70.0
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