John Gibson was a veteran of the games industry and had almost 40 years of experience on nearly every platform imaginable. After working for Imagine until it went under, John helped establish Denton Design in 1984 alongside Steve Cain, Ian Weatherburn, Ally Noble, Karen Davies and Graham Everett and went on to write several classic games including Frankie Goes To Hollywood (1985).

During most of the nineties, John worked for Psygnosis in several senior roles and was directly responsible for most of the code libraries used in all Psygnosis' internal products. He became part of its Advanced Technology Group and was instrumental in creating the CD-ROM title Microcosm (1993).

He remained with Psygnosis when it was purchased by Sony, but eventually moved to Warthog in 1998.

In 2003, Gibson joined Evolution Studios, which was acquired by Sony in 2007. His programming credits from this period include MotorStorm (2007), MotorStorm: Pacific Rift (2008), MotorStorm: Apocalypse (2011), MotorStorm: RC (2012) and DriveClub (2014).

In July 2023 it was reported he passed away.