Rockstar Toronto

Rockstar Games Toronto ULC
Rockstar Toronto
Formerly called
  • Alternative Reality Technologies Inc. (1994–1997)
  • Take-Two Interactive Software Canada Inc. (1997–1999)
  • Rockstar Canada Inc. (1999–2002)
  • Rockstar Toronto Inc. (2002–2012)
  • Rockstar Games Toronto Inc. (2012–2012)
Subsidiary
Industry Video game industry
Founded November 1994 (1994-11)
Headquarters Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Key people
 Kevin Hoare (studio manager)
Parent Rockstar Games

Rockstar Games Toronto ULC (formerly Rockstar Canada Inc.), doing business as Rockstar Toronto, is an in-house game development studio for Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive, located at 586 Argus in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, just outside of Toronto.

History

Rockstar Canada was renamed Rockstar Toronto in 2002 after Rockstar Games bought Vancouver-based Barking Dog Studios and renamed it Rockstar Vancouver.

While initially focusing on developing brand new titles such as The Warriors, Rockstar Toronto later took the responsibility of porting Rockstar titles to the Wii console and PC. They co-developed the PC version of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City with Rockstar North, which was released on April 13, 2010.

On July 9, 2012, Rockstar announced that it was expanding.[1] The studio moved to a brand new facility in Oakville and hired 50 new positions.[1] Rockstar Vancouver studio was closed and 35 developers were to be merged with the Toronto team.[2][1][3] It was the second big game developer lured to the Toronto area after Ubisoft Toronto also announced plans to expand.[1]

Games developed

Name Year Platform(s) Collaboration
Grand Theft Auto: London 1969 1999 Microsoft Windows, MS-DOS, PlayStation DMA Design
Grand Theft Auto: London 1961 1999 Microsoft Windows DMA Design
Oni 2001 PlayStation 2 Bungie Software
Max Payne 2001 PlayStation 2 Remedy Entertainment
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne 2003 PlayStation 2 Remedy Entertainment, Rockstar Vienna
The Warriors 2005 PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox Rockstar Leeds
Manhunt 2 2007 Wii Rockstar London, Rockstar Vienna
Bully: Scholarship Edition 2008 Wii Rockstar Vancouver, Rockstar New England
Grand Theft Auto IV 2008 Microsoft Windows Rockstar North
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City 2010 Microsoft Windows Rockstar North
Max Payne 3 2012 PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows Rockstar Vancouver, Rockstar New England, Rockstar London
Grand Theft Auto V 2013 PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows Rockstar North

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Mudhar, Raju (July 11, 2012). "Rockstar, maker of Grand Theft Auto, L.A. Noire and more, moves Vancouver office to the GTA.". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Rockstar Games Expands Toronto Development Studio". Take-Two Interactive. July 9, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
  3. ↑ "The big and the small of Toronto's gaming industry celebrate milestones". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
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