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Rockstar Toronto (formerly Rockstar Canada) is an in-house game development
Game development

Game development is the process by which a game is produced. Today this term most commonly refers to the development of video games....
 team for Rockstar Games
Rockstar Games

Rockstar Games is a British-founded video game developer of video game publisher Take-Two Interactive. The brand is most known for the Grand Theft Auto series....
 and Take-Two Interactive
Take-Two Interactive

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is an United States Video game publisher, Video game developer, and distributor of video games and video game peripherals....
, located in Oakville
Oakville, Ontario

Oakville is a town in Regional Municipality of Halton, on Lake Ontario in southern Ontario, Canada, and is part of the Greater Toronto Area....
, Ontario
Ontario

Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 (A city on the outskirts of Toronto). The company was renamed Rockstar Toronto in 2002 after Rockstar Games bought Vancouver
Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest city in British Columbia and the second largest metropolitan area in the Pacific Northwest region....
-based Barking Dog Studios and re-named it Rockstar Vancouver
Rockstar Vancouver

Rockstar Vancouver is a video game studio located in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. Rockstar Vancouver released Bully , a controversial title exclusively for the PlayStation 2 on October 17, 2006....
.

Since the release of the Wii
Wii

The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo. As a History of video game consoles console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3....
 console, Rockstar Toronto has taken the responsibility of porting titles to the system.

Their most recent project, co-developing a PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV
Grand Theft Auto IV

Grand Theft Auto IV is a Nonlinear gameplay Action-adventure game video game developed by Rockstar North. It is the ninth game in the Grand Theft Auto ....
 with Rockstar North
Rockstar North

Rockstar North Ltd. are Video game developers of computer and video games based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The company is a part of Rockstar Games which is owned by Take-Two Interactive....
 has been completed, and was released over one month late on December 2 in North America.






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Rockstar Toronto (formerly Rockstar Canada) is an in-house game development
Game development

Game development is the process by which a game is produced. Today this term most commonly refers to the development of video games....
 team for Rockstar Games
Rockstar Games

Rockstar Games is a British-founded video game developer of video game publisher Take-Two Interactive. The brand is most known for the Grand Theft Auto series....
 and Take-Two Interactive
Take-Two Interactive

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is an United States Video game publisher, Video game developer, and distributor of video games and video game peripherals....
, located in Oakville
Oakville, Ontario

Oakville is a town in Regional Municipality of Halton, on Lake Ontario in southern Ontario, Canada, and is part of the Greater Toronto Area....
, Ontario
Ontario

Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 (A city on the outskirts of Toronto). The company was renamed Rockstar Toronto in 2002 after Rockstar Games bought Vancouver
Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest city in British Columbia and the second largest metropolitan area in the Pacific Northwest region....
-based Barking Dog Studios and re-named it Rockstar Vancouver
Rockstar Vancouver

Rockstar Vancouver is a video game studio located in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. Rockstar Vancouver released Bully , a controversial title exclusively for the PlayStation 2 on October 17, 2006....
.

Since the release of the Wii
Wii

The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo. As a History of video game consoles console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3....
 console, Rockstar Toronto has taken the responsibility of porting titles to the system.

Their most recent project, co-developing a PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV
Grand Theft Auto IV

Grand Theft Auto IV is a Nonlinear gameplay Action-adventure game video game developed by Rockstar North. It is the ninth game in the Grand Theft Auto ....
 with Rockstar North
Rockstar North

Rockstar North Ltd. are Video game developers of computer and video games based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The company is a part of Rockstar Games which is owned by Take-Two Interactive....
 has been completed, and was released over one month late on December 2 in North America. The game has been plagued by well-publicized glitches and frame-rate problems upon release. A few patches were released to fix the problems.

Releases

  • Grand Theft Auto IV
    Grand Theft Auto IV

    Grand Theft Auto IV is a Nonlinear gameplay Action-adventure game video game developed by Rockstar North. It is the ninth game in the Grand Theft Auto ....
     (PC version) — 2008 (with Rockstar North
    Rockstar North

    Rockstar North Ltd. are Video game developers of computer and video games based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The company is a part of Rockstar Games which is owned by Take-Two Interactive....
    )
  • Bully: Scholarship Edition (Wii
    Wii

    The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo. As a History of video game consoles console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3....
     version) — 2008 (with Rockstar Vancouver
    Rockstar Vancouver

    Rockstar Vancouver is a video game studio located in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. Rockstar Vancouver released Bully , a controversial title exclusively for the PlayStation 2 on October 17, 2006....
     and Rockstar New England)
  • Manhunt 2
    Manhunt 2

    Manhunt 2 is an adult action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar Games and the sequel to 2003's Manhunt . The game was released in North America for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and Wii on October 31, 2007....
     (Wii
    Wii

    The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo. As a History of video game consoles console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3....
     version) — 2007 (with Rockstar London
    Rockstar London

    Established in 2005, Rockstar London is the 2nd newest studio to join the Rockstar Games family. They recently completed Manhunt 2 for the PlayStation 2....
     and Rockstar Leeds
    Rockstar Leeds

    Rockstar Leeds is an England video game developer. Based in Leeds from where the name was taken, Rockstar Leeds has primarily published handheld games for Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance , as well as Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition and the Grand Theft Auto Stories series for the PlayStation Portable ....
    )
  • The Warriors
    The Warriors (video game)

    The Warriors is a beat 'em up video game published by Rockstar Games. It was released on October 17, 2005 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox, and February 12, 2007 for PlayStation Portable....
     — 2005
  • Max Payne
    Max Payne

    Max Payne is a British Academy of Film and Television Arts award winning third-person shooter video game developed by Remedy Entertainment, produced by 3D Realms and published by Gathering of Developers in July, 2001 in video gaming for Microsoft Windows....
     (PlayStation 2
    PlayStation 2

    The PlayStation 2 is a History of video game consoles video game console manufactured by Sony. The successor to the PlayStation, and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3, the PlayStation 2 forms part of the PlayStation of video game consoles....
     version) — 2001 (with Remedy Entertainment
    Remedy Entertainment

    Remedy Entertainment is a Finland computer game developer founded in 1995 and based in Espoo. The company is best known for its Max Payne series of video games....
    , Rockstar Vienna
    Rockstar Vienna

    Rockstar Vienna was a Vienna-based Video game developer of computer and video games, and a sub-division of Rockstar Games. Rockstar Vienna was founded on January 4, 1993, joined Take-Two Interactive in February 2001, and was announced to join Rockstar Games during the tenth anniversary of the company in 2003....
    , and Rockstar Leeds
    Rockstar Leeds

    Rockstar Leeds is an England video game developer. Based in Leeds from where the name was taken, Rockstar Leeds has primarily published handheld games for Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance , as well as Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition and the Grand Theft Auto Stories series for the PlayStation Portable ....
    )
  • Oni (PlayStation 2
    PlayStation 2

    The PlayStation 2 is a History of video game consoles video game console manufactured by Sony. The successor to the PlayStation, and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3, the PlayStation 2 forms part of the PlayStation of video game consoles....
     version) — 2001 (with Bungie Studios
    Bungie Studios

    Bungie is an United States video game developer founded in May 1991 under the name Bungie Software Products Corporation by two undergraduate students at the University of Chicago, Alex Seropian and Jason Jones ....
    )
  • Grand Theft Auto: London, 1969
    Grand Theft Auto: London, 1969

    The Grand Theft Auto Mission packs are expansion packs for the computer game Grand Theft Auto . Two were released separately in 1999; both require the original Grand Theft Auto game to run, and are set in London during the 1960s....
     — 1999 (with Rockstar North
    Rockstar North

    Rockstar North Ltd. are Video game developers of computer and video games based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The company is a part of Rockstar Games which is owned by Take-Two Interactive....
    )


External links

  • at MobyGames
    MobyGames

    MobyGames is a website devoted to cataloging Video game, both past and present. The site contains an extensive database of video game information....