Rockstar North Ltd.
Moby ID: 146
- DMA Design Limited (from 1988 to 2002)
- Rockstar Studios Limited (from 2002-03-27 to 2002-05-30)
- Rockstar Games UK Limited (from 2021-12-22)
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Rockstar North, formerly known as DMA Design, was founded in 1988 by David Jones, Russell Kay, and Mike Dailly in Dundee, Scotland. The name DMA was taken from the Amiga programming manuals, where it stood for "Direct Memory Access". DMA Design was most known for developing Lemmings and early Grand Theft Auto games.
In December 1996, the company was acquired by Gremlin Interactive. In September 1999, it was sold to Take-Two Interactive and continued developing games under the label of Rockstar Games; in 2002, it was renamed Rockstar North. Having established its studio in large spacious premises located in the heart of Edingburgh's Leith district, the company continued to develop installments in the Grand Theft Auto series and other products.
Credited on 44 Games from 1988 to 2022
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| Grand Theft Auto: Online (2022 on Xbox Series, PlayStation 5) |
| Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition (2021 on Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One...) |
| Red Dead Redemption II (2018 on Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One...) |
| L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files (2017 on Windows, PlayStation 4) |
| Grand Theft Auto V (2013 on Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3...) |
| Max Payne 3 (2012 on Windows, Xbox 360, Macintosh...) |
| L.A. Noire: The Complete Edition (2011 on Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3...) |
| L.A. Noire (2011 on Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) |
| Red Dead Redemption (2010 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) |
| Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City (2009 on Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) |
| Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (2009 on Nintendo DS, PSP, iPhone...) |
| Grand Theft Auto IV (2008 on Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) |
| Manhunt 2 (2007 on Windows, PlayStation 2, PSP...) |
| Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (2006 on PlayStation 2, PSP, PlayStation 3) |
| Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (2005 on PlayStation 2, PSP, PlayStation 3...) |
| Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004 on Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox...) |
| Manhunt (2003 on Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox...) |
| Rockstar Games Double Pack: Grand Theft Auto (2003 on PlayStation 2, Xbox) |
| Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002 on Windows, PlayStation 2, Macintosh...) |
| Grand Theft Auto III (2001 on Windows, PlayStation 2, Macintosh...) |
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History +
- December 18, 2003
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Scottish consultant Mark Gallagher launches a £1.5m legal action claiming to have shown his game Crime, Inc. to DMA Design during a job interview in 1993 with the company, and that 1997's Grand Theft Auto was ripped off from his original work.
- 2002
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DMA Design is renamed to Rockstar North to match its label, Rockstar Games.
- 2000
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The company moves to Edinburgh, Scotland.
- September 29, 1999
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The company is acquired by Take-Two Interactive Software from Infogrames Entertainment for $11 million in cash. Dave Jones, original founder of DMA Design, leaves to take up a job at Denki and 3 years later creates his own company Realtime Worlds.
- June 1999
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Infogrames acquires Gremlin Interactive and plans to sell DMA Design.
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Trivia +
DMA Design produced both the cutesy Lemmings games and the Grand Theft Auto titles, the latest of which have become some of the most controversial games of all time. Very disturbing.
The name DMA was originally taken from the Amiga programming manuals simply because it sounded cool and did not actually mean anything. The initials were later 'retrofitted' so that they briefly stood for Direct Mind Access, a play on the computer term Direct Memory Access, before finally standing for Doesn't Mean Anything, thus making official the playful notion that they were indeed meaningless.
Source: Wikipedia
DMA Design (a.k.a. Rockstar North) won the Guinness World Record for most successful UK game developer in 2008 due to the commercial and critical success Grand Theft Auto IV.
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Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 23 games with Rockstar Games, Inc.
- 17 games with Rockstar Lincoln Limited
- 16 games with Psygnosis Limited
- 13 games with Valve Corporation
- 12 games with Take Two Interactive GmbH
- 12 games with Take-Two Interactive Software Europe Ltd.
- 12 games with ak tronic Software & Services GmbH
- 11 games with Epic Games Tools LLC
- 11 games with Take Two Interactive France SAS
- 10 games with Rockstar Leeds Ltd.
- 23 games with Aaron Garbut
- 22 games with Craig Conner
- 22 games with Sam Houser
- 22 games with Adam Fowler
- 21 games with Craig Arbuthnott
- 21 games with Dan Houser
- 20 games with Jennifer Kolbe
- 19 games with Jeff Rosa
- 19 games with William Mills
- 19 games with Allan Walker
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