Trading name Rockstar Toronto Industry Video game industry Founded 1999, Oakville, Canada | Headquarters Toronto, Canada | |
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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) Key people Kevin Hoare (studio manager) Video 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. The studio moved to a brand new facility in Oakville and hired 50 new positions. Rockstar Vancouver studio was closed and 35 developers were to be merged with the Toronto team. It was the second big game developer lured to the Toronto area after Ubisoft Toronto also announced plans to expand.