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Trading name
  
Rockstar Vienna

Industry
  
Video game industry

Headquarters
  
Vienna, Austria

Ceased operations
  
May 11, 2006

Former type
  
Subsidiary

Fate
  
Closed

Founder
  
Hannes Seifert

Key person
  
Hannes Seifert

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Formerly called
  
Neo Software Produktions GmbH (1993–2003)

Successor
  
Games That Matter Productions GmbH

Founded
  
4 January 1993, Vienna, Austria

Rockstar vienna


Rockstar Productions GmbH (formerly Neo Software Produktions GmbH), doing business as Rockstar Vienna, was an Austrian Video game developer based in Vienna, Austria, and a subsidiary of Rockstar Games. Neo Software was founded on 4 January 1993 by Hannes Seifert and Niki Laber, and where acquired by Take-Two Interactive in February 2001. In 2003, during the company's tenth anniversary, the company was rebranded Rockstar Vienna. On 11 May 2006, the company was closed, leaving over 100 employees fired. A successor to the company, Games That Matter Productions, was founded by former Rockstar Vienna employees Hannes Seifert, Niki Laber and Jürgen Goeldner.

Contents

as Neo Software

  • Whale's Voyage (1993) Amiga, CD32 (with Flair Software)
  • The Clue! (1994) Amiga, CD32
  • Whale's Voyage II (1995) Amiga
  • Cedric and the Lost Sceptre (1995) Amiga, CD32 (with Alcatraz Austria)
  • Fightin' Spirit (1996) Amiga, CD32 (with Lightshock Software)
  • Black Viper (1996) Amiga, CD32 (with Lightshock Software)
  • Spherical Worlds (1996) Amiga, CD32 (with 4matted)
  • Alien Nations (1999) Microsoft Windows (with JoWooD Entertainment)
  • The Sting! (2001) Microsoft Windows (with JoWooD Entertainment)
  • Max Payne (2001) Xbox (with Remedy Entertainment)

    • as Rockstar Vienna

  • Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (2003) PS2, Xbox (with Remedy Entertainment)
  • Grand Theft Auto III (2003) Xbox (with Rockstar North)
  • Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2003) Xbox (with Rockstar North)
  • Manhunt 2 (2004–2006) PS2, Xbox (moved to Rockstar London)

    • References

    Rockstar Vienna Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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