Rockstar Toronto

Rockstar Toronto

Type	Subsidiary of Rockstar Games
Industry	Game development
Founded	1999 (as Rockstar Canada) 2002 (as Rockstar Toronto)
Headquarters	Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Products	The Warriors
Owner(s)	Take-Two Interactive
Parent	Rockstar Games
Website	http://www.rockstartoronto.com/

Rockstar Toronto (formerly Rockstar Canada) is an in-house game development team for Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive, located at 586 Argus in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, a town located approximately thirty-five kilometres west of Toronto. The company was renamed Rockstar Toronto in 2002 after Rockstar Games bought Vancouver-based Barking Dog Studios and re-named it Rockstar Vancouver.

While initially focusing on developing brand new titles such as The Warriors, in recent years Rockstar Toronto has taken the responsibility of porting Rockstar titles to the Wii console and PC. Their most recent project was co-developing a PC version of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City with Rockstar North, which was released on April 13, 2010.

Rockstar Toronto in the media

Rockstar Games has appeared numerous times in the media ranging from gaming magazines, websites, and television shows. Rockstar Toronto has gained the most media coverage for its development of the game The Warriors, based on the American cult classic 1970s movie of the same name. The Warriors game overall received positive reviews and made about $37 million worldwide. A lawsuit was filed by Roger Hill (who played Cyrus in The Warriors movie) against the company for depicting him in the game without his permission. The claims were groundless and the company did indeed have rights to use Hill’s likeness in the game.^{[citation needed]}

Collaborations

Rockstar Toronto collaborates with many of its fellow Rockstar studios around the world. Rockstar Toronto has developed games for every major gaming console and has worked with popular companies, such as Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo. Rockstar Toronto collaborated with Bungie (game developer famous for its Halo title) to port Oni to the PlayStation 2 in 2001, with Remedy Entertainment on Max Payne to bring it to the PlayStation 2 in 2001, with Rockstar London to bring Manhunt 2 to the Wii in 2007, with Rockstar Vancouver and Rockstar New England to bring Bully: Scholarship Edition to the Wii in 2008 and recently with Rockstar North to bring Grand Theft Auto IV and later its episodes to the PC in 2008 and 2010. Rockstar Toronto also works daily with other Rockstar studios on various other Rockstar developed titles.

Releases

Name	Release Date	Platform	Collaboration	ESRB
Grand Theft Auto: London, 1969	April 30, 1999	PC, PS1	DMA Design, Tarantula Studios	M- Mature 17+
Oni	January 29, 2001	PlayStation 2	Bungie	T- Teen 13+
Max Payne	July 23, 2001	PlayStation 2	Remedy Entertainment	M- Mature 17+
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne	December 3, 2003	PlayStation 2	Remedy Entertainment, Rockstar Vienna	M- Mature 17+
The Warriors	October 17, 2005	PlayStation 2, Xbox, PlayStation Portable	Rockstar Leeds	M- Mature 17+
Manhunt 2	October 29, 2007	Wii	Rockstar London, Rockstar Vienna	M- Mature 17+
Bully : Scholarship Edition	March 4, 2008	Wii	Rockstar Vancouver, Rockstar New England	T- Teen 13+
Grand Theft Auto IV	December 2, 2008	PC	Rockstar North	M- Mature 17+
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City	April 13, 2010	PC	Rockstar North	M- Mature 17+

External links

• Official Rockstar Toronto website
• Rockstar Toronto at MobyGames