Rocksteady Studios
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| Type | Subsidiary of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
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| Industry | Interactive entertainment Computer and video games |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
| Key people | Sefton Hill, Jamie Walker, Nathan Burlow |
| Products | Urban Chaos: Riot Response Batman: Arkham series (except Batman: Arkham Origins and Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate) |
| Owners | Time Warner |
| Employees | ~149 (2014)[1] |
| Parent | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
| Website | http://www.rocksteadyltd.com/ |
Rocksteady Studios is a British video game developer based in Highgate, London. The studio's titles are Urban Chaos: Riot Response, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City and Batman: Arkham Knight.
History[edit]
Rocksteady Studios was founded in 2004 by Sefton Hill and Jamie Walker.[2] The studio was acquired by Time Warner in February 2010.[3]
At the 2009 Spike Video Game Awards, Rocksteady Studios was named Studio of the Year.[4]
Rocksteady Studios became renowned for its critically acclaimed Batman games Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City. Although a third Arkham game was developed, Rocksteady did not act as developer for the third game Batman: Arkham Origins; instead, development was handled by Warner Bros. Games Montréal. This is because they were working on an unannounced Arkham game.
On March 4, 2014, Rocksteady and Warner Bros. announced the next and final Arkham game titled Batman: Arkham Knight to be released for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows.
Games developed[edit]
| Year | Title | Platform(s) | |||||||||
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| Mac | PS2 | PS3 | PS4 | PC | Wii U | Xbox | X360 | XBO | |||
| 2006 | Urban Chaos: Riot Response | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | |
| 2009 | Batman: Arkham Asylum | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | |
| 2011 | Batman: Arkham City | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | |
| 2015 | Batman: Arkham Knight | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | |
Review scores[edit]
Rocksteady Studios
| Game title | Year released | Platforms | GameRankings | Metacritic | Publisher |
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| Urban Chaos: Riot Response | 2006 | PS2, Xbox | 75%[5] | 73[6] | Eidos Interactive |
| Batman: Arkham Asylum | 2009 | Windows, Mac, PS3, Xbox 360 | 92.34%[7] | 91[8] | Eidos Interactive, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
| Batman: Arkham City | 2011 | Windows, Mac, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U | 96.70%[9] | 97[10] | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
| Batman: Arkham Knight | 2015 | Windows, PS4, Xbox One | - | - | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
References[edit]
- ^ "Rocksteady Studios About". Rocksteady Studios. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
- ^ Fahey, Rob (2005-01-17). "SCi funds new development studio". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- ^ Plunkett, Luke (2010-02-23). "Warner Buys Batman: Arkham Asylum Devs". Kotaku. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
- ^ "Spike TV Announces 2009 Video Game Awards Winners". PR Newswire. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
- ^ "Urban Chaos: Riot Response Reviews". Retrieved March 9, 2013.
- ^ "Urban Chaos: Riot Response Reviews". Retrieved March 9, 2013.
- ^ "Batman: Arkham Asylum Reviews". GameRankings. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
- ^ "Barman: Arkham Asylum Reviews". Retrieved March 9, 2013.
- ^ "Batman: Arkham City Reviews". GameRankings. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
- ^ "Batman: Arkham City Reviews". Retrieved March 9, 2013.
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