Rockstar Games
American video game publisher
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| 2025 | Planned release of New Max Payne 1&2 Project for Windows, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S, developed in collaboration with Remedy Entertainment (currently TBA). |
| March 2025 | Rockstar announces acquisition of Video Games Deluxe, a Sydney-based studio of former L.A. Noire developers, and plans to rename it Rockstar Australia. |
| 2023 | Michael Unsworth, vice president of writing, departs Rockstar Games after sixteen years. |
| August 2023 | Rockstar acquires Cfx.re (CitizenFX), the team behind modding platforms FiveM and RedM. |
| 2022 | Rockstar North expanded to occupy additional office space in Holyrood Park House. |
| September 2022 | Rockstar experiences a data breach where 90 development videos of Grand Theft Auto VI are leaked. |
| September 2021 | Rockstar Games leased the entire Pacific View Corporate Center in Carlsbad from Drawbridge Realty. |
| July 2021 | Rockstar North purchased Barclay House and Holyrood Park House, becoming the sole tenant of these properties. |
| June 2021 | CircoLoco Records released their first music series, Monday Dreamin, as a collection of extended plays. |
| May 2021 | Rockstar Games launched CircoLoco Records, a record label collaboration with Circoloco, an Ibiza-based dance party, aiming to contribute to the dance music scene during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| October 2020 | Rockstar Games acquires Ruffian Games and rebrands it as Rockstar Dundee. |
| March 11 2020 | Dan Houser leaves Rockstar Games after an extended break following the release of Red Dead Redemption 2. |
| September 2019 | Re-hired former technical director Tom Shepherd as joint studio head alongside art director Joshua Bass after his 14-month stint at The Initiative. |
| September 2019 | Rockstar Games launches its own digital game launcher and distribution service. |
| July 2019 | Rob Martin left the company and later joined Tencent, establishing the Lightspeed LA subsidiary studio. |
| May 2019 | Rockstar Games acquires Dhruva Interactive from Starbreeze Studios and merges the team into Rockstar India. |
| February 8 2019 | The lawsuit between Benzies and Rockstar Games was dismissed following a confidential settlement. |
| 2018 | Participated as one of eight studios in the development of Red Dead Redemption 2, with allegations of labor issues including mandatory overtime and 80-hour work weeks. |
| 2018 | The Agent trademark was abandoned, and its listing was removed from Rockstar Games's website. |
| October 2018 | Royal Circus Games was renamed to Build a Rocket Boy after Take-Two accused Benzies of poaching Rockstar North employees. |
| October 2018 | Red Dead Redemption 2 was released, developed by Rockstar Games studios working as one team, with Rockstar North having grown to 650 employees. |
| April 2018 | The New York Supreme Court partially dismissed Benzies's lawsuit, finding that the profit-sharing agreement did not guarantee equal pay for the Rockstar Principals. |
| April 12 2016 | Leslie Benzies filed a lawsuit against Rockstar Games, Take-Two, Sam Houser, and Dan Houser, claiming withheld royalty payments and alleging unfair treatment during his sabbatical. |
| January 2016 | Leslie Benzies's departure from Rockstar North was officially announced. |
| September 2014 | Leslie Benzies went on a sabbatical, with his responsibilities as studio head picked up by Garbut and Rob Nelson, both art directors. |
| August 2014 | Rockstar Games renewed the studio's lease on office space in the Faraday Corporate Center in Carlsbad for eight years. |
| March 2014 | Rockstar Games receives the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award at the 10th British Academy Games Awards for creating innovative interactive worlds. |
| 2013 | Collaborated with Rockstar North on the development and release of Grand Theft Auto V. |
| September 2013 | Release of Grand Theft Auto V, which goes on to sell over 200 million copies, becoming the second-best-selling video game of all time. |
| 2012 | Rockstar North helped develop Max Payne 3 as part of 'Rockstar Studios'. |
| February 2012 | The studio was expanding and hiring additional employees to support Rockstar Studios' collaborative effort on Max Payne 3. |
| 2011 | Rockstar San Diego began collaborating with other Rockstar Games studios, playing a supporting role in the development of L.A. Noire alongside Rockstar North and Rockstar Leeds. |
| 2011 | Rockstar North assisted in the development of L.A. Noire. |
| 2010 | Rockstar North contributed to the development of Red Dead Redemption. |
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