| This article refers to the developers of the Manhunt series. For the publisher, see Rockstar Games. |
- “Part of the Rockstar Games family since 1999, Rockstar North is home to the ground-breaking Grand Theft Auto Series. Ambition and hard work have made Rockstar North a preeminent games developer worldwide, and at the heart of it all is a team of motivated individuals who strive to produce amazing, industry-leading games.”
Rockstar North is the trade name of Rockstar Games UK Limited (formerly known as DMA Design Limited and Rockstar North Limited), a British video game development company from Edinburgh, Scotland, widely known as the creators and primary developers of both the Grand Theft Auto and Manhunt series, and responsible for originating the monumentally successful puzzle-strategy Lemmings franchise for the Amiga in 1991.
Description[]
Rockstar North was originally founded as DMA Design in Dundee in 1987 by David Scott Jones, soon hiring former classmates Mike Dailly, Russell Kay, and Steve Hammond. The company is currently a studio for its American parent company Rockstar Games which is owned by Take Two Interactive. The president of the company was Leslie Benzies until 2016.
After the shift, Rockstar North worked on new titles, including Grand Theft Auto's shared-universe psychological horror game Manhunt, and provided additional support to other video game titles published by their parent company, including Max Payne 3 and Rockstar San Diego's Red Dead Redemption as a collaborative effort between multiple Rockstar Studios.
More recently, Rockstar North is the developer of Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online. Rockstar North is Rockstar Games' most experienced production company, with a total of 33 games produced under the DMA Design or Rockstar North banner.
Games[]
As DMA Design[]
- Menace
- Ballistix
- Blood Money
- Lemmings
- Oh No! More Lemmings
- Walker
- Hired Guns
- Holiday Lemmings 1993
- The Lemmings Chronicles
- Christmas Lemmings
- Uniracers
- Grand Theft Auto
- Body Harvest
- Space Station Silicon Valley
- Tanktics
- Wild Metal Country
- Grand Theft Auto 2
- Grand Theft Auto III (credited as DMA only on PlayStation 2 release)
As Rockstar North[]
- Grand Theft Auto III
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- Manhunt
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (with Rockstar Leeds)
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (with Rockstar Leeds)
- Manhunt 2 (with Rockstar London, Rockstar Toronto, Rockstar Vienna and Rockstar Leeds)
- Grand Theft Auto IV
- Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
- Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (with Rockstar Leeds)
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Grand Theft Auto Online
- Grand Theft Auto VI (collaborative effort with multiple Rockstar Studios)
Cancelled[]
Other[]
Rockstar North provided assistance in the development of other titles, and published by Rockstar Games:
- Red Dead Redemption (assistance only; developed by Rockstar San Diego)
- Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare (assistance only; developed by Rockstar San Diego)
- Max Payne 3 (collaborative effort with multiple Rockstar Studios; franchise developed by Remedy Entertainment)