Rockstar Studios

Rockstar Toronto ( formally Rockstar Canada) is a Rockstar Games Studio that is known for games such as The Warriors and porting several other games to other consoles such as Bully: Scholarship Edition to the Wii.

The studio is also responsible for the P.C version of Grand Theft Auto IV, it had a rough way to where it is now, the game released with several bugs & flaws and the game suffered from crashes but the problems got picked up quick by Rockstar Toronto for which they started to work on patches together with the community at GTAFORUMS.COM.

After a short period Rockstar had released a couple of patches for the GTA IV PC Version which fixed most of the problems.

Rockstar San Diego have developed some high profile games over the past few years, including, Midtown Maddnes, Midnight Club, the recently released hit; Red Dead Redemption, Smugglers Run and a lot more.
The studio was founded in 1984 under the name Angel Studios and has been under Rockstar’s Wing since 2003.

Rockstar San Diego is also responsible for R.A.G.E, the Rockstar Advanced Game Engine. -- Which is used to power games such as Rockstar Presents Table Tennis and more notably, Grand Theft Auto IV. These game's proved that the engine was capable of rendering realistic graphics.

Rockstar North, (previously DMA Design Ltd.) is the developer of such successful franchises as Grand Theft Auto and Manhunt is one of the video game developers in the world.

The Rockstar North Studio is based out of modern, spacious, purpose-built studios in the heart of Edinburgh. They develop original titles and work closely with publishing partner Rockstar Games and have since 1999 been part of the Rockstar family of developers. Rockstar North is an entirely owned subsidiary company of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.

History of Rockstar North
DMA Design was founded by David Jones back in 1988 based in Dundee, Scotland. The name DMA came from the Amiga programming manuals (where it was short for "Direct Memory Access”) and the meaning of the initials were later ‘retrofitted’ so that they briefly stood for Direct Mind Access. One company founder also jokingly refered to the initials as if they ment "Doesn’t Mean Anything”.

Prior to the Grand Theft Auto series, DMA Design had a big hit with the Lemmings. Lemmings was also the company’s major breakthrough. Lemmings have sold over 20 million copies to date.