Rockstar acquires Crackdown 2 developer Ruffian Games

Rockstar has acquired Crackdown 2 developer Ruffian Games. The independent studio has since been renamed Rockstar Dundee. It is not known exactly what the studio is working on as part of Rockstar.

The studio in Dundee, Scotland, appears to have made a definitive name change on October 6, according to an official British company register, with the name Ruffian Games Limited being changed to Rockstar Dundee Limited, The Gamer discovered. The takeover has been a fact since October 1; The register shows a document stating that Rockstar parent company Take-Two Interactive Software has owned 75 percent or more of the shares and voting rights since that date.

The take-over by Rockstar parent company Take-Two Interactive seemed to have already been noticed by a Twitter user, who saw that Rockstar was already Rockstar Dundee. A year ago, the acquired studio turned out to be work with Rockstar to unnamed Rockstar projects.

The former Ruffian Games was founded in 2009 and consists of developers who have worked on Manhunt and Grand Theft Auto, for example. Also in 2009 joined developers who worked on the original Crackdown, Project Gotham Racing and Fable 2. Probably their most famous game is Crackdown 2 from 2010, but the studio has also been working on Crackdown 3’s Wrecking Zone mode and the developers are known for partnering with 343 Industries to bring Halo Reach to Xbox One and PC. as part of the Master Chief Collection.

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