Report: Crackdown 2 developer Ruffian Games rebranded as Rockstar Dundee following acquisition

Update, October 14 (11:13 ET): Rockstar Games confirmed today that information technology has acquired and rebranded Ruffian Games equally Rockstar Dundee.

According to TheGamer, Take-Two Interactive has acquired Ruffian Games, the developers of Crackdown 2. A Companies House list points to the appointment of Have-Two Interactive equally having control in the company, likewise as rebranding the studio from Ruffian Games to Rockstar Dundee.

Ruffian Games is located in Dundee, Scotland and is previously best-known for developing Crackdown 2. The studio also assisted on projects like Halo: The Master Primary Collection and Crackdown iii. Several developers who previously worked on the One thousand Theft Auto franchise currently piece of work at Ruffian, and so the conquering makes sense. Rockstar Northward is also located in Scotland, while Ruffian has been hiring for developers to work on a projection with Rockstar since 2022.

This acquisition brings the Rockstar Games partitioning of Take-Two Interactive to 10 studios. Correct now, we know Rockstar is working on a adjacent-generation version of K Theft Auto V and Thousand Theft Auto Online for Xbox Series X, Xbox Series Southward and PS5, which is set up to release in the second half of 2022. 1000 Theft Auto Five has sold over 135 1000000 copies as of August 2022.

Update, June fifteen (eleven:13 pm ET) — Rockstar Games is growing

The conquering has been confirmed and Ruffian Games has joined Rockstar Games and been renamed Rockstar Dundee. The 40-person team will exist assisting the rest of Rockstar Games on future projects.

"We are thrilled to take Ruffian join the Rockstar Games family unit," said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. "The Ruffian team are a talented improver to Rockstar's global studios, and we expect forward to working together on hereafter projects."

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