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Rockstar: 5 Games That Define The Developer

KeenGamer: ''Rockstar Game's rise coincides with my childhood and, as such, has left an indelible mark on my gaming life. I’ve narrowed down the five games that I believe have defined the developer throughout their stellar rise and continued success. From LA Noire to Bully, here are Rockstar’s five most defining video games."

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porkChop2357d ago

"Rockstar: 5 Games That Define The Developer"

Includes a game that Rockstar didn't even develop. I can see you did a lot of research for this one.

Profchaos2357d ago (Edited 2357d ago )

There's a huge backlist of forgotten titles they could have chosen surfing h3o for example. From memory rockstar did develop aspects or assist with aspects of la noire including the control scheme and the final polish and gave it a push to get it out the door but it wasnt really all theirs

SkatterBrain2357d ago

Grand Theft Auto, Bully, Red Dead Redemption, Max Payne, Midnight Club

ginganinja2356d ago

I mean, they've got games from 3 different development teams there;
Bully is Rockstar Vancouver, LA noire is Team Bondi and the other 3 from Rockstar North.
If the focus was supposed to be on the GTA dev, then maybe Manhunt and Lemmings (which they did as DMA design) would have been smarter choices.

isarai2357d ago

Im probably alone but The Warriors is one of the best R* games they've made. Not only did they make a great film licensed game, they made an entire prequel to the film thats just as good aswell as origin stories for all characters. Also one of the funnest beat'em ups ever made.

porkChop2357d ago

You know, it's interesting. Rockstar Toronto (which isn't even in Toronto) developed that game. But since then Rockstar has just treated them as a porting studio. The Warriors is the only game that team ever made themselves and it was fantastic.

Skuletor2357d ago

That game was awesome and came with so much extra content like the versus modes (King of the Hill was great) , sidescrolling beat em up mode etc. Definitely one of my fav from the PS2/Xbox Era. And it had co-op

King_Noctis2357d ago (Edited 2357d ago )

The Warrior is one of the most underrated games ever. I got it on my PSP, and it instantly hooked me from start to finish. The game’s ending scene is simply awesome.

PhoenixUp2357d ago

Shame Rockstar didn’t even release 5 new games this whole generation

Juusterey2357d ago

I think Gta online is what really defines them

Welshy2357d ago (Edited 2357d ago )

I know this is an unpopular opinion and I'm braced for the dislikes, but I haven't been able to get through a Rockstar game since the PS2 era.

I appreciate how pretty and detailed their worlds are, but everything GTA4 onwards has been horrible to actually play for me. Whether it's Arthur having the momentum of a cruise ship and taking 3 paces to stop moving in RDR2, or when GTA4 thought it was Gran Turismo and wouldn't allow you to corner at more than 5mph. They seem to have a fundamental misunderstanding of realism = immersion when they are entirely different and it just gets in the way for me.

Their gameplay and mission design do nothing but pull me out of enjoying their best in class world design and writing, it majorly bums me out to be honest because I'd love to be as into RDR2 etc as everyone else got but I can't get over the hurdle of actually playing their games.

MONOLITHICIDE2357d ago

im with you .
just the other day i was playing GTA3
just running and driving around. listening to the radio and the npc walking around.

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai13d ago (Edited 13d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio13d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing13d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9213d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit13d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing13d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9213d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.

What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.

If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."

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Koei Tecmo Announces Record Financial Results After Releasing Many Big Games

Today, Koei Tecmo announced its financial results for the full fiscal year 2025, related to the period between April 2025 and March 2026.

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