Rockstar Lincoln
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Formerly called |
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| Industry | Video game industry |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Headquarters | Lincoln, England |
Key people | Timothy Bates (general manager) |
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| Website |
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Rockstar Lincoln Limited (formerly Tarantula Studios), is a British video game developer based in Lincoln, England. It is a subsidiary of Rockstar Games and their dedicated quality assurance and video game localization studio.[1]
The studio was founded in 1997 as Tarantula Studios, a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive, and developed adaptions of video games for Game Boy, Game Boy Color platforms, such as for Grand Theft Auto and Grand Theft Auto 2, and original games, such as Las Vegas Cool Hand. Additionally, it developed the PlayStation ports of Kiss Pinball and Hidden & Dangerous. Tarantula Studios was renamed Rockstar Lincoln in 2002 and moved to the Rockstar Games umbrella, solely becoming a quality assurance and video game localization company. The company incorporated as Rockstar Lincoln Limited in 2006.
In January 2011, long-time studio head Mark Lloyd resigned from the company.[2] He was succeeded by Timothy Bates, who became general manager of the company.
Games developed
| Year | Title | Platform(s) | Publisher(s) |
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| 1998 | Las Vegas Cool Hand | Game Boy, Game Boy Color | Take-Two Interactive |
| Montezuma's Return! | |||
| Rats! | |||
| Space Station Silicon Valley | Game Boy Color | ||
| 1999 | Hollywood Pinball | ||
| Jim Henson's Muppets | |||
| Grand Theft Auto | Rockstar Games | ||
| 2000 | Austin Powers: Oh, Behave! | ||
| Austin Powers: Welcome to My Underground Lair! | |||
| Grand Theft Auto 2 | |||
| 2001 | Kiss Pinball | PlayStation | Take-Two Interactive |
| Hidden & Dangerous |
References
- ↑ This is Lincolnshire (9 July 2009). "Could you test games for a living?". Lincolnshire Live. Local World. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ↑ Reilly, Jim (26 January 2011). "Rockstar London Studio Head Exits". IGN. IGN Entertainment. Retrieved 3 August 2017.