Talk:Rockstar Games

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Rockstar Games article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find video game sources: "Rockstar Games" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR · free images · free news sources · TWL · NYT · WP reference · VG/RS · VG/RL · WPVG/Talk

This article is written in American English, which has its own spelling conventions (color, defense, traveled) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

This article is rated C-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:

Video games High‑importance

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Video games, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of video games on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Video gamesWikipedia:WikiProject Video gamesTemplate:WikiProject Video gamesvideo game articles

High

This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale.

Summary of Video games WikiProject open tasks:

Summary of Video games WikiProject open tasks

AfDs

Merge discussions

Other discussions

No major discussions

Featured content candidates

Good article nominations

DYK nominations

No did you know nominations

Reviews and reassessments

Articles that need...

Companies Low‑importance

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Companies, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of companies on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.CompaniesWikipedia:WikiProject CompaniesTemplate:WikiProject Companiescompany articles

Low This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

WikiProject Companies To-do:

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Article requests : Wikipedia:Requested articles/Business and economics/Companies
Assess : Category:Unassessed company articles
Copyedit : Category:Company articles needing attention
Infobox : Category:Company articles needing infoboxes
Maintain : Portal:Companies
Stubs : Help expand stub articles located at Category:Company stubs
Other :
- Tag company articles with the {{portal|Companies}} template
- Tag company talk pages with the {{WikiProject Companies}} project banner
- Answer requests for comments

New York City Low‑importance

	New York City portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject New York City, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of New York City-related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.New York CityWikipedia:WikiProject New York CityTemplate:WikiProject New York CityNew York City articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

The following references may be useful when improving this article in the future:

Kato, Matthew (September 29, 2009). "The Ties That Divide – Is Game Development A Cooperative Or Competitive Game?". Game Informer.
"Rockstar Shopstar". IGN. August 13, 2001.
Plunkett, Luke (September 27, 2012). "The History of Rockstar's Game Intros". Kotaku.
Gardner, Eriq (May 21, 2015). "'Grand Theft Auto' Maker Sues Over BBC Film". The Hollywood Reporter.
Hill, Logan (July 1, 2002). "Why Rockstar Games Rule". Wired.
White, Sam (September 8, 2013). "Rockstar Games: Time Travellers". IGN.
Cundy, Matt (June 4, 2010). "5 iconic game company logos that must not be messed with". GamesRadar+.
DeLong, Douglas (July 28, 2017). "Five Ways That Rockstar Has Changed The Video Game Industry". Game Informer.
"The Influentials: Tech". New York. May 3, 2006.
"Big Changes at BMG". Next Generation. April 15, 1997. Archived from the original on April 20, 1997.
"BMG Pulls Out". Next Generation. April 23, 1997. Archived from the original on June 5, 1997.
Mastrapa, Gus (July 26, 2018). "Rockstar Book Canceled, New Project in the Works". Wired.
https://www.timeextension.com/features/it-became-almost-like-a-cult-the-untold-story-behind-rockstars-iconic-logo

Archives

Archive 1

This page has archives. Sections older than 30 days may be automatically archived by when more than 4 sections are present.

Rockstar was originally a Scottish company.

it might be better to refer to it as scottish rather than british. 81.109.90.194 (talk) 09:35, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rockstar Games is (and always has been) American. You're thinking of Rockstar North. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 12:14, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No they haven't, stop it 217.8.11.88 (talk) 12:42, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rockstar Games was founded in 1998 in New York, where it is based today. Central to its establishment were two Englishmen and the assets of a former London company. Rockstar North, on the other hand, was founded in 1988 in Dundee and currently resides in Edinburgh. Hope that helps. IceWelder [✉] 21:52, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Cfx.re" or "CitizenFX"

I made an attempt at editing this in the past which was reverted so i'm just taking this here to avoid extra trouble. I cannot find any source to articulate that the "CitizenFX" name is no longer in use.

Their Patreon, which is still used for the monetization of server slots continues to refer to it as both Cfx.re and The CitizenFX Collective.[1]

The Take Two investor called had Strauss refer to it as "CitizenFX"[2].

While I will agree Cfx.re seems to be the preferred name (given its extensive usage), to me it seems to just be that; preference, not the exclusive name. So I'm unsure if "Formerly CitizenFX" is a statement that should be made in the history without more tangible evidence to suggest as such. Lucas7yoshi (talk) 01:59, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good catch—I've removed "formerly" and added a ref to verify. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 02:05, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Perfect, Hadn't caught that source while digging up the investor call. Thanks! Lucas7yoshi (talk) 02:09, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 22 July 2024

This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request.

Add to Rockstar LA's notes that it was acquired in 2023 as Standard Deviation, and is now Rockstar LA, they were previously motion capture hardware/software specialists.

rockstargames.com/standarddeviation LoadingYourData101 (talk) 23:41, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 23:44, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 4 September 2024

This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request.

Add Oxford comma. 64.189.18.49 (talk) 00:44, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 00:45, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]