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GRTV News - Rockstar expands by acquiring a new studio
Video Games Deluxe is becoming Rockstar Australia to continue its work re-releasing and updating Rockstar's games.
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"Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of GRTV News.
Today we're going to keep this one really quite quick and straightforward.
We're going to be talking a little bit about Rockstar."
"Not because there's any new information out about Grand Theft Auto 6 or anything like that.
No, the developer has, or the wider company, has purchased another studio, has acquired another studio, added it to its portfolio, meaning the Rockstar family has increased and expanded.
Now, specifically we're talking about a studio here that in the past has been known for re-releasing and updating former Rockstar titles like L.A. Noire, Grand Theft Auto, The Trilogy, The Definitive Edition."
"I think that's the name of the full game.
It's an Australian team based in Sydney and they were formerly known as Video Games Deluxe, but they will now be known as Rockstar Australia.
So, let's dive in and take a look at what's happening."
"So yeah, Rockstar has acquired the studio that re-released and updated L.A. Noire and Grand Theft Auto, The Trilogy.
Video Games Deluxe is being renamed Rockstar Australia.
So, Rockstar Games is expanding its array of video game development studios by adding a team that has routinely worked with it in the past."
"As per Business Wire, Rockstar has acquired Video Games Deluxe, the studio that has recently been responsible for the re-releases and the upgrades to L.A. Noire, L.A. Noire, The F.E.A.R. Case Files and Grand Theft Auto, The Trilogy, The Definitive Edition.
The Australian Sydney based studio will be renamed as part of this deal to become Rockstar Australia and seemingly become responsible for all things porting and updating for Rockstar's works in the future."
"Speaking about officially becoming part of Rockstar, Video Games Deluxe and now Rockstar Australia's founder, Brendan McNamara said, It's unclear how much the acquisition of Video Games Deluxe has cost Rockstar.
So yes, we don't know exactly how much money Rockstar spent on Video Games Deluxe to add them to its portfolio."
"I would be surprised if this is at most a couple of billion dollars.
I say that just because, you know, they're not a huge team, not a huge studio.
That's still a big amount of money, but I would, maybe it'd be a little bit less, who knows.
But I don't think it'd be an extreme amount of money."
"And it's definitely a cost that Rockstar can eat.
Not just because it has Grand Theft Auto 6 coming up.
Well, we know that game's going to make them a lot of money.
It's also because they still make a huge amount of money from things like Grand Theft Auto Online and continued sales of Grand Theft Auto 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 and whatnot."
"So it's however much it costs Rockstar, they can swing it.
As for what we'll be seeing Rockstar Australia doing in the past, I would assume they're just going to continue doing what they've always been doing, which is going to be porting, re-releasing, that sort of stuff."
"You know, we're getting to a point where we don't have a native version of Red Dead Redemption 2.
So maybe it's an opportunity for them to step up and take on that responsibility.
Or maybe, you know, maybe there'll be other past Rockstar games that they're going to bring to the forefront.
Who knows? But that's what I would sort of expect them to be doing."
"But the key thing to know is that Rockstar is growing.
It's brought on an Australian team into its portfolio.
A team that formerly handled all its re-releases and updates for some of its past games.
And yeah, all ahead of the eventual launch of Grand Theft Auto 6, which at the moment is still tapped for autumn or late 2025."
"Who knows?
That's all the time that I have, so I will see you all on the next JLT News tomorrow.
Hope you have a great Tuesday and I'll see you on the next one."
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