Rocksteady Studios

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Rocksteady Studios
legal form Limited
founding 2004
Seat London , UKUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom 
Number of employees ~ 160
Branch Software development
Website www.rocksteadyltd.com

Rocksteady Studios is a UK video game development studio based in Highgate , London . The company is part of the Time Warner media group .

Company history

Rocksteady Studios was founded by Jamie Walker and Sefton Hill , who previously worked as creative directors and production managers, respectively, at the independent development studio Argonaut Games . After Argonaut closed in 2004, they both founded the studio with financial support from the publisher SCi Entertainment (later Eidos). In return, SCi received 25.1% shares. SCi also entrusted the new studio with the development of the game Roll Call, which was previously under development at Argonaut . The game was released in 2006 under the title Urban Chaos: Riot Response . With the support of the American television producer Paul Dini , Rocksteady then developed an adaptation of the Batman comic series . The game, titled Batman: Arkham Asylum , was released in 2009 through SCi Entertainment's new owner, Square Enix , and received critical acclaim. In February 2010, the media group Time Warner , owner of the Batman license, took over a majority stake in Rocksteady through its subsidiary Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment , with Square Enix Europe still maintaining its shares. In 2011 Warner Bros. distributed Batman: Arkham City, a successor to Arkham Asylum , which also received great critical acclaim and numerous awards. During the games fair E3 2016, another title from the Arkham series was announced, but only for the PlayStation VR . Show is Batman: Arkham VR in October 2016th

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Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Luke Plunkett: Warner Buys Batman: Arkham Asylum Devs ( English ) In: Kotaku . February 23, 2010. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
  3. ↑ Rob Crossley: Eidos retains 25% stake in Rocksteady ( English ) In: Develop . February 23, 2010. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 4, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.develop-online.net
  4. Jump up ↑ Batman: Arkham VR - E3 trailer for the Rocksteady VR game . Article from pcgames.de , June 15, 2016, accessed June 15, 2016
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  6. ↑ Christopher Grant: Here are the winners of the 2011 Spike Video Game Awards ( English ) In: Joystiq . AOL . December 10, 2011. Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. Retrieved on December 11, 2011.
  7. ↑ 'Uncharted 2: Among Thieves' Breaks Away and Flees with 10 Awards During the 13th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards ( English ) PR Newswire . February 18, 2010. Archived from the original on April 12, 2013. Retrieved on February 18, 2010.
  8. ↑ 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards Finalists and Winners ( English , PDF; 110 kB) In: Interactive.org . Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences . February 9, 2012. Archived from the original on February 10, 2012. Retrieved on February 10, 2012.
  9. ↑ Jake Gaskill: Batman: Arkham Asylum Wins BAFTA Game Of The Year ( English ) In: G4TV . NBCUniversal . March 19, 2010. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013. Retrieved on March 10, 2010.
  10. ↑ Video games Baftas 2012: winners in full (English) . In: BBC News , BBC , March 16, 2012. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. 
  11. ↑ 10th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards . In: Game Developers Choice Awards . Game Developers Conference . 2010. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
  12. ↑ Steven Moffat Honored at Writers' Guild Awards (English) . In: BBC News , BBC , November 15, 2012. Archived from the original on January 19, 2013. Retrieved January 19, 2013.