Rockstar鈥檚 realism-vs-fun balancing act: a peek behind the curtain at Scotland鈥檚 game-changing entertainment pioneers
26 October 2018
Rockstar Games are a big deal.
Their Grand Theft Auto game is a six-billion-dollar entertainment product, leaving everything else – including films and television – in the dust. And their new game, Red Dead Redemption 2, is so big its creation was spread across nine different studios in four countries.
Rockstar North, born in Dundee and now in Edinburgh, is the largest of the studios that worked on the game. Here’s a wee look inside:-
Inside Rockstar: Red Dead Redemption 2
Inside Rockstar: The developer behind Red Dead Redemption 2
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