Rockstar North

Rockstar North Limited
Formerly	Acme Software (1984–1987); DMA Design (1987–1997); Pinco 900 Limited (1997); DMA Design Limited (1997–2002); Rockstar Studios Limited (2002);
Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video game industry
Founded	1984; 40 years ago in Dundee, Scotland
Founders	David Jones; Russell Kay; Steve Hammond; Mike Dailly;
Headquarters	Edinburgh, Scotland
Key people	Andrew Semple (studio director); Rob Nelson (studio director);
Products	Lemmings series (1991–1994); Grand Theft Auto series (1997–2013); Manhunt (2003); Agent (TBA);
Number of employees	360+ (2013)
Parent	Gremlin Interactive (1996–1999); Infogrames (1999); Take-Two Interactive (1999–2002); Rockstar Games (2002–present);
Website	rockstarnorth.com

Rockstar North Limited (former DMA Design Limited) is a Scottish video game developer based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The company was founded as Acme Software in Dundee in 1984. The founders were classmates David Jones, Russell Kay, Steve Hammond, and Mike Dailly. It was renamed DMA Design in 1987. During its early years, the publishing company Psygnosis backed DMA Design, and it focused mainly on making games for the Amiga, Atari ST and Commodore 64 game systems. During this time, DMA created successful shooters such as Menace and Blood Money, but it soon turned to platform games after the release of Lemmings in 1991.^[2] Lemmings was an international success and led to several sequels and spin-offs. After developing Unirally for Nintendo, DMA Design was set to become one of their main second-party developers, but this partnership ended after Nintendo's disapproval of Body Harvest.

Rockstar North Media

Among the core members of the early DMA Design team were (from left to right) Russell Kay, Mike Dailly, Steve Hammond, Gary Timmons, and David Jones (pictured in 2011).
DMA Design inaugurated its first offices on 134B Nethergate in Dundee (top; pictured in 2005) in August 1989. A plaque commemorating the twentieth anniversary of Lemmings was installed in February 2011.
DMA Design's satellite studio in Boulder, Colorado, was based near the Devil's Thumb rock formation it was later named after (pictured in 1996).
From 2004 to 2014, Rockstar North occupied offices at Calton Square, 1 Greenside Row, Edinburgh; at the foot of Calton Hill.

References

↑ French, Michael (4 October 2013). "Inside Rockstar North – Part 2: The Studio". Develop. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
↑ "The History of DMA - Part1". www.javalemmings.com. Retrieved 2023-06-09.

Other websites

Official website

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[Develop:_Inside_Rockstar_North_2-1] French, Michael (4 October 2013). "Inside Rockstar North – Part 2: The Studio". Develop. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.

[2] "The History of DMA - Part1". www.javalemmings.com. Retrieved 2023-06-09.

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Formerly	Acme Software (1984–1987) DMA Design (1987–1997) Pinco 900 Limited (1997) DMA Design Limited (1997–2002) Rockstar Studios Limited (2002)
Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video game industry
Founded	1984; 40 years ago (1984) in Dundee, Scotland
Founders	David Jones Russell Kay Steve Hammond Mike Dailly
Headquarters	Edinburgh , Scotland
Key people	Andrew Semple (studio director) Rob Nelson (studio director)
Products	Lemmings series (1991–1994) Grand Theft Auto series (1997–2013) Manhunt (2003) Agent (TBA)
Number of employees	360+^[1] (2013)
Parent	Gremlin Interactive (1996–1999) Infogrames (1999) Take-Two Interactive (1999–2002) Rockstar Games (2002–present)
Website	rockstarnorth.com