Rockstar Canada

Rockstar Games Toronto ULC

Trading name	Rockstar Toronto
Formerly called	Alternative Reality Technologies Inc. (1994–1997) Take-Two Interactive Software Canada Inc. (1997–1999) Rockstar Canada Inc. (1999–2002) Rockstar Toronto Inc. (2002–2012) Rockstar Games Toronto Inc. (2012)
Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video game industry
Founded	November 1994; 22 years ago (1994-11)
Headquarters	Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Key people	Kevin Hoare (studio manager)
Parent	Rockstar Games

Rockstar Games Toronto ULC (formerly Rockstar Canada Inc.), doing business as Rockstar Toronto, is an in-house game development studio for Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive, located in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, just outside of Toronto.

Rockstar Canada was renamed Rockstar Toronto in 2002 after Rockstar Games bought Vancouver-based Barking Dog Studios and renamed it Rockstar Vancouver.

While initially focusing on developing brand new titles such as The Warriors, Rockstar Toronto later took the responsibility of porting Rockstar titles to the Wii console and PC. They co-developed the PC version of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City with Rockstar North, which was released on April 13, 2010.

On July 9, 2012, Rockstar announced that it was expanding. The studio moved to a brand new facility in Oakville and hired 50 new positions.Rockstar Vancouver studio was closed and 35 developers were to be merged with the Toronto team. It was the second big game developer lured to the Toronto area after Ubisoft Toronto also announced plans to expand.