Rockstar has today announced that it has acquired Sydney studio Video Games Deluxe and renamed it Rockstar Australia. This marks Rockstar’s return into Australia after working closely with Team Bondi (who created L.A Nore).
Video Game Deluxe worked on the re-release of L.A Noire, L.A Noire The VR Case Files and most recently helped fix The Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition on iOS/Android, Netflix and modern consoles.
Video Game Deluxe was founded by Team Bondi’s Brendan McNamara who created L.A. Noire so there’s big history there between Rockstar and this new development team.
“After working together closely over many years, we are excited to have Video Games Deluxe join the team as Rockstar Australia,” said Rockstar Games Head of Publishing, Jennifer Kolbe.
“It’s been an honor to work closely with Rockstar Games this past decade,” said Video Games Deluxe founder Brendan McNamara. “We are thrilled to be a part of Rockstar Games and to continue our efforts to make the best games possible.”
It’s unclear whether Rockstar Australia will continue to be a support studio or whether it will work on new original titles, but there’s absolutely more hope than ever for a new L.A Noire game you’d have to think.
