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Two games from Deep Silver Vienna

08-Aug-08

After Rockstar Vienna was closed down, the founders started a new company called Games That Matter. In August last year they were acquired by Koch Media and they are now known as Deep Silver Vienna.
Two of the projects they have been working on have recently been announced: Cursed Mountain, a survival horror game for the [...]

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Next Generation article on video game credits

08-Nov-07

There’s a nice article on Next Generation about video game credits and the IGDA standard, which includes a couple of comments from myself. I sound a bit more anti-Rockstar than I really feel. I don’t really lie awake seething with hate or anything. Serves me right for choosing the word ‘outraged’ - it sounded better [...]

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More on Manhunt 2 and Rockstar Vienna

05-Nov-07

Gareth White, a programmer who worked on Manhunt 2 at Rockstar Vienna, also has something to say on the situation. Among other things, he points out that some files on the disk contain the names of people from Rockstar Vienna.
I haven’t played the released version myself, but it sounds like it’s virtually identical to the [...]

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Rockstar Vienna’s missing credits for Manhunt 2

01-Nov-07

Yesterday, Rockstar Games released Manhunt 2 for Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PSP and Nintendo Wii. This blog post is not about the difficulties Take Two had getting this game on the market. I merely intend to correct an inaccuracy in the game’s credits, namely the over 55 missing Rockstar Vienna employees who worked on the [...]

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