Rocksteady Studios
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Subsidiary of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Affiliate of Square Enix | |
| Industry | Computer and video games |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Founder |
Sefton Hill Jamie Walker |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
Key people | Sefton Hill, Jamie Walker |
| Products |
Arkham Knight Arkham City Arkham Asylum Urban Chaos: Riot Response |
| Owners |
Time Warner 74.9% Square Enix 25.1% |
Number of employees | 120 (January 2016) [1] |
| Website | http://www.rocksteadyltd.com/ |
Rocksteady Studios is a British video game developer based in Kentish Town, London. They have developed four games and are best known for their work in the Batman: Arkham series.
History
Rocksteady was founded in 2004 by Sefton Hill and Jamie Walker.[2] The studio released Urban Chaos in 2006 then thanks to the huge success of Arkham Asylum in 2009, the studio was acquired by Time Warner in February 2010, although Square Enix Europe formerly Eidos Interactive still holds stock at (25.1%).[3]
Rocksteady Studios has since became renowned for its critically acclaimed Batman games Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City, and Batman: Arkham Knight. Although a prequel Arkham game was developed (Batman: Arkham Origins), Rocksteady did not act as developer for the game; instead, development was handled by Warner Bros. Games Montréal.
Games developed
| Title | Release date | Platform(s) | Average Metacritic[Note 1] |
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| Batman: Arkham Knight | 23 June 2015 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC* | 87% |
| Batman: Arkham City | 18 October 2011 | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC*, Macintosh**, WiiU* | 96% |
| Batman: Arkham Asylum | 25 August 2009 | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC*, Macintosh* | 91% |
| Urban Chaos: Riot Response | 13 June 2006 | PlayStation 2, Xbox | 73% |
- ↑
- Scores are the average of the Metacritic score for SKUs developed by Rocksteady Studios.
* SKU not developed by Rocksteady
References
- ↑ http://www.rocksteadyltd.com | Rocksteady Website
- ↑ Fahey, Rob (2005-01-17). "SCi funds new development studio". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- ↑ Plunkett, Luke (2010-02-23). "Warner Buys Batman: Arkham Asylum Devs". Kotaku. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
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