Prior to the creation of Rockstar India, Rockstar Games had collaborated with Technicolor India, the Bangalore studio of Technicolor SA, on games like Red Dead Redemption (2010), L.A. Noire (2011), and Max Payne 3 (2012).[1] In October 2012, Technicolor and Rockstar Games announced the opening of the "Rockstar Dedicated Unit" within Technicolor India, which was to size around 80–90 people and work solely on Rockstar Games' products.[2][3] Around August 2016, Rockstar Games established Rockstar India as an internal studio in Bangalore.[4] Daniel Smith was installed as the studio manager.[5] The studio was part of the development team on Red Dead Redemption 2, which was released in October 2018.[6] In May 2019, Rockstar Games agreed to acquire Starbreeze Studios's majority stake in Dhruva Interactive, the oldest game developer in India, for US$7.9 million. Dhruva Interactive's team of 300 people was to be integrated with Rockstar India, which had grown to approximately 500 employees by this time.[5] The acquisition was completed later that month.[7]
