Rockstar is not what it used to be. Journalist Jason Schreier talked to employees who assure that the company has revised its work processes and has become more progressive.

Recently, Rockstar has been actively hiring employees. According to the studio’s LinkedIn page, 307 vacancies are now open, and Rockstar has published 70 of them only over the past day.

Rockstar really planned to release remasters of Red Dead Redemption and GTA IV. However, for now the studio has decided to abandon this idea and fully focus on the sixth part of its main franchise.

Developers who tried to get a job at Riot Games, Rockstar and Manticore Games have become victims of scammers. Unknown attackers presented themselves as recruiters of companies, and then extorted hundreds of dollars from applicants. The real Riot Games is going to investigate and sue the scammers.

The release of a trilogy of remasters of classic GTA turned into a failure. User ratings on Metacritic dropped to 0.5/10 — one of the worst results in history. Players complain massively about bugs, the depressing technical condition of the project and demand a refund. At the same time, remasters were unavailable for launch for three days.

On the occasion of the release of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy — The Definitive Edition producer Rockstar spoke about the creation of remasters and the difficulties encountered in the process. The team wanted to preserve the spirit of classic titles. However, it lost part of the source code, as a result of which the developers had to make a number of compromises and tricks.

Grand Theft Auto Online has incredibly long downloads. Not so long ago, a user under the nickname t0st wrote that he knows how to reduce them by 70%. His decision was approved by Rockstar, which has already included the programmer’s achievements in the official patch.

Leslie Benzies, who previously served as president of Rockstar North, has attracted investments of $42 million to develop a new game Everywhere. One of the investors was the Chinese giant NetEase.The funds will be received by the Benzis studio Build a Rocket Boy.

An AAA title for virtual reality helmets will appear in the Rockstar portfolio. Perhaps the company was inspired by the success of the VR reissue of L.A. Noire, as well as the fame of Half-Life: Alyx.

Take-Two presented a report for the last fiscal quarter and a forecast for the whole year. Also, its management sparingly commented on the departure of Dan Houser from Rockstar.

On November 5, Red Dead Redemption 2 will be available on PC. The game was released last year on PS4 and Xbox One, becoming a hit. In less than a year, its sales amounted to 25 million copies.

The number of gaming companies with their own stores included Rockstar. She launched the Rockstar Games Launcher for PC players.

In the coming weeks, Rockstar Games will close the deal to acquire the Indian studio Dhruva Interactive. Now the developer is owned by the Swedish publisher Starbreeze AB.

The cowboy action movie Red Dead Redemption 2 hit the jackpot. The game earned $725 million. This is the second most successful launch in the history of the entertainment industry.

In December 2013, Rockstar promises to release a port of the GTA: San Andreas criminal action on mobile devices. The game will be supplemented with new controls and improved graphics, as reported by the official website of the developers.