Is Rockstar Games about to put up a studio in Sydney? Either way, they definitely do have a couple of familiar helping hands from the Land Down Under. Three years following Rockstar Games' release of Grand Theft Auto: The Definitive Edition on modern platforms, an update earlier this week breathed new life into the release, and it's no thanks to the previous developers, Grove Street Games.
Instead, the credit goes to Video Game Deluxe, a small studio based in Pyrmont, Sydney, composed of individuals who previously worked on L.A. Noire as Team Bondi and the criminally underrated L.A. Noire VR Case Files.
As confirmed on their Linkedin account, Video Game Deluxe was the studio that developed the mobile ports of the GTA remastered trilogy, available on Netflix, that were universally praised compared to the counterpart on other gaming platforms. A later post revealed that Video Game Deluxe is still working with Rockstar on unnamed projects.
Although unconfirmed, we wouldn't be surprised if the recent improvements to the GTA remastered trilogy on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S/X, and PC were thanks to the Sydney-based studio, at least in part.
