Rockstar North Ltd.
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1988
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Company founded as DMA Design by Dave Jones, Russell Kay, Steve Hammond and Mike Dailly in Dundee, Scotland.
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December 1996
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The company is sold to British publisher Gremlin Interactive.
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June 1999
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Infogrames acquires Gremlin Interactive and plans to sell DMA Design.
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September 29th, 1999
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The company is acquired by Take-Two Interactive Software from Infogrames Entertainment for $11 million in cash. Dave Jones, original founder of DMA Design, leaves to take up a job at Denki and 3 years later creates his own company Real Time Worlds.
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2000
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The company moves to Edinburgh, Scotland.
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2002
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DMA Design is renamed to Rockstar North so that there would be a tighter alliance with Rockstar Games.
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December 18th, 2003
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Scottish consultant Mark Gallagher launches a £1.5m legal action claiming to have shown his game Crime, Inc. to DMA Design during a job interview in 1993 with the company, and that 1997's Grand Theft Auto was ripped off from his original work.