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Lawyers involved in Rockstar lawsuit argue that ‘the Houser brothers were incapable of completing large and complex games without Leslie Benzies' oversight’
Read More »Ex-Rockstar North head sues for $150m in unpaid royalties
Former president Leslie Benzies claims he was forced out of the Grand Theft Auto developer after 15 years
Read More »Rockstar and GTA V lead designer Leslie Benzies begin messy $150m divorce
The lead designer of Grand Theft Auto is suing Rockstar and Take-Two for $150m. Leslie Benzies has accused the US publishing giant and its Rockstar subsidiary of not paying him his royalties following the smash hit success of GTA V. Meanwhile, Take-Two has filed a countersuit over a ‘breach of …
Read More »Rockstar suing BBC over GTA drama
UK studio “attempted multiple times” to resolve trademark issues with BBC
Read More »Housers join The Sunday Times Rich List
Rockstar’s Sam and Dan Houser are among the gaming newcomers in this year’s The Sunday Times Rich List. Games Industry reports that the pair are named at No. 947 in the 1,000-strong list, with a value of 90m. King’s recent IPO brings a further four games industry faces to the …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto creators make wealthiest Brit list
Houser brothers valued with a combined fortune estimated at £90m
Read More »VIDEO: Kojima presents Houser brothers with BAFTA
Last night’s video games BAFTAs were crowned with a rare public appearance from the media-shy Houser brothers. The Rockstar founders were handed their BAFTA Fellowship by non other than Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima. This is a tremendous honour for us as a mostly British run company and as passionate …
Read More »Rockstar’s Houser duo scale Guardian Media 100
Sam and Dan Houser finish above newspaper owners, elite journalists and key entertainers
Read More »Industry veterans honoured in Awards shortlist
Games industry veterans have been named in the list of flnalists for the first British Inspiration Awards. The Awards have been set up to honour the top creative minds in Britain across a range of categories, including interactive entertainment, film, TV, music, fashion and the Arts. The ceremony will be …
Read More »Sam Houser stumps up for Obama
From Developmag.com : GamePolitics has an interesting post up dissecting the various filings available on each of the presendtial candidates, and has sifted through the Republican and Democrat donations lists to find key luminaries. Did you know Will Wright was a republican? Does it surprise you that Sam Houser and …
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