Rockstar Toronto

Rockstar Games Toronto ULC

Trade name	Rockstar Toronto
Formerly	Imagexcel (198?–1995) Alternative Reality Technologies (1995–1999) Rockstar Canada (1999–2002)
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video games
Founded	Early 1980s
Headquarters	Oakville, Ontario , Canada
Key people	Kevin Hoare (studio director)
Parent	GameTek (1995–1997) Take-Two Interactive (1997–1999) Rockstar Games (1999–present)

Rockstar Toronto (Rockstar Games Toronto ULC; formerly Imagexcel, Alternative Reality Technologies, and Rockstar Canada) is a Canadian video game developer and a studio of Rockstar Games based in Oakville, Ontario. The company was established as Imagexcel in the early 1980s and developed more than fifteen games under that name, including Quarantine, which was published by GameTek in 1994. The publisher bought the studio's assets through its Alternative Reality Technologies subsidiary in March 1995 and then sold Alternative Reality Technologies to Take-Two Interactive in July 1997. The studio became part of Take-Two's Rockstar Games label as Rockstar Canada in 1999 and was renamed Rockstar Toronto in 2002 when Take-Two acquired Rockstar Vancouver. Under Rockstar Games, the studio developed the 2005 game The Warriors, based on the 1979 film of the same name, as well as several ports, including the Windows versions of Grand Theft Auto IV, Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City, Max Payne 3, and Grand Theft Auto V. In July 2012, Rockstar Vancouver was merged into Rockstar Toronto, which then moved into larger offices.