Rockstar expands its Toronto operations

If its a tax break then go for it rockstar but if its actual monetary backing (I will now yell online) RUN FAR AWAY (I am done now) I don't like gov'ts backing things financially because they don't have any idea how to manager their own money 

for me,  these game would be came out in 2013. period.

to much work on the roads....

I love how an Australian is reporting on Canadian gaming news. You can't get much further away from Toronto than Australia. Aren't there TONNES of game journalists in the San Fran area? I mean, it is still far away from Toronto, but not that far from Canada as a whole.

Nothing against Laura, love to see her smile, still, I just think it is weird. Besides, the time difference must make for some odd logistics You'll likely never get a phone interview because everyone will be sleeping!

Hmmm...I don't like the sound of that.

Federal and provincial level provide lots of tax breaks for video game developers already. Doesn't seem necessary.

I hope "being financially supported by the Ontario Government" doesn't mean taking a loan so large you can't pay it back, even if your next title sells over a million copies.

It sounds like Dalton McGuinty and the Liberal party will be supporting this studio expansion.

Great news for Ontario and the GTA. Our provincial government really knows where the new big businesses are.

Good. Canadian devs make the best games, anyway.

Have you heard of a company named "Research in Motion"?

Nice to know Rockstar is expanding. Max Payne 3 was awesome. I was expecting for it for so many years and its getting me so excited to play it these days. I hope they can make a sequel for it sometime, even though they haven`t putted that traditional line in the end of the MP 1 and 2: "Max Payne`s journey through the night will continue". But for the ending of it, i think there will be a sequel in some years from now.

I live in Toronto and I would like to know how much of my taxes are going to be wasted in that deal.

Well I'm sure the kids at Sherridan will be thrilled.

This is interesting. I work on the boarder of Mississauga and Oakville. I will have to check out the exact location they are going to be at. Will be cool to know that great game development is going to be so close to home!

Nice, I look forward to their position openings

You can tell when a studio / developer is awesome when even the government supports them. This article surprised me though because alot of governments these days try to blame violent games like GTA for violence etc =/

All my respect to Rockstar

I hope we'll see more of Max in the future, Max Payne 3 was a fantastic game imo. Def. one of the best 3rd person shooters iv'e played in a while, only downside was then it had to many cutscenes.

Hey that's pretty close to where I live. FINALLY I CAN VISIT A GAME DEVELOPER!

Now I can hope for a bully 2 guyz make it happen.

Red Dead Redemption was awesome, I wish Max Payne could have been closer to that.

Red dead redemption was the best game I ever played it is a masterpiece

I wish R* would do another game like Warriors or another Manhunt but....if I was them I'd make the setup of the plot just like the first game, death row inmate wakes up in a dead city and forced to perform in snuff films......

How the game would unfold however would be different but the executions and stealth would remain...

Another Bully would be nice too....

I used to like Rock* games for what they have done so far, but MP3 wasn't that good. I still love Rock* for GTA and Manhunt,... but MP3 destroyed my childhood fav character( Max Payne 1/2, still play them )

Rockstar delivers the most quality games on the market, they deserve to grow even further.. best company imo.. =] (... just bought max payne 3 :)..)

Nothing like government subsidy. Hopefully Australia and England take the hint and start sponsoring some game development. Toronto especially is a development hothouse

A good sign for Rockstar indeed. Some studios are closing up shop entirely. Personally I think having the government supporting them will prove pointless because a company like Rockstar can stand on their own two feet. Government involvement only makes more problems. I hope R* does the right thing once they've established themselves, and refuse further government aid.