Prior to the creation of Rockstar India,
Rockstar Games had collaborated with Technicolor India, the
Bengaluru-based studio of
Technicolor SA, on games like
Red Dead Redemption (2010),
L.A. Noire (2011), and
Max Payne 3 (2012). In October 2012, Technicolor and Rockstar Games announced the opening of the "Rockstar Dedicated Unit" within Technicolor India, which was to size around 80–90 people and work solely on Rockstar Games's products. Around August 2016, Rockstar Games established Rockstar India as an internal studio in Bangalore. Daniel Smith was installed as the
studio manager. The studio was part of the development team on
Red Dead Redemption 2, which was released in October 2018. In May 2019, Rockstar Games agreed to acquire
Starbreeze Studios's majority stake in
Dhruva Interactive, the oldest game developer in India, for . Dhruva Interactive's 300-person team was to be integrated with Rockstar India, which had grown to approximately 500 employees; many continued working on existing client projects after the transition, which was advised by Dhruva Interactive's founder and
chief executive officer Rajesh Rao. The acquisition was completed on 22 May. == Games developed ==