Obbe Givingij, an old Rockstar The North developer was stopped by Rockstar while sharing stories in the blog of the past. Having worked in Rockstar from 1995 to 2009, he contributed to GTA series. In his personal blog, GTA III was sharing information on the development process of Vice City and San Andreas.
Rockstar applied Sansür to Old GTA Developer
Vermeij’s blog included technical challenges and fun anecdotes of games. Since GTA games are adapted to Ps1, GTA Iii’s Dreamcast prototype and how errors in San Andreas were removed. Also, the idea of Rockstar artists zombie survival while working on Vice City was also shared.
However, with the intervention of Rockstar, Vermeij had to remove most articles on the blog on November 22. Some old heads in the “They were disturbed from my blog” added a new article that contains expression. “I’ve been mistaken with not thinking that 20 years of video games will disturb someone of the discussion. Rockstar was about falan to bale the air. I don’t close this blog because it’s not so important that my old colleagues in Edinburgh will get off.
Currently living in Canada, Grantij expressed frustration that Rockstar rejects speech about past processes. Rockstar said that it would like to share more information about it, but it does not seem like it will be recently.
This incident shows how sensitive the anecdotes and history related to the game development process. This attitude of Rockstar looks like blocking the stories behind the game development process more clearly.