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{{Infobox_person |
   company_name  = Rockstar North|
   image        = |
  company_logo  = [[File:Rockstar North logo.png|70px]]|
   name        = William von Meister|
  company_type  = Subsidiary of [[Rockstar Games]]|
   known_for    = Co-founded [[AOL]]|
  foundation    = 1987 (DMA Design)<br />November 20, 2002 (Rockstar San Diego)|
   location      = Edinburgh, Scotland, UK|
   key_people    = [[David Jones]], founder|
  num_employees  = 650|
  industry      = Video games|
  products      = Video games|
  homepage      = https://www.rockstargames.com/|
}}
}}
'''Rockstar Games UK Limited''', trading as '''Rockstar North''', is a [[video game]] developer that is a subsidiary of [[Rockstar Games]].
'''William von Meister''' co-founded [[AOL]].


==DMA Design==
{{DEFAULTSORT: von Meister, William}}
'''DMA Design Limited''' was founded by [[David Jones]] in [[1987]].
[[Category: People]]
 
==Acquisition by Take-Two Interactive==
On September 29, [[1999]], [[Take-Two Interactive]] acquired DMA Design for $11 million USD.
 
==Rockstar North==
Take-Two Interactive founded [[Rockstar Games]] in December [[1998]].
 
In May [[2002]], DMA Design was integrated into Rockstar Games as '''Rockstar North Limited'''.
 
==Rockstar Games UK==
Rockstar North Limited was renamed Rockstar Games UK Limited in [[2021]], however, it still traded as Rockstar North.
 
==Video games developed by DMA Design (1987-2002)==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| System
!| Released
!| Notes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Lemmings]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[3DO]], [[Amiga]], [[Amiga CD32]], [[Amiga CDTV]], [[Amstrad CPC]], [[Apple IIGS]], [[Acorn Archimedes|Archimedes]], [[Atari ST]], [[CD-i]], [[Commodore 64]], [[DOS]], [[FM Towns]], [[Game Boy]], [[Game Gear]], [[Sega Genesis|Genesis]], [[Linux]], [[Lynx]], [[Mac OS]], [[Sega Master System|Master System]], [[Mobile phone|Mobile]] ([[J2ME]]), [[MSX]], [[NES]], [[PC-8801]], [[PC-9801]], [[PlayStation|PS1]], [[SAM Coupé]], [[SNES]], [[TurboGrafx-CD|TG-CD]], [[Windows]], [[X68000]], [[ZX Spectrum]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1991
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Oh No! More Lemmings]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Amiga]], [[Acorn Archimedes|Archimedes]], [[Atari ST]], [[DOS]], [[Game Boy Color]], [[PlayStation|PS1]], [[SAM Coupé]], [[Windows]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1991
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Christmas Lemmings]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Amiga]], [[DOS]], [[OS/2]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1993
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Lemmings 2: The Tribes]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Amiga]], [[Acorn Archimedes|Archimedes]], [[Atari ST]], [[DOS]], [[FM Towns]], [[Game Boy]], [[SNES]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1993
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[All New World of Lemmings]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Amiga]], [[DOS]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1994
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Christmas Lemmings 1994]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Amiga]], [[DOS]], [[Mac OS]], [[OS/2]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1994
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[DOS]], [[Game Boy Color]], [[PlayStation 1|PS1]], [[Windows]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1997
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Grand Theft Auto 2]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Dreamcast]], [[Game Boy Color]], [[PlayStation 1|PS1]], [[Windows]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1999
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Grand Theft Auto III]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Android]], [[iOS]], [[Fire OS]], [[macOS]], [[PlayStation 2|PS2]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2001
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|}
 
==Video games developed by Rockstar North (2003-present)==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| System
!| Released
!| Notes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Android]], [[iOS]], [[Fire OS]], [[macOS]], [[PlayStation 2|PS2]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2002
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Manhunt]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 2|PS2]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2002
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Android]], [[iOS]], [[Fire OS]], [[macOS]], [[PlayStation 2|PS2]], [[Windows]], [[Windows Phone]], [[Xbox]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2004
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Android]], [[iOS]], [[Fire OS]], [[PlayStation 2|PS2]], [[PlayStation Portable|PSP]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2005
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 2|PS2]], [[PlayStation Portable|PSP]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2006
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox 360]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2008
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and the Damned]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox 360]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2009
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Android]], [[iOS]], [[Nintendo DS]], [[PlayStation Portable|PSP]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2009
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox 360]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2009
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Grand Theft Auto V]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]], [[PlayStation 4|PS4]], [[PlayStation 5|PS5]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox 360]], [[Xbox One]], [[Xbox Series X/S]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2013
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]], [[PlayStation 4|PS4]], [[Nintendo Switch|Switch]], [[Xbox 360]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2010
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Provided development assistance to [[Rockstar San Diego]].
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare|Undead Nightmare]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]], [[PlayStation 4|PS4]], [[Nintendo Switch|Switch]], [[Xbox 360]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2010
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Provided development assistance to [[Rockstar San Diego]].
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[L.A. Noire]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 3|PS3]], [[PlayStation 4|PS4]], [[Nintendo Switch|Switch]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox 360]], [[Xbox One]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2011
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Provided development assistance to [[Team Bondi]].
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Red Dead Redemption II]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]], [[Stadia]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox One]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Credited to Rockstar Games as all of the Rockstar studios developed it as one large team.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Red Dead Online]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation 4|PS4]], [[Stadia]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox One]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2019
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Credited to Rockstar Games as all of the Rockstar studios developed it as one large team.
|}
 
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[[Category: Companies and organizations formed in 2002]]
[[Category: Subsidiaries and divisions of Rockstar Games]]
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[[Category: Video game developers]]

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William von Meister
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William von Meister co-founded AOL.