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They continue to set an incredibly high bar from story to engineering with every major release. It’s full of talent pushing the state of the art. Dead, utterly disgraced doesn’t describe the company. Stories about employees feeling exploited is more of a successful, topical company thing than a Rockstar thing.

Lemmings and Uniracers need sequels, but they won't do it!

Lemmings seems like a perfect "free to play" mobile game, so perfect they almost deserve credit for not making it.

They did. My wife plays it constantly

They have a very bad reputation as an employer, though their track record with their games is quite good.

That reputation is not new though.

The "Wives of Rockstar" letter came out _13 years ago_; and from I understand, this was not a surprise within gamedev circles.

Labor situation being part of broader gaming coverage is a relatively newer phenomenon, but the miserable environments are not.

They are owned by T2.

It was founded as a subsidiary, and every game released has been under T2 ownership.

Long delay between releases and the departure of Dan Houser are both concerning developments.