Mark Washbrook established the company in November 2005 within Rockstar Games' European publishing offices.

[5] The game was announced as Rockstar London's debut title in February 2007 and released that October.

[4] His departure coincided with that of Mark Lloyd, the studio head of Rockstar Lincoln.

[1][4] Rockstar Games stated that neither departure would affect the studios' active projects.

[4] Washbrook went on to work for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and, alongside Lloyd, joined Activision's mobile-focused Activision Leeds studio in May 2012.