Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

Rockstar Games
Release date: 2009-03-17 | Platforms: PSP, PS_VITA, NINTENDO_DS, IOS, ANDROID.

Left For Dead In The Worst Place In America
Following his father’s murder, Huang Lee has a simple mission: deliver an ancient sword to his Uncle Kenny to ensure his family retains control of the Triad gangs of Liberty City. Huang is a spoiled rich kid who expects everything to run smoothly, but his trip does not go exactly as planned. After being robbed and left to die, he will search for honor, riches and revenge in the most dangerous and morally bankrupt city in the world.
Retired Features:  Rockstar Games Social Club features and unlocks for Chinatown Wars will no longer be available as of 5/31/14.
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Background

DEVELOPERS

Background for Gordon Hall
Gordon Hall

Gordon Hall

producer

Gordon Hall is a games producer. Hall has been working with Rockstar North, Rockstar Games, Arkane Studios and Rockstar Leeds. Hall started in 2009 as the producer of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. After that, Gordon Hall took part as the producer of Prey.

Background for Ian Bowden
Ian Bowden

Ian Bowden

artist

Ian Bowden is a games artist. Bowden has been working with Rockstar North, Rockstar Games, Rockstar Toronto and Rockstar Leeds. Bowden's first game was The Warriors published by Rockstar Games for PlayStation 4, Xbox, PlayStation 2 and PSP in 2005. Next, Ian Bowden worked on Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories taking on the role of artist. Later, Bowden also was part of the team who developed Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories published by Rockstar Games for PlayStation 2 and PSP. The latest work of Ian Bowden was Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, published in 2009.

Background for David Bland
David Bland

David Bland

writer,designer

David Bland is a games writer, artist and designer. Bland has been working with Capcom, SEGA, Rockstar North and Rockstar Games. Bland's first game was World League Soccer published by Imagineer for PC, SNES, Commodore / Amiga and Atari ST in 1990. Next, David Bland worked on Mercs taking on the role of writer. Later, Bland also was part of the team who developed Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories published by Rockstar Games for PlayStation 2 and PSP. The latest work of David Bland was Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, published in 2009.

Background for Al Dukes
Al Dukes

Al Dukes

programmer

Al Dukes is a games programmer. Dukes has been working with Rockstar North, Rockstar Games, Electronic Arts Canada and Rockstar Toronto. Dukes's first game was Yogi's Great Escape published by Hi-Tec Software for Commodore / Amiga, Atari 8-bit and Atari ST in 1990. Next, Al Dukes worked on Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed taking on the role of programmer. Later, Dukes also was part of the team who developed Need for Speed: Underground 2 published by Electronic Arts for PC, Nintendo DS, Xbox and PlayStation 2. Most lately, Al Dukes worked on Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.

Background for Leslie Benzies
Leslie Benzies

Leslie Benzies

producer

Leslie Benzies is a Scottish video game producer and former president of Rockstar North.

In Rockstar

Leslie’s career in video game industry began in 1995 when he joined DMA Design (later renamed as Rockstar North) as a programmer. The first project he took part in was a 1998 platformer Space Station Silicon Valley for Nintendo 64. Shortly after he joined a team that would create one of the most significant titles of the early 00s – Grand Theft Auto III getting the role of a producer. He has been a producer for every major entry in GTA series up until GTA V when he left the company. In 2016, Leslie initiated a lawsuit against Take-Two Entertainment, the owner of Rockstar, claiming $150 million in unpaid royalties.

After Rockstar

After leaving the company, Leslie founded several other companies. Currently, he alongside some other former Rockstar employees takes part in the development of an upcoming open world video game Everywhere as a designer and director.

Background for Dan Houser
Dan Houser

Dan Houser

writer,producer

Dan Houser is an English video game producer, a co-founder and a vice president of creativity for Rockstar Games. He is the head writer in Rockstar Games.

Career

In 1995, Houser got a part-time job at BMG Interactive testing CD-ROMs. He and his brother Sam got interested in a game called Race'n'Chase which was being developed by DMA Design. The Housers signed Race'n'Chase to BMG Interactive as the publisher and changed the title to Grand Theft Auto. After that, Dan went to for Take-Two; he says that it was “a hundred million dollars in debt. It was money we didn’t spend but the money we had to take back”. In 1998, the Housers founded Rockstar Games. He was Rockstar’s vice-president for creative and personally built ten creative teams across the globe.

Famous works

The first game Dan developed for Rockstar is GTA III which was a huge success at the time. In the company, Houses performed as a producer, writer and voice artist for almost all the games from the Grand Theft Auto series. He also worked on famous games like Bully, Red Dead Redemption, L.A.Noire, X-Squad, and Max Payne 3.