Rockstar San Diego is an American video game developer known for the Red Dead, Midnight Club, and Smuggler's Run franchises. Founded by Diego Angel in January 1984 as Angel Studios, it was initially a work-for-hire animation studio, working on films such as The Lawnmower Man (1992) and the music video for the song "Kiss That Frog" (1993). The company shifted towards video game development in the 1990s. In its early years in the sector, it was responsible for the Nintendo 64 port of Resident Evil 2 (1999) and cooperated with Nintendo on multiple projects. The studio's work on Midtown Madness (1999) attracted the attention of Rockstar Games, which worked with the studio on the Midnight Club and Smuggler's Run series, both first released in 2000. Take-Two Interactive acquired Angel Studios for Rockstar Games in November 2002, renaming the studio Rockstar San Diego. Under Rockstar Games, the studio developed Red Dead Revolver (2004), further Midnight Club games, and Red Dead Redemption (2010).

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1890:

London's City and South London Railway, the first deep-level underground railway in the world, officially opened, running a distance of 3.2 mi (5.1 km) between the City of London and Stockwell. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_and_South_London_Railway

1921:

The remains of an unknown soldier were buried with an eternal flame at the Altare della Patria in Rome. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Emmanuel_II_Monument

1944:

Second World War: Allied forces completed Operation Pheasant, a major operation to clear German troops from the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Pheasant

2016:

The Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change came into effect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Agreement

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

othering: (philosophy, politics) gerund of other: the process of perceiving or portraying someone or something as essentially alien or different. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/othering

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

I am a peace man. I haven't got any use for wars and there is no more humor in 'em than there is reason for 'em.   --Will Rogers https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Will_Rogers