Jamie King, Rockstar Co-Founder & 4mm Games Founder, Talks Rockstar & the Birth of 4mm Games

Def Jam Rapstar

Written Wednesday, September 29, 2010 By Dan Webb

Jamie King may not be a name that you instantly recognise in the games industry, but it's a name you really ought to know... considering he founded the powerhouse that is Rockstar Games back in 1998 with four like minded visionaries.

Originally one of the five Rockstar co-founders, we caught up with Jamie in London recently to talk about his time with Rockstar, his new company 4mm Games and their debut title: Def Jam Rapstar.

Part one of this two part interview focuses on Jamie's esteemed career, his time with the formidable force that is Rockstar Games, how he left the company, and more importantly, how 4mm Games came around and what their goals are, plus much more.

Look out for part two on Friday where we talk about Def Jam Rapstar, triple-A titles, censorship, track selection and where the hell Warren G is... in the game I mean, not in real life... I know where he is, I've been stalking him for weeks.

User Comments

Forum Posts: 6	Comment #1 by Scorpionlawd Wednesday, September 29, 2010 @ 06:47:45 PM	(0)
	It's Nice!

Forum Posts: 1367	Comment #2 by EMP Wednesday, September 29, 2010 @ 08:06:56 PM	(0)
	Sweet!

Forum Posts: 23	Comment #3 by Carpet Wednesday, September 29, 2010 @ 08:24:40 PM	(0)
	lolrap

Forum Posts: 26	Comment #4 by MPC Wednesday, September 29, 2010 @ 08:35:40 PM	(0)
	LMFAO DEF JAM IS GOING TO BE WACK ANOTHER SLAP IN THE FACE TO THE HIP HOP COMMUNITY ALONGSIDE DJ HERO

Forum Posts: 67	Comment #5 by Henri8162 Wednesday, September 29, 2010 @ 08:54:12 PM	(0)
	Soooo... not the chick from Sin City and Bulletproof Monk? Got a little confused for a second there.

Forum Posts: 238	Comment #6 by SuperWoody64 Wednesday, September 29, 2010 @ 09:36:00 PM	(0)
	I saw Jaime King and I thought of the girl too. She's hot.

Forum Posts: 29	Comment #7 by AzureHaseo Wednesday, September 29, 2010 @ 09:44:16 PM	(0)
	@4 Hip Hop is trash anyway, cant really make it worse.

Forum Posts: 123	Comment #8 by Samurai Kadaj Thursday, September 30, 2010 @ 12:55:59 AM	(0)
	@7 Ditto

Forum Posts: 2773	Comment #9 by jtr1gg3r Thursday, September 30, 2010 @ 02:08:23 AM	(0)
	@7 @8 Everyone has different taste in music, so shut up and stop being so stupid. Well Rockstar, just need to hurry up with GTA V! That is all.

Forum Posts: 242	Comment #10 by JustAFriend Thursday, September 30, 2010 @ 04:08:45 AM	(0)
	they realy are trying to push this game, i think they realise its going to flop. Just put all your time and effort into GTA5 to make it a worthy sequel unlike 4.

Forum Posts: 14708	Comment #11 by Webb [STAFF] Thursday, September 30, 2010 @ 04:54:52 AM	(0)
	@#9 & #10 - If you'd watched the video, you'd know he left Rockstar and setup 4mm... sigh

Forum Posts: 493	Comment #12 by Timmsy Thursday, September 30, 2010 @ 06:18:50 AM	(0)
	well obviously he aint that great as he is going to launch 4mm with the biggest game flop for a long time Def Jam Crapstar

Forum Posts: 14708	Comment #13 by Webb [STAFF] Thursday, September 30, 2010 @ 07:10:09 AM	(0)
	I've noticed that people are very judgmental and close-minded these days. It makes me sad.

Forum Posts: 199	Comment #14 by ViNyLek Thursday, September 30, 2010 @ 05:41:55 PM	(0)
	Like I care about his fucking biography. Why don't you interview me instead?? PPl know about as much about this dude as they do about me^^ OT I'd rather liten to that second part about ACTUAL games, even though I'm not big fan of rap.

Forum Posts: 14708	Comment #15 by Webb [STAFF] Thursday, September 30, 2010 @ 09:24:12 PM	(0)
	@#14 - Because you haven't worked at the top and been part of one of the greatest set of studios in the history of games =P If you had, drop me an email and we'll interview you, ha ha.

Forum Posts: 240	Comment #16 by ShinUkyo Friday, October 01, 2010 @ 09:42:07 AM	(0)
	Webb, I thought the interview was great. And as for people trolling these news posts, is that anything new? You guys put a lot of effort into bringing us great news articles, not to mention how fast you get them up. And people's response, most often, is to say why the subject of said article is trash. Most often, of course, they say this without having played the game in question. I'll never understand how constant pessimism and saying how everything sucks can boost people's ego so much. -_-;;

Forum Posts: 89	Comment #17 by strawberry Sunday, October 03, 2010 @ 02:19:24 PM	(0)
	@7 and 8... if you don't like hip hop... why did you even come into this post to check out the news about it?

Forum Posts: 47	Comment #18 by MrVan77 Monday, October 11, 2010 @ 07:21:16 AM	(0)
	@ #17 you know how these "gamers" love to bash anything music related that's not a part of what they like. people have been bashing hip hop/rap for years and it's still here..

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Game Info

Developer:
4mm Games

Publisher:
Konami

Genre
Music and Rhythm

Release:
US: October 05, 2010
Europe: November 05, 2010

Collection:	116
Wishlist:	27

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