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Rockstar Games, Inc.

Type	Subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive
Founded	1998
Headquarters	New York City, New York, United States
Key people	Terry Donovan (CEO) Sam Houser (President) Dan Houser Gary Foreman
Industry	Video games
Products	Grand Theft Auto, Midnight Club, Manhunt, Max Payne, Bully
Parent	Take-Two Interactive
Website	www.rockstargames.com

Rockstar Games (studio known as Rockstar Games NYC) is a video game developer and publisher owned by Take-Two Interactive. The brand is mostly known for the Grand Theft Auto, Max Payne and Midnight Club series and their realistic recreations of real cities. It comprises studios that have been acquired and renamed as well as others that have been created internally. While many of the studios Take-Two Interactive has acquired have been merged into the Rockstar brand, several other recent ones have retained their previous identities and have become part of the company's 2K Games division. The Rockstar Games label was founded in New York City, New York in 1998 by Sam Houser, Terry Donovan, Dan Houser, Jamie King and Gary Foreman.^[1]

The Headquarters of Rockstar Games is located in Broadway, New York City, part of the Take-Two Interactive offices. It is the head office of Rockstar's worldwide publishing enterprises. It is home to the marketing, public relations and product development departments.^[2]

Technology

RAGE

Rockstar Games have developed their own game engine called the Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (RAGE) to facilitate game development on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, and Wii systems.

Social Club

The Rockstar Games Social Club is a community website created by Rockstar for their latest games.

Rockstar studios

Logo	Name	Years active (as Rockstar division)	Notes
	Rockstar Japan	2005 - present	Japanese localization studio.
	Rockstar Leeds	2004 - present	Previously known as Mobius Entertainment. Based in Lower Wortley, Leeds. They created Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories for the PlayStation Portable. They also made Max Payne for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. They recently finished developing Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars and the music game, Beaterator.
	Rockstar Lincoln	1999 - present	Based in Lincoln, England. Quality assurance and localization studio. Previously known as Tarantula Studios.
	Rockstar London	2005 - present	Formed in November 2005. Took over development of Manhunt 2 after Rockstar Vienna had been closed. They recently developed the portable adaptation of Midnight Club: Los Angeles.
	Rockstar New England	2008 - present	Previously known as Mad Doc Software. Developed the Xbox 360 and PC ports of Bully. Based in Andover, Massachusetts, U.S. Acquired on April 4, 2008.[3]
	Rockstar North	1999 - present	Based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Previously known as DMA Design (founded 1988). They are famous for the Grand Theft Auto and Manhunt franchises, as well as the original Lemmings games.
	Rockstar San Diego	2003 - present	Previously known as Angel Studios. Developed Red Dead Revolver, the Smuggler's Run series, the first two Midtown Madness games and the Midnight Club series. They are currently responsible for the RAGE game engine and Red Dead Redemption.
	Rockstar Toronto	1999 - present	Take Two's in-house development team, previously known as Rockstar Canada. Their most well-known work is their adaptation of the cult classic film The Warriors.
	Rockstar Vancouver	2002 - present	Previously known as Barking Dog Studios. They created the PlayStation 2 title Bully and are currently developing the third game in the Max Payne series, Max Payne 3.
	Rockstar Vienna	2003 - 2006	Previously known as neo Software; closed on May 11, 2006 [4]. Ported the Max Payne series to consoles. Created most of Manhunt 2 before being closed down.

External developers

• Bungie developed the game Oni, which was published by Rockstar on the PS2. Before Bungie was bought by Microsoft, their breakthrough product, Halo, was planned for release on Mac and PC with Rockstar as publisher.
• Capcom had early development in Rockstar San Diego's Red Dead Revolver and currently owns the Japanese distribution rights to the Grand Theft Auto series.
• Dubtitled, in collaboration with Michael "Mic" Neumann on State of Emergency and Grand Theft Auto series.
• Digital Eclipse Software collaborated with Rockstar North while developing Grand Theft Auto Advance.
• Edge of Reality developed Monster Truck Madness 64.
• Opus, in collaboration with ASCII Entertainment developed Surfing H3O.
• Remedy Entertainment developed the Max Payne series.
• Team Bondi is currently developing L.A. Noire for Rockstar.
• VIS Entertainment is known for developing the State of Emergency game.
• Z-Axis developed Thrasher presents Skate and Destroy.
• Image Metrics has done most of the facial animation in most of Rockstar's games.

Games

Films

Aside from producing popular games, Rockstar also has ventured into producing movies.

References

External links

• Rockstar Games
• RockstarWatch

Studios

• Rockstar Japan
• Rockstar Leeds
• Rockstar Lincoln
• Rockstar London
• Rockstar New England
• Rockstar North
• Rockstar San Diego
• Rockstar Toronto
• Rockstar Vancouver

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Rockstar Games is a division of the game publisher Take-Two Interactive. They are most famous for their work on the Grand Theft Auto series, but they have also worked on other games such as Max Payne, The Warriors, and Rockstar Presents Table Tennis.

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Rockstar Games
Type	Private
Founded	1988
Headquarters	Edinburgh, Scotland
Products	Grand Theft Auto series
Parent Company	Take-Two Interactive
Website

Rockstar Games is a development division of video game publisher Take Two Interactive. The brand is most known for titles such as the Grand Theft Auto series. It is comprised of studios that have been acquired and renamed as well as others that have been created internally. While many of the studios Take Two Interactive has acquired have been merged into the Rockstar brand, several other recent ones have retained their previous identities and have become part of the company's 2K Games division.

The Rockstar Games label was founded in 1998 by Sam Houser, Terry Donovan, Dan Houser, Jamie King and Gary Foreman.

Rockstar Studios

Rockstar North

Rockstar North is the best known Rockstar company

Rockstar Leeds

Rockstar Vienna

Formerly known as neo Software Produktions which opened in 1983, it changed its name when it was aquired by Rockstar studio in 1993. Rockstar Vienna had worked on Max Payne, Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and the PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions of Max Payne 2. On May 11, 2006 Take-Two closed their Rockstar Vienna office, effective immediately, due to the challenging environment facing the video game business. Rockstar Vienna veterans then formed Games That Matter on January 17, 2007

Rockstar Lincoln

Rockstar San Diego

Rockstar Vancouver

Rockstar Toronto

Rockstar London

Rockstar Japan

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