The Rockstar Games logo. Its design is used, with different color schemes, by all Rockstar Games studios.

Rockstar Games is a development division of video game publisher Take-Two Interactive, based in New York City, United States. The brand is most known for the Grand Theft Auto series. 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. A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates video games. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Take Two redirects here. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Grand Theft Auto redirects here. ... Take Two redirects here. ... 2K Games is a video game publishing subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive. ...

The Rockstar Games label was founded in 1998 by Sam Houser, Terry Donovan, Dan Houser, Jamie King and Gary Foreman.^[1] Sam Houser is the co-founder and president of Rockstar Games and one of the main people behind the Grand Theft Auto franchise, being director and producer since the third game. ... Dan Houser is an English video game producer who is currently Vice President of (along with his brother Sam) and Vice President of creativity for Rockstar Games. ...

Location

Rockstar Games, located at 622 Broadway in New York City, NY 10012 is part of the Take-Two Interactive offices in New York. It is the head office of Rockstar's worldwide publishing enterprises. It is home to the marketing, public relations and product development departments.^[2]

Rockstar studios

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External developers

• Bungie, of Halo fame, developed the game Oni. Before Bungie was bought by Microsoft, Halo was to be released on Mac, PC and PlayStation 2 with Rockstar as the game's 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 Mic Neumann on State of Emergency and Grand Theft Auto series.
• Digital Eclipse Software collaborated with Rockstar North on Grand Theft Auto Advance.
• Edge of Reality developed Monster Truck Madness 64.
• Opus, in collaboration with ASCII Entertainment developed Surfing H3O.
• Pixelogic developed The Italian Job.
• Remedy Entertainment developed the Max Payne games.
• Team Bondi is currently developing L.A. Noire for Rockstar, which may be exclusive to PlayStation 3.
• 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 on Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto IV, Bully, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition, Rockstar Table Tennis, and The Warriors. ^[5]

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Games

• Note 1: DOS/Windows and PlayStation version was produced by DMA Design, prior to it becoming Rockstar North, and published by BMG Interactive in Europe and by ASC Games in North America in 1997.
• Note 2: Re-released by Rockstar Games in a three game CD compilation dubbed "Grand Theft Auto: The Classics Collection" on November 23, 2004.
• Note 3: Windows version published by Gremlin Interactive in 1999.
• Note 4: Windows and Mac versions published by Gathering of Developers in 2001.
• Note 5: Based on The Italian Job (1969 film), not to be confused with the 2003 video game released by Eidos Interactive based on the The Italian Job (2003 film).
• Note 6: Windows version published by Gathering of Developers in 2001; Mac version published by MacSoft in 2002.
• Note 7: In development
• Note 8: Windows version, other date then Xbox360 and PS3 versions.

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Films

Rockstar Games is credited as executive producers of Sunday Driver and The Football Factory. Sunday Driver is a 2005 documentary film, directed by Carol Strong, that chronicles The Majestics, Californias oldest black lowrider car club, which was originally founded in Compton, CA. With up close and candid interviews that were recorded while hanging out with the club, the movie delivers an upfront look... The Football Factory is a 2004 English film, directed by Nick Love and starring Danny Dyer and Frank Harper. ...

Technology

Main article: Rockstar Advanced Game Engine

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Main article: Rockstar Games Social Club

Rockstar Social Club is a community website created by Rockstar for their upcoming next-gen games.

References

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External links

• Rockstar Games
• RockstarWatch
• Rockstar Games entry at MobyGames

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Studios

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