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==Works==
==Works==
===Notable Games & Series===
===Notable Games & Series===
*''[[Grand Theft Auto]]''
*''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' (1997-pres.)
 
*''Red Dead Redemption'' (2010)
*''Red Dead Redemption''
*''[[Manhunt]]'' (2003)
*''[[Manhunt]]''
*''The Warriors'' (2005)
*''The Warriors''
*''Max Payne'' (2001)
*''Max Payne''
*''L.A. Noire'' (2011)
*''LA Noire''
*''[[Bully]] (including 'Scholarship Edition')'' (2006, 2008)
*''[[Bully]] (including 'Scholarship Edition')''
*''Table Tennis'' (2006)
*''Table Tennis''
*''Midnight Club series'' (2000-pres.)
*''Midnight Club series''
*''Oni'' (2001)
*''Oni''
*''Wild Metal'' (2004)
*''Wild Metal''
*''Smuggler's Run'' (2000-2002)
*''Smuggler's Run''


===Films===
===Films===
Rockstar Games are credited as executive producers of [[Sunday Driver]] and ''The Football Factory''.
Rockstar Games are credited as executive producers of [[Sunday Driver]] and ''The Football Factory''.
===Full list of Games:===
===Full list of Games:===
*''[[wp:Earthworm Jim 3D|Earthworm Jim 3D]]''
*''[[wp:Earthworm Jim 3D|Earthworm Jim 3D]]'' (1999)
*''Evel Knievel: The Game''
*''Evel Knievel: The Game'' (1999)
*''[[Grand Theft Auto 2]]''
*''[[Grand Theft Auto: London 1961]]'' (1999)
*''[[wp:Thrasher Presents Skate and Destroy|Thrahser Presents Skate and Destroy]]''
*''[[Grand Theft Auto 2]]'' (1999)
*''Austin Powers: Oh Behave!''
*''[[wp:Thrasher Presents Skate and Destroy|Thrahser Presents Skate and Destroy]]'' (1999)
*''[[wp:Austin Powers: Welcome to My Underground Lair!|Austin Powers: Welcome to My Underground Lair!]]''
*''Austin Powers: Oh Behave!'' (2000)
*''[[wp:Wild Metal: Reclaim the Future|Wild Metal: Reclaim the Future]]''
*''[[wp:Austin Powers: Welcome to My Underground Lair!|Austin Powers: Welcome to My Underground Lair!]]'' (2000)
*''[[wp:Midnight Club: Street Racing|Midnight Club: Street Racing]]''
*''[[wp:Wild Metal: Reclaim the Future|Wild Metal: Reclaim the Future]]'' (2000)
*''Surfing H30''
*''[[wp:Midnight Club: Street Racing|Midnight Club: Street Racing]]'' (2000)
*''[[wp:Smuggler's Run|Smuggler's Run]]''
*''Surfing H30'' (2000)
*''[[wp:Smuggler's Run 2: Hostile Territory|Smuggler's Run 2: Hostile Territory]]''
*''[[wp:Smuggler's Run|Smuggler's Run]]'' (2000)
*''[[wp:Oni|Oni]]''
*''[[wp:Smuggler's Run 2: Hostile Territory|Smuggler's Run 2: Hostile Territory]]'' (2001)
*''[[wp:Max Payne|Max Payne]]''
*''[[wp:Oni|Oni]]'' (2001)
*[[Grand Theft Auto III|''Grand Theft Auto III'']]
*''[[wp:Max Payne|Max Payne]]'' (2001)
*''[[wp:The Italian Job (2001 video game)|The Italian Job]]''
*[[Grand Theft Auto III|''Grand Theft Auto III'']] (2001)
*''[[wp:State of Emergency|State of Emergency]]''
*''[[wp:The Italian Job (2001 video game)|The Italian Job]]'' (2001)
*''[[wp:Smuggler's Run Warzones|Smuggler's Run Warzones]]''
*''[[wp:State of Emergency|State of Emergency]]'' (2002)
*[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City|''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City'']]
*''[[wp:Smuggler's Run Warzones|Smuggler's Run Warzones]]'' (2002)
*''[[wp:Midnight Club II|Midnight Club II]]''
*[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City|''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City'']] (2002)
*''[[wp:Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne|Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne]]''
*''[[wp:Midnight Club II|Midnight Club II]]'' (2003)
*[[Manhunt|''Manhunt'']]
*''[[wp:Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne|Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne]]'' (2003)
*''[[wp:Red Dead Revolver|Red Dead Revolver]]''
*[[Manhunt|''Manhunt'']] (2003)
*[[Grand Theft Auto Advance|''Grand Theft Auto Advance'']]
*''[[wp:Red Dead Revolver|Red Dead Revolver]]'' (2004)
*[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas|''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'']]
*[[Grand Theft Auto Advance|''Grand Theft Auto Advance'']] (2004)
*''[[wp:Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition|Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition]]''
*[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas|''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'']] (2004)
*''[[wp:The Warriors (video game)|The Warriors]]''
*''[[wp:Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition|Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition]]'' (2005)
*''[[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]] ''
*''[[wp:The Warriors (video game)|The Warriors]]'' (2005)
*''[[wp:Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix|Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix]]''
*''[[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]] '' (2005)
*''[[wp:Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis|Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis]]''
*''[[wp:Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix|Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix]]'' (2006)
*''[[Bully]] ''
*''[[wp:Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis|Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis]]'' (2006)
*''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]''
*''[[Bully]] '' (2006)
*''[[Manhunt 2]] ''
*''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]'' (2006)
*''[[wp:Bully: Scholarship Edition|Bully Scholarship Edition]]''
*''[[Manhunt 2]] '' (2007)
*[[Grand Theft Auto IV|''Grand Theft Auto IV'']]
*''[[wp:Bully: Scholarship Edition|Bully Scholarship Edition]]'' (2008)
*''[[wp:Midnight Club Los Angeles|Midnight Club Los Angeles]]''
*[[Grand Theft Auto IV|''Grand Theft Auto IV'']] (2008)
*''[[wp:Midnight Club LA Remix|Midnight Club LA Remix]]''
*''[[wp:Midnight Club Los Angeles|Midnight Club Los Angeles]]'' (2008)
*[[The Lost and Damned|''The Lost and Damned'']]
*''[[wp:Midnight Club LA Remix|Midnight Club LA Remix]]'' (2008)
*[[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars|''Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars'']]
*[[The Lost and Damned|''The Lost and Damned'']] (2009)
*''[[wp:Beaterator|Beaterator]]''
*[[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars|''Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars'']] (2009)
*[[The Ballad of Gay Tony|''The Ballad of Gay Tony'']]
*''[[wp:Beaterator|Beaterator]]'' (2009)
*[[wp:Red Dead Redemption|''Red Dead Redemption'']]
*[[The Ballad of Gay Tony|''The Ballad of Gay Tony'']] (2009)
*''[[wp:LA Noire|LA Noire]]'' (In development, release date TBA 2011)
*''[[Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City]]'' (2009)
*[[wp:Red Dead Redemption|''Red Dead Redemption'']] (2010)
*[[wp:Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare|''Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare'']] (2010)
*''[[wp:L.A. Noire|L.A. Noire]]'' (2011)
*''[[wp:Agent_(video_game)|Agent]]'' (In development, release date TBA)
*''[[wp:Agent_(video_game)|Agent]]'' (In development, release date TBA)
*''[[wp:Max Payne 3|Max Payne 3]]'' (In development, release date TBA 2011)
*''[[wp:Max Payne 3|Max Payne 3]]'' (In development, release date TBA)


==Logo==
==Logo==

Revision as of 13:59, 18 May 2011

The Rockstar Games Logo.

Rockstar Games is a development division of video game publisher Take-Two Interactive. The brand is most known for 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 that Take-Two 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. Donovan has since left the company, to be replaced by former Capcom managing director, Gary Dale. Dale, along with Sam and Dan Houser is the leadership now.

Rockstar studios

Logo Name Notes
Rockstar Leeds Based in Leeds, England. Previously known as Mobius Entertainment and are based in the Stanningley district of Leeds. They helped create the three PSP GTA games.
Rockstar Lincoln Based in Lincoln, England. Quality assurance and localization studio, formerly Tarantula Studios.
Rockstar London Based in London, England. Formed in November 2005. Worked on Manhunt 2.
Rockstar New England Based in Andover, Massachusetts. Formerly Mad Doc Software. Incorporated in 2008, they are the newest subsidiary of Rockstar, and are best known for Empire Earth III.
Rockstar North Based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The best known Rockstar company. They were previously known as DMA Design. They are famous for their Grand Theft Auto series and Manhunt.
Rockstar San Diego

Based in Carlsbad, California, a suburb of San Diego. Previously known as Angel Studios of Midtown Madness, Midnight Club, Red Dead Revolver fame, and the newly released and critically acclaimed, Red Dead Redemption.

Rockstar Toronto Based in Oakville, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto. 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 Based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Previously known as Barking Dog Studios. They have released Bully.
Rockstar Vienna Based in Vienna, Austria. Previously known as neo Software; closed on May 11, 2006. Worked on Max Payne and Max Payne 2 and the Grand Theft Auto: Double Pack.
Rockstar Japan

Based in Tokyo, Japan. The studio was founded in 2005. Works in conjunction with developer Capcom on Japanese localizations of numerous games by Rockstar. Also known as 'Rockstar Games Tokyo'.

Other companies that have developed for Rockstar Games

Works

Notable Games & Series

  • Grand Theft Auto (1997-pres.)
  • Red Dead Redemption (2010)
  • Manhunt (2003)
  • The Warriors (2005)
  • Max Payne (2001)
  • L.A. Noire (2011)
  • Bully (including 'Scholarship Edition') (2006, 2008)
  • Table Tennis (2006)
  • Midnight Club series (2000-pres.)
  • Oni (2001)
  • Wild Metal (2004)
  • Smuggler's Run (2000-2002)

Films

Rockstar Games are credited as executive producers of Sunday Driver and The Football Factory.

Full list of Games:

Rockstar's logo consists of a black 'R' and a white star on a yellow background. Rockstar Games has a habit of placing the logo within their games as a form of Easter Egg.

In Grand Theft Auto III

  • The logo appears on many billboards throughout Liberty City, particularly around the Liberty Memorial Coliseum.
  • An advertisement in Bedford Point shows a coffee cup with the logo on it.
  • A pedestrian that is commonly seen in Staunton Island wears a jacket that says "ROCK STAR" on the front.
  • The logo appears as a constellation in the sky, with an especially bright star at the tip to represent the white star of the logo.

In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

A Rockstar-shaped pool
  • The door of Rockster Video Games bears the logo. The name "Rockster Video Games" is also a clear reference to the company.
  • The logo appears as a constellation in the sky, with an especially bright star at the tip to represent the white star of the logo.
  • A swimming pool on Starfish Island is shaped like the logo.
  • The clerk of the Ammu-Nation stores wears a jacket with the Rockstar logo on the front and the words "ROCK STAR" on the back.
  • The logo is on a heart-shaped tombstone and on a shirt of a person in a picture frame in Funeraria Romero.
  • On the parked Air Rockstar jumbo jets in Escobar International Airport, the name appears on the front of the jet and the logo appears on its tail.
  • The logo is on billboards across the street from Café Robina and across the street from Screw This.
  • On one of the variant of the Hotring Racer.
  • On one of the variant of the Bloodring Banger.

In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

  • Carl Johnson's suitcase in the first cutscene has a Rockstar Games sticker.
  • The logo appears on numerous items of clothing.
  • The action figure boxes for GTA Vice City and Manhunt characters in Zero RC bear the logo.
  • The Rockstar constellation returns from GTA Vice City.
  • The Rockstar logo can also be seen on a San Fierro Tower in downtown San Fierro when coming off the Garver Bridge.
  • The name "Rock Star" appears on some drug dealers (the ones with hoodies).
  • The logo is emblazoned on a surfboard inside Sub Urban stores.
  • North of Los Santos, there is a place named "Northstar Rock", a clear reference to Rockstar North.

In Grand Theft Auto Advance

In Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories

  • Graffiti resembling the logo can be seen throughout the city.
  • A pedestrian has the logo emblazoned on his hat.

In Grand Theft Auto IV

  • The bowling pins in Memory Lanes bear the logo.
  • Large concrete slabs near the Poop Deck feature the logo.
  • The zombie skin available in multiplayer wears yellow underwear with the Rockstar logo.
  • Some pedestrians can be seen wearing clothing featuring a logo that consists of an R and a star, but not in the same style as the Rockstar Games logo.
  • Rock Star Music & Video is likely named after Rockstar Games.

In Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

  • The logo appears as a fridge magnet on the Mission Replay whiteboard, along with the Rockstar Leeds logo.
  • The "Key to the City" trophy has the Rockstar logo as its handle.

In other media

  • John Carter from the NBC drama ER has a Rockstar logo on his locker.
  • Seth Cohen from the Fox drama The O.C. has a Rockstar North logo on his bedroom wall.
  • Trevor Morgan from the movie Mean Creek has a Rockstar logo on his bedroom wall.
  • At the beginning of Scary Movie 2, a Rockstar Games Logo poster can be seen.
  • In the TV series Grounded For Life, there is a Rockstar logo sticker on the Finnertys' fridge.
  • In the TV series Malcolm in the Middle, there is a Rockstar logo sticker on the family's fridge.
  • On the cover on of one of the Hardy Boys books, Frank Hardy is holding a card with the Rockstar logo

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Studios