Rockstar Games

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.

Rockstar studios

Logo	Name	Notes
File:Leedslogo.gif	Rockstar Leeds	Previously known as Mobius Entertainment and are based in Stanningley, Leeds. They created the GTA Portable series.
File:RLincolnlogo122.gif	Rockstar Lincoln	Quality assurance and localization studio, formerly Tarantula Studios.
	Rockstar London	Formed in November 2005. Currently working on Manhunt 2
File:Rockstarnorthlogo.jpg	Rockstar North	The best known Rockstar company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. They were previously known as DMA Design. They are famous for their Grand Theft Auto series.
File:Rockstar San Diego logo (2002).jpg	Rockstar San Diego	Previously known as Angel Studios of Midnight Club and Red Dead Revolver fame.
File:Rockstar Toronto (logo).gif	Rockstar 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.
File:Rockstar Vancouver logo (2002).jpg	Rockstar Vancouver	Previously known as Barking Dog Studios. They recently completed and released Bully.
File:Rockstar Vienna logo (2003-2006).jpg	Rockstar Vienna	Previously known as neo Software; closed on May 11, 2006
	Rockstar Japan	Tokyo based studio founded in 2005. Work in conjunction with developer Capcom on Japanese localisations of numerous games by Rockstar.

Other companies that have developed for Rockstar Games

Bungie, of Halo fame, developed the game Oni. Before Bungie was bought by Microsoft, Halo was to be released on PC, Mac, PlayStation 2 and Sega Dreamcast with Rockstar as the game's publisher.
Capcom had early development in Rockstar San Diego's Red Dead Revolver and currently owns the publishing rights to the Grand Theft Auto series in Japan.
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.
VIS Entertainment is known for developing the State of Emergency game.
Z-Axis developed Thrasher presents Skate and Destroy.

Notable Games & Series

Grand Theft Auto
Red Dead Revolver
Manhunt
LA Noire
Bully
Table Tennis
Midnight Club
Oni
Wild Metal

Films

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

Trivia

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 (actor) from the movie Mean Creek has a Rockstar logo on his bedroom wall.

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Studios