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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 Games is headquartered in New York City, United States. | 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 Games is headquartered in New York City, United States. | ||
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. Although Rockstar Games studios tend to concentrate on their own game development, collaborative projects involving multiple Rockstar Games studios | 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. Although Rockstar Games studios tend to concentrate on their own game development, collaborative projects involving multiple Rockstar Games studios have occurred (i.e. with [[wp:Red Dead Redemption|Red Dead Redemption]], [[wp:L.A. Noire|L.A. Noire]] and [[wp:Max Payne 3|Max Payne 3]]), and certain elements from games developed by a Rockstar Games studio can emerge in games from another studio. In addition, many current Rockstar Games titles utilize the [[Rockstar Advanced Game Engine]], a dedicated game engine developed by [[Rockstar San Diego]]. Rockstar Games has also conducted limited merger exercises on studios, such as the absorption of [[Rockstar Vancouver]] into [[Rockstar Toronto]]. | ||
Due to Rockstar Games rebranding policy of acquired studios, misconceptions of Rockstar Games being a single game developer are not uncommon, often assuming all games released under the Rockstar Games label are created by the same development team. | Due to Rockstar Games rebranding policy of acquired studios, misconceptions of Rockstar Games being a single game developer are not uncommon, often assuming all games released under the Rockstar Games label are created by the same development team. | ||