Rockstar Games

**Rockstar Games** is a video game company that has created well-known games such as the Grand Theft Auto series of games and the MidnightClub Racing Game series. The company was formerly known as **BMG Interactive** in its early years.

## 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, Windows, and Wii systems.

## Rockstar studios

|Logo|Name|Location|Years as Rockstar division|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|N/A|Rockstar Australia|Sydney, Australia|2025–present|Developer of _LA Noire: The VR Case Files_|
||Rockstar Dundee|Dundee, Scotland|2020–present||
||Rockstar India|Bengaluru, India|2016–present||
|N/A|Rockstar L. A.|Santa Monica, California|Unknown||
||Rockstar Leeds|Leeds, England|2004–present|Previously known as Mobius Entertainment and based in Lower Wortley, Leeds, England. They created _Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories_ and _Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories_ for the PlayStation Portable, _Max Payne_ for the Game Boy Advance and recently finished developing _Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars_ and the music game _Beaterator_. The studio's most recent work is the Microsoft Windows version of _L.A. Noire_.|
||Rockstar Lincoln|Lincoln, England|1999–present|Quality assurance and localization studio based in Lincoln, England, previously known as Tarantula Studios.|
||Rockstar London|London, England|2005–present|Formed in November 2005. Took over development of _Manhunt 2_ after Rockstar Vienna closed and recently developed the portable adaptation of _Midnight Club: Los Angeles_.|
||Rockstar New England|Andover, Massachusetts|2008–present|Acquired on April 4, 2008, and was previously known as Mad Doc Software. They developed the Scholarship Edition of _Bully_|
||Rockstar North|Edinburgh, Scotland|1999–present|The studio was previously known as DMA Design. They are famous for the _Grand Theft Auto_ and _Manhunt_ franchises, as well as the original _Lemmings_ games.|
||Rockstar San Diego|Carlsbad, California|2003–present|Previously known as Angel Studios, they developed the RAGE engine, _Red Dead Revolver_ and _Red Dead Redemption_, the _Smuggler's Run_ series, the first two _Midtown Madness_ games and the _Midnight Club_ series.|
||Rockstar Toronto|Toronto, Canada|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_ and the PC version of _Grand Theft Auto IV_ and _Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City_.|

|Logo|Name|Location|Years as Rockstar division|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Rockstar Vancouver|Vancouver, Canada|2002–2012|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|Vienna, Austria|2003–2006|Previously known as Neo Software; closed on May 11, 2006. They ported the _Max Payne_ series to consoles, and created most of _Manhunt 2_ before being closed down.|

## Infobox (company)

- **company name**: Rockstar Games, Inc.
- **company logo**: Rockstar Games Logo.svg
- **company type**: Subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive
- **foundation**: 1998
- **location city**: New York City
- **location country**: United States
- **key people**: Sam Houser (President)
Dan Houser
- **industry**: Video game industry, Computer and video games
Interactive entertainment
- **products**: _Grand Theft Auto (series), Grand Theft Auto_
_Midnight Club_
_Manhunt (series), Manhunt_
_Red Dead_
_Max Payne (series), Max Payne_
_Bully (video game), Bully_
_L.A. Noire_
 _The Warriors (video game), The Warriors_
- **owner**: Take-Two Interactive
- **parent**: Take-Two Interactive
- **homepage**: [http://www.rockstargames.com/ www.rockstargames.com]