Rockstar Games

Rockstar Games, Inc. is an American video game publisher based in New York City. The company was established in December 1998 as a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive (now Lionsgate Interactive Ventures and Games) and as successor to BMG Interactive, a dormant video game publisher Take-Two had previously acquired the assets of. Founding members of the company were Sam and Dan Houser, Terry Donovan and Jamie King, who worked for Take-Two at the time, and of which the Houser brothers were previously executives at BMG Interactive. Co-founders Sam and Dan Houser head the studio as president and vice-president for creative, respectively. Jennifer Kolbe, who started at the front desk of Take-Two, acts as Rockstar Games' head of publishing and oversees all development studios. Simon Ramsey is the company's head of PR and communications.
Since 1999, several companies acquired by or established under Take-Two became part of Rockstar Games, such as Rockstar Canada (later renamed Rockstar Toronto) becoming the first one in 1999, and Rockstar India the most recent in 2016. All companies organized under Rockstar Games bear the "Rockstar" name and logo; in that context, Rockstar Games is sometimes also referred to as Rockstar New York or Rockstar NYC.
Rockstar Games predominantly publishes games in the action-adventure genre, while racing games also saw success for the company. One of such action-adventure game franchises is Grand Theft Auto, which Rockstar Games took over from BMG Interactive, which published the series' original 1997 entry. The most recent game in the series, Grand Theft Auto V, has shipped over 95 million copies since its release in September 2013, making it one of the bestselling video games of all time. Other popular franchises published by Rockstar Games are Red Dead, Midnight Club, Max Payne and Manhunt.
==History==
==Company philosophy==
==Games published==
==Films produced==
==Subsidiaries==
===Current===
Logo	Name 	Location 	Years 	Notes
 	Rockstar India 	Bangalore, India 	2016–present	Daniel Smith heads the studio as general manager. The team at Dhruva Interactive will operate alongside this studio.
 	Rockstar International	London, England 	2003–present	The international publishing headquarters for Rockstar Games. Located in the same offices as Rockstar London.
 	Rockstar Leeds 	Leeds, England 	2004–present	Created Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories. Also ported L.A. Noire to Microsoft Windows.
 	Rockstar Lincoln 	Lincoln, England 	2002–present	Dedicated quality assurance and localization house for games published by Rockstar Games.
 	Rockstar London 	London, England 	2005–present	Completed the development on Manhunt 2 and Midnight Club: L.A. Remix. Located in the same offices as Rockstar International.
 	Rockstar New England 	Ballardvale, Massachusetts, U.S.	2008–present	Responsible for Bully: Scholarship Edition.
 	Rockstar North 	Edinburgh, Scotland 	2002–present	Responsible for Manhunt and the Grand Theft Auto series.
 	Rockstar San Diego 	Carlsbad, California, U.S. 	2002–present	Responsible for the Red Dead, Smuggler's Run and Midnight Club series. Also houses RAGE Technology Group, an in-house game engine team that is responsible for the development and maintenance of the Rockstar Advanced Game Engine.
 	Rockstar Toronto 	Oakville, Ontario, Canada 	1999–present	Responsible for The Warriors. Also developed Microsoft Windows ports for Grand Theft Auto IV, The Lost and Damned, The Ballad of Gay Tony, and Grand Theft Auto V.
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==Technology==
===RAGE===
===Social Club===
==Notes==
==External links==
*Official website
 
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