Rockstar NYC

Type	Private
Founded	1998
Headquarters	New York City, New York, USA
Key people	Sam Houser, Terry Donovan, Dan Houser, Jamie King and Gary Foreman
Industry	Video games
Products	Grand Theft Auto, Midnight Club, Manhunt, Max Payne
Parent	Take-Two Interactive
Website	http://www.rockstargames.com

Rockstar Games, (also known as Rockstar NYC), is a British-founded development division of video game publisher Take-Two Interactive, based in New York City. The brand is most known for the Grand Theft Auto series. It comprises studios that have been acquired and renamed as well as others that have been created internally. While many of the studios Take-Two Interactive 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.¹

Location

Rockstar Games, located at 622 Broadway in New York City, NY 10012 is part of the Take-Two Interactive offices in New York. It is the head office of Rockstar's worldwide publishing enterprises. It is home to the marketing, public relations and product development departments.²

Rockstar studios

Logo	Name	Years active (as Rockstar division)	Notes
	Rockstar Japan	2005 - present	Japanese localization studio.
	Rockstar Leeds	2004 - present	Previously known as Mobius Entertainment. Based in Lower Wortley, Leeds. They created Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories for the PlayStation Portable.
	Rockstar Lincoln	1999 - present	Based in Lincoln, England. Quality assurance and localization studio. Previously known as Tarantula Studios.
	Rockstar London	2005 - present	Formed in November 2005. Took over development of Manhunt 2 after Rockstar Vienna had been closed.
	Rockstar New England	2008 - present	Previously known as Mad Doc Software. Based in Andover, Massachusetts. Acquired on April 4, 2008.3
	Rockstar North	1999 - present	Based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Previously known as DMA Design (founded 1988). They are famous for the Grand Theft Auto and Manhunt franchises, as well as the original Lemmings games.
	Rockstar San Diego	2003 - present	Previously known as Angel Studios. Developed Red Dead Revolver, the Smuggler's Run series, the first two Midtown Madness games and the Midnight Club series. They are also responsible for the RAGE game engine.
	Rockstar Toronto	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.
	Rockstar Vancouver	2002 - present	Previously known as Barking Dog Studios. They released the PlayStation 2 title Bully.
	Rockstar Vienna	2003 - 2006	Previously known as neo Software; closed on May 11, 2006 4. Ported the Max Payne series to consoles. Created most of Manhunt 2 before being closed down.

External developers

• Bungie developed the game Oni, which was published by Rockstar on the PS2. Before Bungie was bought by Microsoft, their breakthrough product, Halo, was planned for release on Mac, PC and PlayStation 2 with Rockstar as publisher.
• Capcom had early development in Rockstar San Diego's Red Dead Revolver and currently owns the Japanese distribution rights to the Grand Theft Auto series.
• 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 GBA version.
• Edge of Reality developed Monster Truck Madness 64.
• Opus, in collaboration with ASCII Entertainment developed Surfing H3O.
• Remedy Entertainment developed the Max Payne games.
• Z-Axis developed Thrasher presents Skate and Destroy.
• Image Metrics has done most of the facial animation on Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto IV, Bully, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition, Rockstar Table Tennis, Manhunt 2, and The Warriors. ⁵

Games

Films

Technology

Main article: Rockstar Advanced Game Engine

Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (RAGE) is a game engine developed by Rockstar Games to facilitate game development on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows, and Wii systems.

Main article: Rockstar Games Social Club

Rockstar Social Club is a community website created by Rockstar for their upcoming next-gen games.

References

External links

• Rockstar Games
• RockstarWatch
• RockstarUncut
• Rockstar Games Today

• Rockstar Games entry at MobyGames

Studios

• Rockstar Japan
• Rockstar Leeds
• Rockstar Lincoln
• Rockstar London
• Rockstar New England
• Rockstar North
• Rockstar San Diego
• Rockstar Toronto
• Rockstar Vancouver