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.

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.

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 Advance.
• 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.

Technology

Main: 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: Rockstar Games Social Club

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

External links

• Rockstar Games
• RockstarWatch
• RockstarUncut
• Rockstar Games Today