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.

Rockstar Games, Inc.

Company type	Subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive
Industry	Computer and video games Interactive entertainment
Founded	1998
Founder	Dan Houser Jamie King Sam Houser
Headquarters	New York City , United States
Key people	Sam Houser (President) Dan Houser
Products	Grand Theft Auto Midnight Club Manhunt Red Dead Max Payne Bully L.A. Noire The Warriors
Owner	Take-Two Interactive
Parent	Take-Two Interactive
Website	www.rockstargames.com

RAGE

Main article: Rockstar Advanced Game Engine

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	Years as Rockstar division	Notes
	Rockstar Leeds	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	1999–present	Quality assurance and localization studio based in Lincoln, England, previously known as Tarantula Studios.
	Rockstar London	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	2008–present	Acquired on April 4, 2008, this studio is based in Andover, Massachusetts, U.S and was previously known as Mad Doc Software. They developed the Xbox 360 and PC ports of Bully
	Rockstar North	1999–present	Founded in 1999, Rockstar North is based in Edinburgh, Scotland, and 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	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	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.
	Rockstar Vancouver	2002–present	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	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.