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The Rockstar Games logo. Its design is also used by all Rockstar Games studios, albeit with their own different color schemes.
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The Rockstar Games logo. Its design is also used by all Rockstar Games studios, albeit with their own different color schemes.

Rockstar Games is the content development division of game publisher Take Two Interactive. The brand is most known for titles such as the Grand Theft Auto series. It is comprised of 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.

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[edit] Rockstar studios

[edit] Other companies that have developed for Rockstar Games

  • Bungie, of Halo fame, developed the game Oni. Before Bungie was bought by Microsoft, Halo was to be released on PC, Mac, PlayStation 2 and Sega Dreamcast with Rockstar as the game's 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.
  • 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.
  • Pixelogic developed the sleeper PlayStation hit The Italian Job.
  • Remedy Entertainment developed the Max Payne games.
  • VIS Entertainment is known for developing the State of Emergency game.
  • Z-Axis developed Thrasher presents Skate and Destroy.

[edit] Games

1 PC and PlayStation version published by BMG Interactive in Europe and by ASC Games in North America – 1997.
2 PC version published by Gathering of Developers – 2001; Mac version published by MacSoft – 2002.
3 PC and Mac versions published by Gathering of Developers – 2001.
4 PC version published by Gremlin Interactive – 1999.
5 Game based on original 1969 film, not to be confused by the 2003 remake
6 Re-released by Rockstar Games in a three game CD compilation dubbed "Grand Theft Auto: The Classics Collection" on November 23, 2004
* Upcoming titles to be released.

[edit] Films

Rockstar Games are credited as executive producers of Sunday Driver and The Football Factory.

[edit] External links

[edit] Studios

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