Rockstar Advanced Game Engine

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RAGE
Developed by	Rockstar Games
Initial release	2006
Platform	PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
Genre	Game Engine
Website	http://www.rockstargames.com/

Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (RAGE), is a game engine created by video game developers Rockstar San Diego and Rockstar North. Rockstar developed the engine to facilitate game development on the PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360 consoles. It has been noted by modders that the Grand Theft Auto stories games use files that are very similar to the currently released RAGE games. This leads people to believe that the RAGE engine may also be on the Playstation Portable and Playstation 2. However, Rockstar has neither confirmed nor denied this.

Prior to RAGE, Rockstar used Criterion Games' RenderWare engine to develop various game titles, including the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and PC installments of the Grand Theft Auto franchise.^[1] Development of RAGE was a reaction to the acquisition of Criterion by video game conglomerate Electronic Arts. Rockstar chose not to license the RenderWare engine due to concern over the information gathering clause in EA's license agreement.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Games

Rockstar Games presents Table Tennis^[2]
Grand Theft Auto IV^[2] ^[3]
Midnight Club: Los Angeles^[4]
L.A. Noire^{[citation needed]}

[edit] References

^ We spend an hour with the biggest PSP game around!. 1UP.com. Ziff Davis (2005-09-12). Retrieved on 2007-04-10. “[O]ne of the more interesting notes about Liberty City Stories' technology is that this is the first time since the series has gone 3D that there's a GTA game not built using Renderware. Instead, the LCS engine has been built by Rockstar Leeds and Rockstar North.”
^ ^a ^b Totilo, Stephen (2006-05-04). The First Rule Of Ping-Pong Club: Talk About Rockstar's Table Tennis Game. MTV News. Viacom. Retrieved on 2007-04-10. “The Rockstar reps explained that the game [Table Tennis] was running on RAGE, the Rockstar Advanced Game Engine. This is the graphics technology gamers are to expect from future Rockstar games, including the next "GTA."” GTA IV Release Date: December 11th
^ Thorsen, Tor (2006-06-15). Grand Theft Auto IV powered by Table Tennis engine?. GameSpot. CNET. Retrieved on 2007-04-10.
^ Midnight Club: Los Angeles Preview. IGN.