Rockstar Games, Inc.
Moby ID: 1096
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The Rockstar Games label, founded in 1998 by Sam Houser, Terry Donovan, Dan Houser, Jamie King and Gary Foreman, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive Software and is an umbrella/label for all other studios with the Rockstar name.
Divisions
Names in italics used to be subsidiaries, but no longer are as they were closed or sold off.
- Rockstar North (formerly DMA Design - Dundee, Scotland, UK - acquired in 1999)
- Rockstar Toronto (formerly Rockstar Canada / Take-Two Interactive Canada / GameTek Canada / Imagexcel - Toronto, Canada - reassigned from Take-Two Interactive in 1999)
- Rockstar Vancouver (formerly Barking Dog Studios - Vancouver, Canada - acquired in 2002, merged with Rockstar Toronto in 2012)
- Rockstar Lincoln (formerly Tarantula Studios / Spidersoft - Lincoln, England, UK - reassigned from Take-Two Interactive in 2002)
- Rockstar San Diego (formerly Angel Studios - San Diego, USA - acquired in 2002)
- Rockstar Vienna (formerly neo Software Produktions - Vienna, Austria - reassigned from Gathering in 2003, closed in 2006)
- Rockstar New England (formerly Mad Doc Software - Andover, Massachussets, USA - acquired in 2008)
- Rockstar Leeds (formerly Möbius Entertainment - Leeds, UK - acquired in 2004)
- Rockstar London (London, UK - founded in 2005)
- Rockstar India (Bangalore, India - founded in 2016)
- Rockstar New York (New York, USA - founded cca 2020)
- Rockstar Dundee (formerly Ruffian Games - Dundee, Scotland, UK - acquired in 2020)
- Cfx.re (acquired in 2023)
- Rockstar LA (formerly Standard Deviation - Los Angeles, USA - acquired in 2023)
- Rockstar Australia (formerly Video Games Deluxe - Sydney, Australia - acquired in 2025)
Credited on 88 Games from 1999 to 2023
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| Grand Theft Auto III: The Definitive Edition (2023 on Android, iPad, iPhone) |
| Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Definitive Edition (2023 on Android, iPad, iPhone) |
| Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - The Definitive Edition (2023 on iPhone, Android, iPad) |
| Red Dead Redemption (2023 on Windows, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch) |
| Grand Theft Auto: Online (2022 on Xbox Series, PlayStation 5) |
| Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition (2021 on Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One...) |
| Red Dead Online (2018 on Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One...) |
| Red Dead Redemption II (2018 on Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One...) |
| Red Dead Redemption II (Special Edition) (2018 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows) |
| Red Dead Redemption II (Ultimate Edition) (2018 on Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4) |
| Grand Theft Auto V: Premium Online Edition (2017 on Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One) |
| L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files (2017 on Windows, PlayStation 4) |
| Grand Theft Auto V & Megalodon Shark Cash Card Bundle (2016 on PlayStation 3) |
| Grand Theft Auto V & Whale Shark Cash Card Bundle (2016 on PlayStation 3) |
| Grand Theft Auto V & Great White Shark Cash Card Bundle (2015 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One) |
| Grand Theft Auto: iFruit (2014 on PS Vita) |
| Grand Theft Auto V (2013 on Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3...) |
| Grand Theft Auto V (Special Edition) (2013 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) |
| Max Payne Complete (2013 on Windows) |
| Grand Theft Auto Complete Package (2013 on Windows) |
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History +
- April 2008
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Company acquires Mad Doc Software and renames it Rockstar New England.
- 2005
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Rockstar London is founded.
- April 8, 2004
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Rockstar acquires Möbius Entertainment and re-brands it to Rockstar Leeds.
- 2002
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The company acquires DMA Design and renames it Rockstar North.
- 1998
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The Rockstar Games label, founded by Sam Houser, Terry Donovan, Dan Houser, Jamie King and Gary Foreman.
Related Web Sites +
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Rockstar Games Interview
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Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 40 games with Valve Corporation
- 26 games with Take-Two Interactive Software Europe Ltd.
- 26 games with Rockstar Lincoln Limited
- 23 games with Rockstar North Ltd.
- 22 games with Take Two Interactive GmbH
- 21 games with Take Two Interactive France SAS
- 19 games with Rockstar San Diego, Inc.
- 19 games with Epic Games Tools LLC
- 16 games with Rockstar Leeds Ltd.
- 14 games with Rockstar Games Toronto ULC
- 51 games with Sam Houser
- 45 games with Jennifer Kolbe
- 43 games with Dan Houser
- 43 games with Jeff Rosa
- 40 games with Stanton A. Sarjeant
- 40 games with Richard Huìe
- 40 games with Adam Tedman
- 38 games with Chris Madgwick
- 36 games with Lucien King
- 35 games with Matthew Hewitt
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