Rockstar Games, Inc.
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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
- 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)
Credited on 134 Games from 1999 to 2023
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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 8th, 2004
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Rockstar acquires Mobius 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.
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Rockstar Games, Inc.
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Rockstar Games Interview
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Frequent Collaborators
- 39 games with Valve Corporation
- 26 games with Rockstar Lincoln Limited
- 25 games with Take-Two Interactive Software Europe Ltd.
- 22 games with Rockstar North Ltd.
- 20 games with Rockstar San Diego, Inc.
- 20 games with Take Two Interactive GmbH
- 19 games with Epic Games Tools LLC
- 19 games with Take Two Interactive France SAS
- 16 games with Rockstar Leeds Ltd.
- 14 games with Rockstar Games Toronto ULC
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