Number of employees2,000+ (2018)SeeWebsiteRockstar Games, Inc. Is an American based in. The company was established in December 1998 as a subsidiary of, and as successor to BMG Interactive, a dormant video game publisher of which Take-Two had previously acquired the assets. Founding members of the company were and, Terry Donovan and Jamie King, who worked for Take-Two at the time, and of which the Houser brothers were previously executives at BMG Interactive. Co-founders Sam and Dan Houser head the studio as and vice-president for creative, respectively.Since 1999, several companies acquired by or established under Take-Two have become part of Rockstar Games, such as (later renamed Rockstar Toronto) becoming the first one in 1999, and the most recent in 2016. All companies organized under Rockstar Games bear the 'Rockstar' name and logo. In this context, Rockstar Games is sometimes also referred to as Rockstar New York, Rockstar NY or Rockstar NYC.
Rockstar Games also sports a studio in.Rockstar Games predominantly publishes games in the genre, while also saw success for the company. One of such action-adventure game franchises is, which Rockstar Games took over from BMG Interactive, which published. The most recent game in the series, has shipped over 110 million copies since its release in September 2013, making it one of the. Other popular franchises published by Rockstar Games are,. Contents.HistoryIn May 1998, acquired the assets of dormant British BMG Interactive from its parent, BMG Entertainment (in turn a subsidiary), in exchange for 1.85 million shares, around 16% of the company's.
Through the acquisition, Take-Two Interactive gained rights to BMG Interactive-owned, including and the upcoming. BMG Interactive executives, and Jamie King, as well as Terry Donovan of BMG Entertainment-owned record label, subsequently moved to to work for Take-Two Interactive. In December 1998, the Houser brothers, Donovan and King established Rockstar Games as a of Take-Two Interactive, acting as the company's high-end publishing label.
The formation was formally announced on January 22, 1999.In January 2007, Take-Two Interactive announced that Donovan, until then for Rockstar Games, left the company following a four-month leave of absence. He was succeeded by Gary Dale, who became.
Dale previously worked with the Houser brothers and King at BMG Interactive, but left the company when it was acquired by Take-Two Interactive, and joined 's European operations as managing director in 2003.As of February 2014, Rockstar Games titles have shipped more than 250 million copies, the largest franchise being the series, which alone has shipments of at least 250 million as of November 2016. Shipped the highest number of units within the series' and the company's history, with over 110 million copies, becoming one of the.At the in March 2014, Rockstar Games was honored with the for 'creating intricately layered interactive worlds that have kept the company at the forefront of the gaming industry for over a decade, both critically and commercially'. Jennifer Kolbe, who started at the front desk of Take-Two, acts as Rockstar Games' head of publishing and oversees all development studios. Simon Ramsey is the company's head of PR and communications.In May 2019, Rockstar Games announced that they were acquiring from for $7.9 million, with the sale being finalized later that month and the Dhruva team merged into.In September 2019, Rockstar Games announced that they had released their own game launcher, a, and communications service. Company philosophyIn October 2011, Dan Houser told that Rockstar Games was intentionally avoiding developing games in the genre, because 'it is in our to avoid doing what other companies are doing. the goalpoint of Rockstar is to have the players really feel what we're trying to do.'
Houser went on to say 'Our games up to now have been different from any genre that existed at the time; we made new genres by ourselves with games like the GTA series. We didn't rely on testimonials in a business textbook to do what we've done. If we make the sort of games we want to play, then we believe people are going to buy them.'
The company has been involved with charitable work ranging from supporting, offering appearances in games as a raffle prize, and charity. Games published. Main article: Films produced YearTitleGenre1999Crime drama2004DramaCrime drama2005Documentary2010Western dramaSubsidiariesRockstar Games operates eight studios and an international publishing subsidiary. Where multiple Rockstar studios headed development efforts for a game, ' Rockstar Studios' is named as the developer.LogoNameLocationFoundedAcquiredNotes2016—Daniel Smith heads the studio as.Rockstar International2003—The international publishing headquarters for Rockstar Games.
Located in the same offices as Rockstar London.19972004Created,. Also ported to.19922002Dedicated quality assurance and localization house for games published by Rockstar Games.London2005—Completed the development on. Located in the same offices as Rockstar International.19992008Responsible for.19872002Responsible for and the series.19842002Responsible for the, and series. Also houses, an in-house team that is responsible for the development and maintenance of the.19811999Responsible for. Also developed Microsoft Windows ports for, and.Former LogoNameLocationFoundedAcquiredClosedNotes12Responsible for. Merged into in July 2032006Porting house with a focus on. Closed down in May 2006, during the development of, which was transferred to.Software RAGE.
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It’s safe to say that the executives in charge of Rockstar Games and parent company Take-Two are happy with the company’s performance as of late. Grand Theft Auto Online continues to and Red Dead Redemption II recently crossed 25 million sales, but those who actually make the games now have a reason to celebrate, as well — the quality assurance (QA) department is being converted from freelance contractors to full-time staff.According to a, the game testers at the Rockstar Lincoln studio were turned into full-time employees on August 1. Other policies, including one that prevented testers from having cell phones at their desk, have been elimin.