Rockstar Games

Rockstar Games, Inc. is a development division of video game publisher Take-Two Interactive. The brand is most known for 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 that Take-Two 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. Donovan has since left the company, to be replaced by former Capcom managing director, Gary Dale. Dale, along with Sam and Dan Houser is the leadership now.

Rockstar Studios

Current divisions

Former divisions

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Rockstar Japan

Based in Tokyo, Japan. The studio was founded in 2005. Worked in conjunction with developer Capcom on Japanese localizations of numerous games by Rockstar. Also known as ‘Rockstar Games Tokyo’. The studio has since been dissolved.

Rockstar Vancouver

Based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Previously known as Barking Dog Studios. They have released Bully. The studio closed in July 2012, where the remaining staff was transferred to Rockstar Toronto.

Rockstar Vienna

Based in Vienna, Austria. Previously known as neo Software; closed on May 11, 2006. Worked on Max Payne and Max Payne 2 and the Grand Theft Auto: Double Pack as well the original developer for Manhunt 2.

Other companies that have developed for Rockstar Games

Works

Notable Games & Series

Developed Works

Published Works

Unreleased Works

Films

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

Logo

Rockstar’s logo consists of a black ‘R’ and a white star on a yellow background. Rockstar Games has a habit of placing the logo within their games as a form of Easter Egg.

Grand Theft Auto 2

In

• The logo of Rockstar appears in the logo of the radio station Rockstar Radio.

Grand Theft Auto III

In

• The logo appears on many billboards throughout Liberty City, particularly around the Liberty Memorial Coliseum and in Chinatown.
• An advertisement in Bedford Point shows a coffee cup with the logo on it.
• A male pedestrian in Portland can be seen wearing a blue cap with the Rockstar logo on it.
• A female pedestrian that is commonly seen in Staunton Island wears a jacket that says “ROCK STAR” on the front.
• On the inoperable helicopters in Francis International Airport.
• The logo appears as a constellation in the sky, with an especially bright star at the tip to represent the white star of the logo.

• The door of Rockster Video Games bears the logo. The name “Rockster Video Games” is also a clear reference to the company.
• The logo appears as a constellation in the sky, with an especially bright star at the tip to represent the white star of the logo.
• A swimming pool on Starfish Island is shaped like the logo.
• The clerk of the Ammu-Nation stores wears a jacket with the Rockstar logo on the front and the words “ROCK STAR” on the back.
• The logo is on a heart-shaped tombstone and on a shirt of a person in a picture frame in Funeraria Romero.
• On the parked Air Rockstar jumbo jets in Escobar International Airport, the name appears on the front of the jet and the logo appears on its tail.
• The logo is on billboards across the street from Café Robina and across the street from Screw This.
• On one of the variant of the Hotring Racer.
• On one of the variant of the Bloodring Banger.
• Some towels on the beach bear the logo.
• The Rockstar logo is tagged multiple times near the large outdoor sewers in Little Haiti.

Grand Theft Auto Advance

In

• The logo appears on the walls of Mike’s Staunton Island and Shoreside Vale hideouts.

• Graffiti resembling the logo can be seen throughout the city.
• A pedestrian has the logo emblazoned on his hat.

Grand Theft Auto IV

In

• The bowling pins in Memory Lanes bear the logo.
• Large concrete slabs near the Poop Deck feature the logo.
• The zombie skin available in multiplayer wears yellow underwear with the Rockstar logo.
• Some pedestrians can be seen wearing clothing featuring a logo that consists of an R and a star, but not in the same style as the Rockstar Games logo.
• Rock Star Music & Video is likely named after Rockstar Games.
• The “Key to the City” trophy/achievment has the Rockstar logo as its handle.

• The logo appears as a fridge magnet on the Mission Replay whiteboard, along with the Rockstar Leeds logo.

Grand Theft Auto Online

In

• The logo and/or name appears on numerous items of clothing.
• The logo appears as the main sponsor on the “Rockstar Games” livery for the Sentinel Classic.

In Other Media

• In Malcolm in the Middle, in the episodes ‘Hal’s Friend’ and ‘Stupid Girl’, the logo can be seen on the family’s fridge.
  • It is seen again in the high school on the side of Malcolm’s lockers.
• In My Wife and Kids, in the episodes “Jr.’s Risky Business”, the logo can be seen in the Junior’s bedroom.

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