Sejarah berdiri nya Rockstar Games

Pernahkah anda bermain Grand theft auto atau sering disebut GTA?  atau mungkin anda pernah bermain Bully ? ya mungkin di kalangan gamers indonesia game tersebut tidak begitu asing.
Tapi tahukah anda bahwa game tersebut lahir dari ide dan developer yang sama ? Developer tersebut sering disebut Rockstar Games.

Rockstar Games adalah sebuah pengembang permainan video multinasional yang berkantor pusat di New York City, saat ini dimiliki Take-Two Interactive setelah membeli pengembang permainan video asal Britania, BMG Interactive Merek ini terkenal karena seri permainan Grand Theft Auto, Max Payne, L.A. Noire, The Warriors, Bully, Manhunt, Midnight Club, State of Emergency, dan Red Dead, serta pemakaian dunia terbuka dan kebebasan menjelajah dalam permainan tersebut. Perusahaan ini memiliki sejumlah studio yang telah diakuisisi dan ganti nama dan studio yang didirikan sendiri. Walaupun banyak studio hasil akuisisi Take-Two Interactive dipakai oleh Rockstar, studio-studio lain tetap mempertahankan identitas lamanya dan menjadi bagian dari divisi 2K Games milik Take-Two Interactive. Rockstar Games didirikan di New York City pada tahun 1998 oleh produsen permainan video Britania Raya Sam Houser, Dan Houser, Terry Donovan, Jamie King dan Gary Foreman.


Pada Bulan Februari pihak Rockstar mengumumkan telah menjual lebih dar 250 juta Copy !!
Pendapatan terbesar dari game besutan rockstar adalah game fenomenal Grand Theft Auto (GTA) yang dimana telah menjual setidaknya 157.5 juta copy diseluruh dunia
Dibulan maret 2014 Rockstar mendapatkan penghargaan BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award at the British Academy Video Games Awards.

Berikut adalah daftar studio Rockstar dari berbagai belahan dunia

Logo	Nama	Lokasi	tahun didirikan studio	Catatan
	Rockstar Leeds	Leeds, England	2004–present	Previously known as Mobius Entertainment, they created Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories for the PlayStation Portable, Max Payne for the Game Boy Advance, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, and the music game Beaterator. The studio's most recent work is the Microsoft Windows version of L.A. Noire.
	Rockstar Lincoln	Lincoln, England	1999–present	Quality assurance and localisation, previously known as Tarantula Studios.
	Rockstar London	London, England	2005–present	Formed in November 2005. Took over development of Manhunt 2 after Rockstar Vienna closed and developed the portable adaptation of Midnight Club: Los Angeles.
	Rockstar New England	Andover, Massachusetts	2008–present	Acquired on April 4, 2008 and was previously known as Mad Doc Software. They developed the Wii, Xbox 360, and PC ports of Bully.
	Rockstar North	Edinburgh, Scotland	1999–Present	Founded in 1988 as DMA Design, they are famous for the Grand Theft Auto, and Manhunt franchises, as well as the original Lemmings games.
	Rockstar San Diego	Carlsbad, California	2003–Present	Previously known as Angel Studios, they developed the RAGE engine, Red Dead Revolver and Red Dead Redemption, the Smuggler's Run series, the first two Midtown Madness games and the Midnight Club series.
	Rockstar Toronto	Oakville, Ontario	1999–Present	Previously known as Rockstar Canada. Their most well-known work is The Warriors, an adaptation of the cult classic film and the PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City.