Rockstar Games, a game publishing company known globally for its huge hits such as the Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Series, along with its more controversial side for games such as Manhunt. Rockstar Games, which is owned by Take-Two, have many subsidiaries that work on a variety of different games and software. So let’s take a look at all the studios that have been and are currently under Rockstar Games.
Rockstar Games
Active since: December 1998
Location: Broadway, New York City
Description: Publishing studio for all the Rockstar subsidiaries. Publishing games such as Grand Theft Auto, Midnight Club, Red Dead and more. Along with publishing films such as Football Factory.
Rockstar North
Active since: 1984
Joined Rockstar: 2002 – Present
Formerly known as: Acme Software & DMA Designs
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Known for: The Grand Theft Auto series, Manhunt series, and helping other studios on projects.
Rockstar San Diego
Active since: 1984
Joined Rockstar: 2002 – Present
Formerly known as: Angel Studios, Inc
Location: Carlsbad, California
Known for: The Red Dead, Midnight Club & Smugglers Run series, along with being the lead studio for the RAGE game engine.
Rockstar Toronto
Active since: 1988
Joined Rockstar: 1999- Present
Formerly known as: Imagexcel, GameTek Canada, Rockstar Canada Inc, Rockstar Toronto Inc, Rockstar Games Toronto Inc.
Location: Lake Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Known for: The Warriors, and supporting other studios on projects such as Porting GTA IV & the Story DLC’s on Windows
Rockstar Lincoln
Active since: 1992
Joined Rockstar: 2002 – Present
Formerly known as: Spidersoft Limited & Tarantula Studios
Location: Lincoln, England
Known for: Dedicated Quality assurance and Localization studio.
Rockstar Leeds
Active since: 1997
Joined Rockstar: 2004 – Present
Formerly known as: Möbius Entertainment Limited
Location: Leeds, England
Known for: Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, Vice City Stories and Chinatown Wars
Rockstar New England
Active since: 1999
Joined Rockstar: 2008 – Present
Formerly known as: Mad Doc Software
Location: Ballardvale, Massachusetts
Known for: Bully: Scholarship Edition
Rockstar International
Active since: 2003
Joined Rockstar: 2003 – Present
Formerly known as: N/A
Location: London, England
Known for: The international Publishing HQ for Rockstar Games
Rockstar London
Active since: 2005
Joined Rockstar: 2005- Present
Formerly known as: N/A
Location: London, England
Known for: Max Payne 3 & Manhunt 2
Rockstar India
Active since: 2016
Joined Rockstar: 2016 – Present
Formerly known as: N/A
Location: Bangalore, India
Known for: No projects announced as of yet
Rockstar Dundee
Active since: 2008
Joined Rockstar: 2020- Present
Formerly known as: Ruffian Games
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Known for: Crackdown 2. Halo TMCC, No projects announced as of yet under R*
Rockstar Vienna
Active since: 1993 – 2006
Joined Rockstar: 2003 – 2006
Formerly known as: Neo Software Produktions GmbH
Location: Vienna, Austria
Known for: Supporting studios with game development, started developing Manhunt 2 before closing down
Rockstar Vancouver
Active since: 1998
Joined Rockstar: 2002 – 2012 (Merged into R* Toronto, all staff given the option to join any other R* Studio)
Formerly known as: Barking Dog Studios Ltd.
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Known for: Bully & Max Payne 3
