Rockstar Games is a developer and video game publisher based in New York in the United States, owned by Take-Two Interactive since the redemption in 1998 of the BMG interactive BMG video game publisher. The brand is mainly known for the Grand Theft Auto series, which has taken a major importance in the world of video games in the 2000s. The company holds other flagship franchises that have made its reputation, including Canis Canem Edit, Max Payne, Midnight Club, Manhunt or the Red Dead series. Most brand games take place in open world. Rockstar Games includes studios that have been acquired and renamed, as well as other internally created. Although a large number of studios acquired by Take-Two Interactive merged with the Rockstar Games division, several other recent studios have retained their previous identities and have become an integral part of the 2K Games division. The Rockstar Games label was founded in New York in 1998 by the British video game producers SAM HOUOUER, Dan Hou...