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The Rockstar label, founded in 1998 by Sam Houser, Terry Donovan, Dan Houser, Jamie King and Gary Foreman, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Take 2 Interactive.

Rockstar is the developer of the popular yet controversial Grand Theft Auto and Midnight Club 2 and has a bright future in the industry in the coming years. The company is now working with Grant Theft Auto 4 and we wouldn’t be surprised if Midnight Club 3 were to make an appearance in the near future.

Software Highlights from Credited Titles

Rockstar's first work that SPOnG is aware of is the 1999 title, "GTa2" (PlayStation).

The company has been involved titles released on the PS4, Switch, Xbox One, PC, Wii, PS3, Xbox 360, DS/DSi, PS2, PSP, Xbox, GameCube, GBA, PlayStation, Game Boy Color and Dreamcast. Of these, "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" (PS2), "Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories" (PSP), "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories" (PSP), "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" (Xbox), "Grand Theft Auto 3" (PS2) has been a best selling title.

The company's most recent involvement was on the 2018 release "Red Dead Redemption 2" (Xbox One).

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17 Jun 2014

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18 Dec 2013

Rockstar Games Announces Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Now Available for iOS

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12 Dec 2013

GTA Online Update: Free Deathmatch & Race Creators this Week, Capture Mode and More on the Way

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10 Dec 2013

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19 Nov 2013

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13 Nov 2013

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01 Oct 2013

Rockstar Games Announces Grand Theft Auto V Release Date

Rockstar Games is proud to announce that Grand Theft Auto V is expected to launch worldwide for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system on September 17, 2013.

31 Jan 2013

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08 Nov 2012

Rockstar Games Announces Grand Theft Auto V Coming Spring 2013

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31 Oct 2012

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27 Apr 2012

Grand Theft Auto Recognised at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London

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04 Apr 2012

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27 Mar 2012

Rockstar Games Announces Max Payne 3 Release Date

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17 Jan 2012

Rockstar Games Announces L.A. Noire for the PC

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23 Jun 2011

Rockstar Games Announces New Downloadable Content Plans for Red Dead Redemption

Future packs add new characters, weapons and active map locations to Free Roam and competitive multiplayer modes.

08 Jul 2010

Rockstar Games Announces Grand Theft Auto Iv On Games For Windows

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01 Mar 2010

Rockstar Games Announces Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City On Playstation 3 and Games For Windows - Live

The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony available together on a single disc and individually for digital download

29 Jan 2010

Rockstar Games Announces Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City On Playstation 3 and Games For Windows Live

The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony available together on a single disc and individually for digital download

29 Jan 2010

Rockstar Games teams up with Timbaland to present Beaterator for the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system

Rockstar Games is pleased to announce that it has teamed up with super-producer Timbaland to present Beaterator for the PSP system.

14 Mar 2007

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26 Oct 2006

Rockstar Games Announces Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories for the PSPTM (PlayStation®Portable) System

The latest title in the blockbuster Grand Theft Auto series to be available exclusively for Sony's portable system Fall 2006.

10 May 2006

Rockstar Games announces Grand Theft Auto IV for the Xbox 360TM and PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system

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09 May 2006

Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis for Xbox 360TM

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06 Mar 2006

Rockstar Games Announces Sunday Driver

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22 Sep 2005

Rockstar Games Announces Bully

Rockstar Games, the world-renowned publishing label of Take 2 Interactive is proud to announce Bully for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox from Microsoft.

09 May 2005

Rockstar Contributes £71M to UK Economy

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06 May 2005

Rockstar Games Announces Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for XBox

Street dates confirmed for Xbox and PC versions of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

17 Dec 2004

Rockstar Games and Interscope Records Announce Box Set Soundtrack Details for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

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17 Nov 2004

Rockstar Games Announces Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition

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07 May 2004

Rockstar Games Announces Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

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02 Mar 2004

Miyamoto enters ‘Golden Halls’

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28 Nov 2003

The Golden short-list

The final short-list of nominees is announced for the Computer and Video Games Golden Joystick Awards 2003.

24 Oct 2003

Rockstar stole my Joystick

Grand Theft Auto III emerges as the star of the show at today’s Golden Joystick Awards ceremony.

28 Oct 2002

And the nominees are...

The list of official nominations for this year’s Golden Joystick Awards is announced.

17 Sep 2002

Rockstar Games and Sony Music Entertainment announce soundtracks for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Seven soundtrack albums to be released simultaneously with the release of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

09 Sep 2002

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30 Aug 2002

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28 Jan 2001

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14 Sep 2000

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11 May 2000

Take 2 Interactive's Rockstar Games unveils Midnight Club and Smuggler's Run for PlayStation 2 at E3

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11 May 2000

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