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RAGE should be merged into this page (ZookPS3 20:03, 13 May 2007 (UTC))
http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=13172
Matt714 19:58, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
There's alot of suits explained in other articles against Rockstar Games... why not put them here? IronCrow 02:26, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
I have never heard about Rockstar London before but I think that it should have it's own page for now, at least until they produce more games or until we know more about them.
Thank you. Ore4444 10:57, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
I had the right to remove "Rockstar is a conteversial ect." I'm not a Rockstar member, but I don't think they would appreciate that. Though their are known to be Conteversial. If anyone wants to put it back up, okay with me.--70.57.196.81 04:16, 26 July 2007 (UTC) HeavyWikiMetal
I think it's entirely fair to include any controversy on this page. Manhunt, Bully and Grand Theft Auto are all Rockstar creations and you will find substantial controversy sections in each. I think you're wrong when you say Rockstar wouldn't appreciate having such a section - they are clearly an unethical company who rely on this kind of sensationalist stuff to sell their games. GM Pink Elephant (talk) 10:54, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Putting in a controversy thing would be good. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.163.117.13 (talk) 04:40, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
Could we perhaps merge all the articles on Rockstar Games studios (except Rockstar North) into one big article (List of Rockstar Games studios)? Because they are all quite small and are unlikely to get much bigger, so a merge might be better. Obviously Rockstar North is a big article so it could just have a "main article: Rockstar North" link on it. .:Alex:. 15:59, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
I heard Sony was aquiring Rockstar, Is this true? Starwarsrulez 05:32, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
i think maybe we could remove a few, 4 seems to many in my view, even considering the fact that this article documents many rockstar games subdivisions, the fan sites seem to be about rockstar games as a whole.--KerotanTalk Have a nice day :) 08:37, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
What about max payne 3? should that be included? It's stated that the game is coming out in the fiscal year of 2009 along with red dead revolver 2. Look at the Max Payne page —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.155.235.68 (talk) 15:30, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
"United States video game companies." What do you base the nationality of the company on? Where its headquarters are? Not even a single mention of its British roots is fairly odd, I would say. Bloodloss (talk) 09:04, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
Started by English persons, mostly based in the UK. Whoever wrote it obviously thought that it is American because the parent company is.--88.106.202.0 (talk) 20:55, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
Yes, you see lots of debates about headquaters and parent companies and all that. It should be were the founders and/or leaders are from. You have to remember a games company does not gain a citezenship like a person would. Tukogbani
Change it to British/American then? 78.145.30.131 (talk) 16:34, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
Rockstar Games is a corporation, right? (Might be wrong) Aren't corporations, by definition a distinct legal identity separate from the people who run it? Therefor, does the company inherit the nationality of it's owner(s), does it have it's own nationality completely seperate, or do they even have a nationality? (Because if it is one of the last two, it should be left the way it is) DTHCND (talk) 20:14, 23 October 2010 (EST)
The British news/media/government see Rockstar Games as a 'British video game developer and publisher based in New York City' It often features on the news and news papers magazines etc,voted as a British icon etc,they are very rpoud Rockstar Games is British. The offical EU Rockstar games website has it down as 'Rockstar Games is a major British video game developer and publisher based in New York City, owned by Take-Two Interactive'
sources... Rockstar EU site...http://rockstarspot.eu/r-studios/
Grand theft auto voted British icon...http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/6506/t647088-gta-voted-british-icon/
British games industry has never looked so healthy...http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/electronics/8188063/Britains-booming-video-games-industry-risks-a-brain-drain.html
BBC News celebrating Rockstar Games and Grand Theft Auto being British (tour of the studio 1996 and 2008 plus history of GTA) (video)...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smsUcmOawEI — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.29.240.99 (talk) 13:36, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
"Bungie, of Halo fame, developed the game Oni. Before Bungie was bought by Microsoft, Halo was to be released on Mac, PC and PlayStation 2 with Rockstar as the game's publisher."
Halo was never Released on PlayStation 2!!!!! I think it was ONI what you mean. I corrected yesterday but it was undo today! Halo was ported on PC from gearbox! see also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oni_%28video_game%29
--Deficiency (talk) 10:57, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Should we ask the admin to protect this article? To much vandalism!--62.225.150.98 (talk) 09:18, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
Should be on the list of games —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.236.189.244 (talk) 03:44, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
Just pointing out the resemblence of Rockstar logo and letter "R" on Eminem's Relapse album cover. Wasn't there some problem between the two a while ago? 80.221.43.118 (talk) 15:00, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
I'm not much good at editing Wikipedia pages, but I noticed that the game "Evel Knievel" for the Game Boy Color is omitted in this page. This is also a Rockstar game. I think someone should add it to the list. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.146.120.126 (talk) 09:26, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
People need to stop adding "Grand Theft Auto V", "Manhunt 3", and "Bully 2" to the list of games. None of these games have been announced and thus DO NOT belong in the page. 98.207.148.253 (talk) 02:49, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Is this an actual studio under development by Rockstar Games? I would really appreciate a link to this claim. I cannot seem to find anything on any major gaming websites and doing a Google Search for "Rockstar Bogota" yields no official results. 144.131.28.246 (talk) 06:55, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi,
I tried to add that Rockstar Games is a major 'British' games developer and publisher based in New York City.
The official European Rockstar website has it down as British,"Rockstar Games is a major British video game developer and publisher based in New York City, owned by Take-Two Interactive"
source... http://rockstarspot.eu/r-studios/
In Britain the British media,government,news all say its British,its even been hailed as a British icon,often features on the news and they are very proud of it being British.
Everytime i try to add the fact its British it gets vandalized. Would you be able to add its British with my source/link beside it to verify this fact please. maybe semi lock the page also.
Thank You!
Sorry to reopen a closed discussion, but saying its American, do you have a source for that? MisterShiney ✉ 18:33, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
Rockstar Games is headquartered in the United States, controlled by its two British chiefs, but is based in USA, not in Britain, plus it is also controlled by an American company, so why not you can place an American citizen to Rockstar Games?, So as Rockstar North is a British based , because it has its headquarters there, so why Rockstar Games can not add "AMERICAN" if based in the United States? sorry for my bad English, I'm from Venezuela.
greetings. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.95.13.60 (talk) 19:37, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
186.95.71.128 (talk) 03:19, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
190.78.20.155 (talk) 00:02, 12 December 2012 (UTC) clear that no friend, Rockstar Games was founded in the United States when there existed BMG, then followed that was purchased , now controlled by another American company.
WOW! Some Americans really dont like the UK founding a games company that actually produces good games! Point is the brits responsible decided to be really awkward. So they founded a games company, but with the development market being in America, and therefore all the contacts being there, they started over there (Purely original research/Personal opinion until proven otherwise). It was just easier for them. But they did have a UK branch for some of its development projects (Giving you the Grand Theft Auto (series)). It was eventually bought came a part of Take Two banner and as far as I know, stayed under the same management, as is common with these sorts of acquisitions. Giving it more money, more market contacts and thus able to make more of those amazing games we all like to play. Why cant we call it American? Because it's run by Brits. Why cant we call it British? Because it's headquarters is New York. Why cant we call it Multinational? Oh wait we do! Multinational is a nice compromise and middle ground of which we all agree. MisterShiney ✉ 07:02, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
190.78.20.155 (talk) 00:02, 12 December 2012 (UTC) Rockstar games is a American company based in new york,that's all.
While I think Multinational Corporation is a good description, we might want to use something that can be cited like the following:
Rockstar Games is a video game developer and production company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Take Two Interactive headquartered in New York City, New York.
Sources! http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/43961/business.html#/?lb=corpinfo http://appext9.dos.ny.gov/corp_public/CORPSEARCH.ENTITY_INFORMATION?p_nameid=2827000&p_corpid=2804759&p_entity_name=Rockstar%20Games&p_name_type=A&p_search_type=BEGINS&p_srch_results_page=0 http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9NDc1NzM2fENoaWxkSUQ9NTA4MDQ4fFR5cGU9MQ==&t=1
Information about its history including its buyout as BMG should be added in a history section. I would remove this (owned by Take-Two Interactive following its purchase of British video game publisher BMG Interactive) because Rockstar Games has an established history on its own and the buyout and other useful information can be covered in greater detail in the history section. I decent example of this is GEICO--ChadH (talk) 21:28, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
186.95.0.100 (talk) 23:42, 12 December 2012 (UTC) Why Rockstar Games article is protected? Does the article suffered from vandalism?
and why Rockstar North may have the "British" and Rockstar Games cant have the "American".
186.95.0.203 (talk) 01:14, 14 December 2012 (UTC) Exactly! and Rockstar Games is an American company, based in New York, a subsidiary of another American company, i mean, Take Two Interactive. or am I wrong?
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And Rockstar North also should not have the "british" because only is based there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.95.66.248 (talk) 20:14, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
63.141.199.67 (talk) 20:18, 14 December 2012 (UTC) You're right.
No. Microsoft has always been American. It was founded by an American. In America. There is no dispute as to it's origins. Look at it like this. A British man moves to America and lives there. Is he American or British? He is British I hear you say. But he lives in America. So surly that makes him American? He is still British. Rockstar Games is a similar concept. It was founded by Brits living in America. It has British roots. It has a British subsidiary. The British are VERY proud to have part of an internationally known company within it's borders. As far as the British media are concerned it is a British company. Potentially it is only registered in America as a UK TAX dodge, although good luck finding an official source to say that. A good and reasonable compromise in this is to say that it is a multinational company.
As IP users with few edits, may I suggest that you create an account if you wish to be taken seriously in future, as it can be the general view among registered editors that you are only here to cause trouble. MisterShiney ✉ 22:52, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
190.72.2.153 (talk) 23:24, 14 December 2012 (UTC) and what is the problem, which was founded by the British? what matters is that it was founded in the United States, and is now under the control of another U.S. company. What do you mean UK subsidiary? Rockstar North? is a subsidiary more , as in Canada are Rockstar Toronto and others, as, Rockstar Leeds, Japan, among others. You have to accept that the company Rockstar Games is an American company that was started by the staff who worked for BMG Interactive, or am I wrong? Take Two purchase BMG and moved to the United States, I was wrong again? Rockstar Games was founded in the United States, and Take-Two bought BMG and then moved to the U.S., and now Take-Two is a "American", because are in the United States, not Great Britain.
So MisterShiney, I hope your answer.Mervin1234 (talk) 07:16, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
Mervin1234 (talk) 07:36, 17 December 2012 (UTC) MisterShiney!u die?
I think that MisterShiney died.
or I won, then I think that the nationality should now change to American. Mervin1234 (talk) 07:16, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
First off I should point out how in appropriate those comments are for Wikipedia and you should make yourself aware of the Wikipedia:Policies and Guidlines. Secondly, it is not about "Winning" and just because an editor doesn't reply for a few days because he has other things to do other than argue of the nationality of a company it is no reason to change an already established fact within the article. Thirdly, If you wish to have it changed then up need to first off get other editors involved in the discussion and come up with reliable sources to support your claim. I for one will not go around in circles in a pointless discussion. You have your view, I have mine (and already established comprimise I might add as I was pro it being called a British company). Neither of us will change, so I open it up to the floor for further discussion. MisterShiney ✉ 08:37, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
then what I need to do to change the nationality?Mervin1234 (talk) 08:20, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
I offer up my suggestion again which has sources.
Rockstar Games is a video game development and production company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Take Two Interactive headquartered in New York City, New York. Rockstar Games is notable for creating commercially successful and controversial games including Grand Theft Auto, Max Payne, LA Noire, Bully, and Red Dead. The company was founded in the United States in 1998 by Sam Houser, Dan Houser, Terry Donovan, Jamie King, and Gary Foreman after Take-Two Interactive's purchase of the British video game division BMG Interactive from BMG.
The headquarters of Rockstar Games is located on Broadway Avenue in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City, along with Take-Two Interactive's offices. Rockstar Games is also comprised of 8 active production studios located five countries.
Rockstar Games is also notable for developing other video game technologies including the multiplatform game engine Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (RAGE) at their San Diego, CA studio. And the Rockstar Games Social Club, an online community used in games developed by Rockstar.
Line Breaks seem to not work with the quotation template. There are two, one after BMG and the other after countries. Sorry...
Initial Sources
Other sources for supporting commercially successful and controversial are in the games' articles and can be copied in. Also I would like to work back in open world and free roaming settings but I'm not sure where.
Maybe we can start here and reach a consensus. Also, there needs to be a history section in this article. ChadH (talk) 01:09, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
I agree with you, we can start the consensus, also agree, the article need have "History" to know what their origins, BEFORE from BMG, and after.Mervin1234 (talk) 04:09, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
My offering:
Rockstar Games is a video game development and production company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Take Two Interactive with headquarters in New York and eight development studios in five countries. Rockstar Games is notable for creating commercially successful and controversial games including Grand Theft Auto, Max Payne, LA Noire, Bully, and Red Dead. The company was founded in the United States in 1998 by Sam Houser, Dan Houser, Terry Donovan, Jamie King, and Gary Foreman after Take-Two Interactive's purchase of the British video game division of BMG Interactive from BMG.
Rockstar Games is also notable for developing other video game technologies including the multiplatform game engine Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (RAGE) at their San Diego, CA studio. And the Rockstar Games Social Club, an online community used in games developed by Rockstar.
The article needs a Present Day style section for the location and studio info,and it needs a History section as previously mentioned. - X201 (talk) 12:03, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
i want start a consensus for the nationality, i agree 190.72.13.88 (talk) 19:00, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
We seem to be getting near so I've created this sub-section for discussion of the actual wording, other complaints/discussions should continue in the main section above.
Current favourite:
Rockstar Games is a video game development and production company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Take Two Interactive with headquarters in New York and eight development studios in five countries. Rockstar Games is notable for creating commercially successful and controversial games including Grand Theft Auto, Max Payne, LA Noire, Bully, and Red Dead. The company was founded in the United States in 1998 by Sam Houser, Dan Houser, Terry Donovan, Jamie King, and Gary Foreman after Take-Two Interactive's purchase of the British video game division of BMG Interactive from BMG.
Rockstar Games is also notable for developing other video game technologies including the multiplatform game engine Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (RAGE) at their San Diego, CA studio. And the Rockstar Games Social Club, an online community used in games developed by Rockstar.
Addressing the "founded by Britons" issue (changes from above are in bold)
Rockstar Games is a video game development and production company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Take Two Interactive with headquarters in New York and eight development studios in five countries. Rockstar Games is notable for creating hugely successful and controversial games including Grand Theft Auto, Max Payne, LA Noire, Bully, and Red Dead. The company was founded in the United States in 1998 by the British staff of BMG Interactive - Sam Houser, Dan Houser, Terry Donovan, Jamie King, and Gary Foreman - following Take-Two Interactive's purchase of the British video game division of BMG Interactive from BMG.
Rockstar Games is also notable for developing other video game technologies including the multiplatform game engine Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (RAGE) at their San Diego, CA studio. And the Rockstar Games Social Club, an online community used in games developed by Rockstar.
Have also changed "commercially successful" as it sounded like they just broke-even, instead of the cash cows that they really are. - X201 (talk) 10:23, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
thats the correct
Rockstar Games is a American video game development and production company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Take Two Interactive with headquarters in New York and eight development studios in five countries. Rockstar Games is notable for creating commercially successful and controversial games including Grand Theft Auto, Max Payne, LA Noire, Bully, and Red Dead. The company was founded in the United States in 1998 by Sam Houser, Dan Houser, Terry Donovan, Jamie King, and Gary Foreman after Take-Two Interactive's purchase of the British video game division of BMG Interactive from BMG.
Rockstar Games is also notable for developing other video game technologies including the multiplatform game engine Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (RAGE) at their San Diego, CA studio. And the Rockstar Games Social Club, an online community used in games developed by Rockstar.
Everyone here knows that Rockstar Games was founded in the U.S., is headquartered in New York, and works in headquartered American personnel. - — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.95.2.41 (talk • contribs) 05:40, 22 December 2012
Sounds good. Although can we keep the "multinational video game developer" part please as it better shows that it has subsidiaries accross the world. It's great that a mention of the British owners founding it in the US. It is of this users personal opinion that SOME editors seem to think that America owns the world. Not just on this article, but some of the other "discussions" I have come accross are crazy! Those changes look great though. MisterShiney ✉ 00:25, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
ahh, I thought this was dead but I still have my opinion, this also sounds good
Rockstar Games is a American video game development and production company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Take Two Interactive with headquarters in New York and eight development studios in five countries. Rockstar Games is notable for creating commercially successful and controversial games including Grand Theft Auto, Max Payne, LA Noire, Bully, and Red Dead. The company was founded in the United States in 1998 by Sam Houser, Dan Houser, Terry Donovan, Jamie King, and Gary Foreman after Take-Two Interactive's purchase of the British video game division of BMG Interactive from BMG.
Rockstar Games is also notable for developing other video game technologies including the multiplatform game engine Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (RAGE) at their San Diego, CA studio. And the Rockstar Games Social Club, an online community used in games developed by Rockstar.
lol MervinVillarreal (talk) 18:06, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
who founded the company does not matter. The company was founded in the United States, and is headquartered in the United States, follow the rules of the country. Some days ago I was watching on CNN, that the National Rifle Association named the GTA series and Rockstar Games, for violence in the game, among others, if they delete the GTA saga, it would only be in the U.S.? no, in the world, because Rockstar Games is in America, and Take Two, also in the USA, and that show us U.S. power over the company.MervinVillarreal (talk) 18:30, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
and a question .. Rockstar North, why can have the "British" and Rockstar Games not the "American"?
whats the difference?, both are from a different country, with the same owner. MervinVillarreal (talk) 17:03, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
Rockstar Games is based in America, with it's headquarters in New York.. However the founders Dan Houser and Sam Houser is from London, England. Also you must understand that Rockstar Games is not a studio developing games or anything, but moreover a studio where they handel PR, develop trailers and such, Rockstar Games is more an umbrella for other studios such as Rockstar San Diego, Rockstar North, and that is the studios that develop the games, and also that this is an under studio department for Take-Two Interactive. But in a strange way operating on it's own. I'll get to my point now, Rockstar Games is based in New York but Rockstar North witch develop Grand Theft Auto is based in Scotland, and this is in the UK. BUT Rockstar Games usually called Rockstar NYC, is based in America as it was founded there, to be a umbrella for the rest of the studios, so you cant set a main nationality for Rockstar Games as they got studios all over the world... I hope this clears up the air a little. Zionnomonus (talk) 11:02, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
company, example; Sony Pictures, Music, Universal Music, etc.. AND MANY more.MervinVillarreal (talk) 15:44, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
what happens if is a multinational? That has no bearing on nationality. I continue with the same, the company has to carry the "American" in the beginning, we have to solve this. There is not patriotism.MervinVillarreal (talk) 17:08, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
The info box already points out that it is head quartered in the US. There is no need to add misleading information to the lead paragraph. To imply that the company completely American could be misinterpreted by the average reader. I myself will admit, before this discussion, I thought the company was American. But hearing other editors views and explanations, I realise it is not as cut/dry as that and there are other factors involved. Therefore, I am happy to leave it as Multinational. Unless other editors gets involved in this, I consider the matter on my part closed. MisterShiney ✉ 17:57, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
If we put American in the article, then everybody will think that Rockstar Games as a whole is American, and that is a fact! Also Rockstar North, Rockstar Lincoln, Rockstar London and Rockstar Leeds is based in the UK, i continue.. Sam Houser and Dan Houser is British, and it was them who started DMA (Now Rockstar North), and it was them who founded Rockstar Games (Known as Rockstar NYC) to be a umbrella for the rest of the studios, R* North, R* Leeds, R* San Diego... so on... So putting in American in the article like this "Rockstar Games is an American Video game developer" would be misleading as MisterShiney says, but doing it like this "Rockstar Games (Also known as Rockstar NYC), is based in New York, United states and works as an umbrella for the rest of the Rockstar studios" would in return put it more clear.. But again I don't realy see a need for that as the article already clearly says it in an simple way... Zionnomonus (talk) 04:09, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
You do not know U.S. law, any company that has its headquarters there, on American soil, but its own from a company of another country, ex; Japan, Brazil, etc, the company is considered "American" why?, Easy , because it was created under the laws of usa, and now more than anything, because DMA "NO EXIST", there was a British company, now is a American. "Take-Two" you have to understand that, then ROCKSTAR NYC, it became Rockstar Games and now is owner of all the little rockstar, as: San Diego, North, Vancouver etc. I'm still the same, the company is American, is based on America, and the owner of rockstar games is also a American company!! What more proof do you need? the Constitution of america?MervinVillarreal (talk) 17:45, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
Yea I get it now that he won't listen... so on that note I find this discussion closed, in my humble opinion. Also after further looking on MervinVillarreal's talk page I can clearly see that he is just going around wanting to claim everything as American.. So I myself will start to hold a closer look on what he edits around here, if nothing gets done about him (If it so be a warning) :) Zionnomonus (talk) 20:23, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
Can we get back to the consensus building with X201's latest revision/contribution? I don't think the discussion is closed, just thread jacked/trolled. --ChadH (talk) 00:12, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
this consensus is not closed. and not is patriotism, not even i born in the USA, I'm from Venezuela, I've lived in Boston three years alone, and I love America, but I'm not patriotic, you see, my English is still bad. MisterShiney, am a man, and what's happend in "World War"?MervinVillarreal (talk) 19:30, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
Rockstar Games is an American-based multinational video game developer and publisher based in New York City, owned by Take-Two Interactive following its purchase of British video game publisher BMG Interactive.
perfect, i agree "Zionnomonus " shut up. MervinVillarreal (talk) 05:03, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
Rockstar Games (Rockstar NYC) is an Multinational video game publisher with its headquarters based in New York City, United States. When Take-Two Interactive bought the British video game publisher BMG Interactive, Take-Two also got Rockstar Games and its subsidiaries when they bought BMG Interactive.
Rockstar Games (Rockstar NYC) is an Multinational video game publisher with its headquarters based in New York City, United States. When Take-Two Interactive bought the British video game publisher BMG Interactive.
can be?
Why is there no link to the Hot Coffee mod from this page, since it is described on en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Coffee_mod anyway? I believe it is a controversy often associated with Rockstar Games, so a clear navigation path to the article covering it should be available on the main page of Rockstar Games? SplatMan DK (talk) 14:09, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
Can we please come to a consensus to get rid of Rockstar Japan or move it into the defunct section? It plain doesn't exist anymore and never really did for that matter other than a publishing label to cooperate with Capcom and was retired long, long ago as Rockstar no longer has any partnerships with Capcom.
Should we add it on the game list ? Its coming "soon"/ NDA by r*/north It has its agent (game)own article so should we link it somewhere on the page ? Eminas14 (talk) 18:08, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
How come this page contains no reference to The Gamechangers? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.220.169.132 (talk) 10:51, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
This article does not need a long unsourced paragraph in the lead explaining the company Bertelsmann, it's value, and it's diverse range of labels and subsidiaries. A link to Bertelsmann is sufficient while stating that Take-Two purchased Rockstar from them is enough, the reader can click through if they want more detail. -- ferret (talk) 23:13, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
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It has been established as a 'fact' that Rockstar Games is multinational, however, the roots of that are vague. The reasoining behind the multinationality is "see talk"; looking through the archive there is "American?", a discussion started by now-retired user Bloodloss in 2008. The discussion was held by five anonyomous IP (one of them fakely under the name "Tukogbani") and two temporary accounts. All six part-takers had only one comment each, and none were actually constructive: "Started by English persons, mostly based in the UK." — It was started by two Englishmen (living in America) and two Americans, and was, since its 1998 inception, based in New York City. "It should be were the founders and/or leaders are from." — No, companies are registered in and legally bound to a position somewhere on Earth (all kinds of office movement must be granted). In response: "Change it to British/American then?" — Clearly, it was not clear to this person that Rockstar North is not an operating headquarter, but a subsidiary studio. "Rockstar Games is a corporation, right? [...]" (read in full at linked discussion) — This comment goes in the right direction, "does it have it's own nationality completely seperate" is the correct question, where the answer is yes. "The offical EU Rockstar games website has it down as 'Rockstar Games is a major British video game developer and publisher based in New York City, owned by Take-Two Interactive'" — False, there never was an official EU site for Rockstar Games, the linked rockstarspot.eu was a fan site, now defunct. Further two source this user claims are articles claiming the GTA series to be British—and that is perfectly right! All entries in the series so far have either been developed by Rockstar North (Scotland) or Rockstar Leeds (England).
After the initial question posted in 2008, the first comment had been written in 2008, the second in 2009, two following in 2010, and the final two in 2011. The discussion came to no real end after 3.5 years, and there is no established consensus whatsoever on changing or keeping a multinational attribute. Fact is: The company in question is and was always based in New York City, making it an American publisher, which has international development subsidiaries (not divisions!), and the marketing subsidiary (again, not division) based in London; this is enough evidence that this company is an American publisher, not a multinational publisher/developer. If this is changed again, I will refer to this entry. Thanks! Lordtobi (✉) 18:30, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
I recently tried to edit the page and change Rockstar Games is an American company to a Multinational company. I even provided several sources. Only for it to be reverted back to American and told my sources are not reliable.
Could someone please explain to me why exactly these sources are not reliable? http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/business/company-results-forecasts/revenues-profits-up-grand-theft-4741016
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/nov/18/dan-houser-grand-theft-auto
Also, if you look up lists of multinational companies in the US, Rockstar Games is on those lists.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Multinational_companies_headquartered_in_the_United_States
If you search for multinational businesses in the US, anywhere you can search, Rockstar Games is on those lists.
Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.109.168.162 (talk) 15:48, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
At my zoom level (180%) and resolution (1440), "present" is shifted to the bottom, but it does seem like at default it is as intended. Just FYI. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 21:11, 2 September 2017 (UTC)
Rockstar Games is a big and profitable company, but this page seems small. Would adding cancelled games, income stats, or Leslie Benzie's incident, be noteworthy? Citationhelper (talk) 02:17, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
Can she be added on the table? on key people [3]. Thanks. BBMatBlood (talk) 02:47, 10 September 2018 (UTC)
Fine by me Deviant (just wanted to get opinions). Thanks. BBMatBlood (talk) 19:58, 29 September 2018 (UTC)
Do we really need to add Rockstar International & RAGE to their subsidiaries list? Rockstar International is just a corporate label, and RAGE is just a division of Rockstar San Diego. UnknownAssassin1819 (talk) 16:36, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
Should we add 2K International to 2K Games' subsidiary list then? UnknownAssassin1819 (talk) 16:36, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
Was this officially announced, or even hinted at? And also who ever added it, didn't add it correctly (I would fix it, but I don't know if it should be there to start with)... DTHCND (talk) 04:19, 11 October 2010 (EST)
Technically there has since the domain name bully2.com has been registered or updated which means they plan on doing something with it and if they dont they loose it, declaration of use has been filed.[1]
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It has been reported in the press recently that the GTA makers and their parent company TakeTwo have filed lawsuits against some people in Australia for making cheats. The BBC reports that these people have had their homes searched and assets frozen. I think we should mention this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.255.234.173 (talk) 14:45, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
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Hi, other big companies, like Apple for example, are labeled as multinational companies. Rockstar Games itself is also a multinational company, so why isn't it listed as such? Here is a video of Sam and Dan Houser co founders of Rockstar Games say the company is a British run company. The company was founded by a bunch of Brits and is run by Brits. Also, like Apple, it has international companies all over the world. This makes it an multinational company. Video of Rockstar Games and the Houser brothers talking about Rockstar Games. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjwaMivU2AU&lc=z22qs3zzqn3yj3s5s04t1aokgkqo3ubsfrrzmbib0pghrk0h00410.1538145917324390
If a company has divisions in different countries then it is a multinational company, no? There are 4 Rockstars in Britain. Rockstar North, Rockstar London, Rockstar Leeds and Rockstar Lincoln. 1 in India, Rockstar India. 1 in Canada, Rockstar Toronto. 1 in the US, Rockstar San Diego. This makes it multinational. Your part about the 2 executives isn't quite accurate. Rockstar consists of almost 1000 people, with almost 100% of them being British.
If this stays as an American company then does the Apple page and others have to be changed? Because they say they are multinational. Both can't be right.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.146.250.63 (talk • contribs) 14:27, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
Should we mention Rockstar's cancelled titles, such as: We Are The Mods, Spec Ops, State of Emergency 2, Smuggler's Run 3, and Midnight Club 5? UnknownAssassin1819 (talk) 10:00, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
Doesn't Rockstar deserve far better games published section than currently? It is awful layout and hard to understand. Doesn't tell much information in clearest way. I'd do it but it'd get deleted so just a suggestion for someone. It's not very helpful in my opinion in current state. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alakagom (talk • contribs) 16:59, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
Or that it locked millions of people out of paid content? And destroyed the launch of RDR2 with 39% of people having the launcher crash and 47% of people unable to play the game? Or that they could have fixed it with ONE character by disabling the launcher being required for a few days while they fix their shit? Or that they're flat refusing refunds to the millions of people affected? I took a day off work, and after 4 days downloading because their servers throttled us to 200 kbps and 12 hours decrypting because it crashed and hung multiple times and then 24 hours fiddling with everything to try and find the esoteric magic dance that will make the game work I asked for a refund to get a flat no refunds lol. --121.210.33.50 (talk) 19:13, 6 November 2019 (UTC)
Rather than get into an edit war. What are peoples thoughts regarding consistency of the location of the subsidiaries having UK as part of the location as this is the sovereign state.
Rockstar Toronto has Canada and Rockstar San Diego and Rockstar New England have U.S. If we are to be consistent Canada & U.S. should then be removed if there is a consensus not to have UK added to the location for the British companies.
To be consistent, The infobox should either be formatted like this:
Logo | Name | Location | Years | Notes |
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Rockstar India | Bangalore, India | 2016–present | Daniel Smith heads the studio as general manager. |
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Rockstar International | London, England, UK | 2003–present | The international publishing headquarters for Rockstar Games. Located in the same offices as Rockstar London. |
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Rockstar Leeds | Leeds, England, UK | 2004–present | Created Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories. Also ported L.A. Noire to Microsoft Windows. |
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Rockstar Lincoln | Lincoln, England, UK | 2002–present | Dedicated quality assurance and localization house for games published by Rockstar Games. |
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Rockstar London | London, England, UK | 2005–present | Completed the development on Manhunt 2 and Midnight Club: L.A. Remix. Located in the same offices as Rockstar International. |
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Rockstar New England | Ballardvale, Massachusetts, U.S. | 2008–present | Responsible for Bully: Scholarship Edition. |
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Rockstar North | Edinburgh, Scotland, UK | 2002–present | Responsible for Manhunt and the Grand Theft Auto series.[1] |
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Rockstar San Diego | Carlsbad, California, U.S. | 2002–present | Responsible for the Red Dead, Smuggler's Run and Midnight Club series. Also houses RAGE Technology Group, an in-house game engine team that is responsible for the development and maintenance of the Rockstar Advanced Game Engine. |
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Rockstar Toronto | Oakville, Ontario, Canada | 1999–present | Responsible for The Warriors. Also developed Microsoft Windows ports for Grand Theft Auto IV, The Lost and Damned, The Ballad of Gay Tony, and Grand Theft Auto V. |
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Rockstar Vancouver | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | 2002–2012 | Responsible for Bully. Merged into Rockstar Toronto in July 2012. |
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Rockstar Vienna | Vienna, Austria | 2003–2006 | Porting house with a focus on Xbox. Closed down in May 2006, during the development of Manhunt 2, which was transferred to Rockstar London. |
or it should be formatted like this:
Logo | Name | Location | Years | Notes |
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Rockstar India | Bangalore, India | 2016–present | Daniel Smith heads the studio as general manager. |
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Rockstar International | London, England | 2003–present | The international publishing headquarters for Rockstar Games. Located in the same offices as Rockstar London. |
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Rockstar Leeds | Leeds, England | 2004–present | Created Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories. Also ported L.A. Noire to Microsoft Windows. |
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Rockstar Lincoln | Lincoln, England | 2002–present | Dedicated quality assurance and localization house for games published by Rockstar Games. |
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Rockstar London | London, England | 2005–present | Completed the development on Manhunt 2 and Midnight Club: L.A. Remix. Located in the same offices as Rockstar International. |
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Rockstar New England | Ballardvale, Massachusetts | 2008–present | Responsible for Bully: Scholarship Edition. |
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Rockstar North | Edinburgh, Scotland | 2002–present | Responsible for Manhunt and the Grand Theft Auto series.[2] |
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Rockstar San Diego | Carlsbad, California | 2002–present | Responsible for the Red Dead, Smuggler's Run and Midnight Club series. Also houses RAGE Technology Group, an in-house game engine team that is responsible for the development and maintenance of the Rockstar Advanced Game Engine. |
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Rockstar Toronto | Oakville, Ontario | 1999–present | Responsible for The Warriors. Also developed Microsoft Windows ports for Grand Theft Auto IV, The Lost and Damned, The Ballad of Gay Tony, and Grand Theft Auto V. |
Logo | Name | Location | Years | Notes |
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Rockstar Vancouver | Vancouver, British Columbia | 2002–2012 | Responsible for Bully. Merged into Rockstar Toronto in July 2012. |
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Rockstar Vienna | Vienna, Austria | 2003–2006 | Porting house with a focus on Xbox. Closed down in May 2006, during the development of Manhunt 2, which was transferred to Rockstar London. |
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Also, to unclutter some more, turn the Years column into a founded column that only shows the foundation year, then we can remove all of the "-present" entries. - X201 (talk) 16:29, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
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SHIVAJI044444 (talk) 12:53, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
i want to add another upcoming game from rockstar studios
I think BMG Entertainment is a subsidiary of Bertelsmann Music Group, and not Bertelsmann. All sources provided are false. GroupJWbackup (talk) 03:26, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
BMG Interactive, computer games developer, has been sold by BMG Entertainment, subsidiary of Bertelsmann, (...)
BMG Entertainment is a multibillion dollar entertainment division of Bertelsmann, AG, (...)
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Please change the number of employees from 2,000+[1] (2018) to 3428 (2020). the source is their linkedin page and is accurate.
source : https://in.linkedin.com/company/rockstar-games OrthurTheBoah (talk) 15:17, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
Rockstar founded date December 13, 1998 Randythomasdavila81 (talk) 16:47, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
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Founded exactly on December 13, Randythomasdavila81 (talk) 16:46, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
Exact day and date Rockstar was founded I believe was on December 13 1998. A special hidden Easter egg Randythomasdavila81 (talk) 16:50, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
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I will like to edit because I need to add more information to it. Bryson Johnson (talk) 05:26, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
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Rockstar games was founded in the SCOTLAND Uk NOT new york this is incorrect and needs to be changed as its a lie 94.10.126.103 (talk) 20:09, 17 July 2021 (UTC)
I don't know if anyone knew about it, but there was another Rockstar studio, which was Rockstar Japan. It used to work in conjunction with Capcom in providing Japanese localisations of three 3D universe Grand Theft Auto games. The existence of this studio is proved by various wikis and Giant Bomb with its existent logo used by that studio. Allistayrian (talk) 11:00, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello,
Rockstar Games was founded by the Houser brothers, Jamie King, Terry Donovan AND Gary Foreman. It's wrote on 4mm Games.
Thegamer1604 (talk) 11:14, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
This whole article is misleading it is NOT an american company founded in new york it is a BRITISH company this article is lies and misinformation and needs to be changed! 2A02:C7E:4264:3800:6DA5:E178:2C27:C76C (talk) 21:34, 9 August 2022 (UTC)
The Rockstar Games page leans itself towards being the creator of the Rockstar Games franchise and its titles. More information should be provided within the first two lines giving credit to the original creator "Rockstar North" or the first line should be appropriately changed to a dual nationality of 'Scottish-American'. 31.205.93.181 (talk) 12:07, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
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In the 3rd sentence in the film section ("When he relaid this proposal to Sam Houser, Houser said that he was not interested."), change "relaid" to "relayed".
"Relayed" is the past tense of "relay", which is the intended word. "Relaid" is an uncommon past tense word meaning "to lay again or differently". Vectorious (talk) 19:44, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
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The Cfx.re section of the "Studios" List has no Logo i suggest the Cfx.re Logo be added to the Logos Column ThatOneIrishFurry (talk) 17:32, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
On August 11th, 2023, Rockstar announced a partnership with Cfx.re, responsible for FiveM and RedM multiplayer servers. Would this be worthy for addition in the "History" section?
2A02:A020:4E:6A09:8985:B96D:211F:C2FC (talk) 13:26, 11 August 2023 (UTC)