Rockstar Games is a
multinational video game developer and publisher known for multi-million-selling games such as
Grand Theft Auto,
Red Dead,
Midnight Club,
Bully,
The Warriors,
Manhunt and
Max Payne, as well as the use of open world, free roaming settings in their games. Based in New York City, it is owned by Take-Two Interactive following its purchase of British video game publisher BMG Interactive. While some of the studios Take-Two Interactive has acquired have been merged into the Rockstar brand, several other recent ones have retained their previous identities and have become part of the company's
2K Games division.