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== Studios ==
Outside of its New York City headquarters, Rockstar Games operates nine subsidiary studios.<ref name="GameRevolution Studios" /><ref name="USgamer: Dundee">{{cite web |url=https://www.usgamer.net/articles/crackdown-2-makers-ruffian-games-are-now-rockstars-newest-studio |title=Crackdown 2 Makers Ruffian Games Are Now Rockstar's Newest Studio |first=Mathew |last=Olson |date=October 12, 2020 |website=[[USgamer]] |access-date=November 20, 2022 |archive-date=November 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120184636/https://www.usgamer.net/articles/crackdown-2-makers-ruffian-games-are-now-rockstars-newest-studio |url-status=live}}</ref> All studios use the Rockstar Games logo with individual colors.<ref name="GamesRadar+: logos">{{cite web |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/5-iconic-game-company-logos-that-must-not-be-messed-with/ |title=5 iconic game company logos that must not be messed with |first=Matt |last=Cundy |date=June 3, 2010 |website=[[GamesRadar+]] |access-date=February 15, 2019 |archive-date=January 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124141548/http://www.gamesradar.com/5-iconic-game-company-logos-that-must-not-be-messed-with/ |url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2018, the company employs more than 2,000 people across all offices.<ref name="GIbiz: 2,000">{{cite web |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-10-26-houser-brothers-expected-to-receive-bulk-of-usd538m-red-dead-royalties |title=Analyst expects Houser brothers to receive bulk of $538m Red Dead royalties |first=James |last=Batchelor |date=October 26, 2018 |website=[[GamesIndustry.biz]] |access-date=October 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026172601/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-10-26-houser-brothers-expected-to-receive-bulk-of-usd538m-red-dead-royalties |archive-date=October 26, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> The studios frequently collaborate and are sometimes collectively credited as '''Rockstar Studios''', as is the case in ''[[Max Payne 3]]'' and ''[[Red Dead Redemption 2]]''.<ref name="GameRevolution Studios"/><ref>{{cite video game |title=Max Payne 3 |developer=[[Rockstar Studios]] |publisher=Rockstar Games |date=May 15, 2012 |platform=[[PlayStation 3]] and [[Xbox 360]] |level=[http://www.rockstargames.com/maxpayne3/credits Credits]}}</ref>
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| [[File:Rockstar Dundee Logo.svg|50px]]
| [[Rockstar Dundee]]
| [[Dundee]], Scotland
| 2008
| 2020
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| [[File:Rockstar India Logo.svg|50px]]
| [[Rockstar India]]
| [[Bangalore]], India
| 2016
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| [[File:Rockstar Leeds Logo.svg|50px]]
| [[Rockstar Leeds]]
| [[Leeds]], England
| 1997
| 2004
| Developer of ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars]]'', ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories|Liberty City Stories]]'', and ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories|Vice City Stories]]''
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| [[File:Rockstar Lincoln Logo.svg|50px]]
| [[Rockstar Lincoln]]
| [[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]], England
| 1992
| 2002
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| [[File:Rockstar London Logo.svg|50px]]
| [[Rockstar London]]
| [[London]], England
| 2005
| —
| Developer of ''[[Manhunt 2]]'' and ''[[Midnight Club: L.A. Remix]]''
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| [[File:Rockstar New England Logo.svg|50px]]
| [[Rockstar New England]]
| [[Andover, Massachusetts]], US
| 1999
| 2008
| Developer of ''[[Bully: Scholarship Edition]]''
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| [[File:Rockstar North Logo.svg|50px]]
| [[Rockstar North]]
| [[Edinburgh]], Scotland
| 1987
| 2002
| Developer of the ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' series and ''[[Manhunt (video game)|Manhunt]]''
|-
| [[File:Rockstar San Diego Logo.svg|50px]]
| [[Rockstar San Diego]]
| [[Carlsbad, California]], US
| 1984
| 2002
| Developer of the ''[[Red Dead]]'', ''[[Smuggler's Run]]'', and ''[[Midnight Club]]'' series
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| [[File:Rockstar Toronto Logo.svg|50px]]
| [[Rockstar Toronto]]
| [[Oakville, Ontario]], Canada
| Early 1980s
| 1999
| Developer of ''[[The Warriors (video game)|The Warriors]]'' and several [[Windows]] ports
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| [[File:Rockstar Vancouver Logo.svg|50px]]
| [[Rockstar Vancouver]]
| [[Vancouver]], Canada
| 1998
| 2002
| 2012
| Developer of ''[[Bully (video game)|Bully]]'' and ''[[Max Payne 3]]''; merged into [[Rockstar Toronto]] in July 2012.
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| [[File:Rockstar Vienna Logo.svg|50px]]
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| 2006
| Developer of several [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]] ports; closed down in May 2006
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