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{{Infobox company
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Since 1999, several companies acquired by or established under Take-Two have become part of Rockstar Games, such as [[Rockstar Canada]] (later renamed Rockstar Toronto) becoming the first one in 1999, and [[Rockstar Dundee]] the most recent in 2020. All companies organized under Rockstar Games bear the "Rockstar" name and logo. In this context, Rockstar Games is sometimes also referred to as Rockstar New York, Rockstar NY or Rockstar NYC. Rockstar Games also sports a [[motion capture]] studio in [[Bethpage, New York]].<ref name="vulture" />
Rockstar Games predominantly publishes games in the [[Action-adventure game|action-adventure]] genre, while [[racing game]]s also saw success for the company. One of such action-adventure game franchises is ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'', which Rockstar Games took over from BMG Interactive, which published [[Grand Theft Auto (video game)|the series' original 1997 entry]]. The most recent main game in the series, ''[[Grand Theft Auto V]]'', has sold over 170 million copies since its release in September 2013, making it the second-[[best-selling video game of all time]]. Other popular franchises published by Rockstar Games are ''[[Red Dead]]'', ''[[Midnight Club]]'', ''[[Max Payne]]'' and ''[[Manhunt (video game series)|Manhunt]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-02-09-grand-theft-auto-5-has-now-sold-140m-copies |title=2020: Grand Theft Auto 5 has now sold 140m copies |website=[[Eurogamer]] |access-date=February 10, 2021 |archive-date=April 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402115102/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-02-09-grand-theft-auto-5-has-now-sold-140m-copies |url-status=live }}</ref>
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