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'''Rockstar Games, Inc.''' is an American video game publisher based in New York City. The company was established in December 1998 as a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive, using the assets Take-Two had previously acquired from BMG Interactive. Founding members of the company were Terry Donovan, Gary Foreman, Dan and Sam Houser, and Jamie King, who worked for Take-Two at the time, and of which the Houser brothers were previously executives at BMG Interactive. Sam Houser heads the studio as president.<ref name="vulture">{{cite web |url=http://www.vulture.com/2018/10/the-making-of-rockstar-games-red-dead-redemption-2.html |title=How the West Was Digitized: The making of Rockstar Games' ''Red Dead Redemption 2'' |first=Harold |last=Goldberg |date=October 14, 2018 |website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]] |access-date=October 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017150109/http://www.vulture.com/2018/10/the-making-of-rockstar-games-red-dead-redemption-2.html |archive-date=October 17, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
Since 1999, several companies acquired by or established under Take-Two have become part of Rockstar Games, such as
Rockstar Games predominantly publishes games in the action-adventure genre, while racing games 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 (1997). 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''.<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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