Rockstar Games (studio known as Rockstar Games NYC) is an American video game developer and publisher owned by Take-Two Interactive. The brand is mostly known for the Grand Theft Auto, Max Payne, Midnight Club and now Red Dead Redemption series and the use of open world settings in their games. It comprises studios that have been acquired and renamed as well as others that have been created internally.
While many 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.