Rockstar Games, also known as Rockstar NYC, is a evelopment division of video game publisher Take-Two Interactive, based in New York City. The brand is most known for the Grand Theft Auto series. 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.