Rockstar Games: The Artist who Revolutionizing the Gaming World

Rockstar Games: The Artist who Revolutionizing the Gaming World
Rockstar Games: The Artist who Revolutionizing the Gaming World

From the nineties to the present day, there is probably no gamer that has not played Grand Theft Auto (GTA). Apart from gamers who want to enjoy casual or just PC / console games, the first thing that almost everyone is looking for is GTA. Games like GTA, Red Dead have taken place in people's hearts. The best graphics of the time, the soundtrack, the sparkle of the storyline - all in all, Rockstar's game series is impeccable. But the two brothers who worked on the song, who had no programming or game designing knowledge, how did they create one of the best video game publishing companies in history? Today's article will tell that history.


The beginning of Rockstar

Sam and Dan Hauser; The journey of Rockstar Games started with the hands of these two brothers from London. The role of these two is most important in bringing Rockstar to today's stage and changing the design of the company. The boys' days at the musician's father's music club were spent in music.

Sam and Houser from left to right

Suddenly one day while playing a video game, Sam's thought comes to take the real world into the game, and this thought changed his life. Sam and Dan's father, Walter Hauser, was an executive member of the BMG ( Bertelsmann Music Group ). With the boys' stubborn attitude, he opened a video game department called BMG Interactive and assigned two people to run it. In 1997, they teamed up with DMA Design to create Grand Theft Auto, which changed the image of the entire gaming industry. Initially, it was called 'Racing Chase' but later it was named 'Grand Theft Auto' for the convenience of making a sequel. At that time the game was different from everyone else. Although games like 'Mortal Combat' were popular then, they were based on fiction and were aimed at gamers.

Grand Theft Auto
Grand Theft Auto

But Grand Theft Auto was realistic, for all kinds of people. Rockstar was the first to make video games controversial, which led to them being sued and fined. However, this controversy made GTA more popular, selling about 1 million copies. In 1998, BMG Interactive was acquired by New York-based video game company Take-Two Interactive, followed by Sam Hauser, Dan Hauser, Terry Donovan, and two other collaborators to create Rockstar Games under Take-Two.

Originally made in GTA Today, with GTA Three they enter the 3D world and express themselves differently from everyone else. The reason why Rockstar is so popular is that they have given gamers free will, anyone can play the story if they want, and they can go around the whole game. Open World was the main aspect of their game. Yes, there were things like aggression, murder, terrorism, but these are what set them apart from the rest. In this imaginary world, anyone could do whatever they wanted. Since the games were hugely successful, they didn't have to stop, they gave us one masterpiece after another. Let’s get back from that journey.

Grand Theft Auto - Vice City 

Gamers who have not played this game, which is currently ranked at number 44 on the list of best-selling games of all time, may not be found. Ordinary people could hear the game under different names. Developers in our country have modified and created numerous versions of this game.

Grand Theft Auto - Vice City
Grand Theft Auto - Vice City 

Vice City is the name of a city built in the context of the city of Miami in 1986. Tommy Varsity suddenly lost everything in the drug business, nothing is known about who did what. He has to get rid of all the hassles and compensate before the gangsters come from Liberty City. You have to play with the character Tommy, you have to search. And yes, in the whole game world you have to do various things including gang war, bank robbery, pizza delivery. The game, which was released in 2002, was also a huge success. 

Grand Theft Auto - San Andres

Rockstar released their next masterpiece in 2004. San Andres is currently at number 21 on the best-selling list. This game is about gang-warfare in the light of the '90s in the light of Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Las Vegas. On its wide open-world map, players can just turn around if they want. In almost every case there is a way to choose everything. Depending on the main character C.J.O Khawadawa would be thick or thin. At that time, many people called it the best of all time due to its story and character. However, such controversies were rarely created by video games. The game sold about 28 million copies.

Grand Theft Auto - San Andres
Grand Theft Auto - San Andres

Controversy and Rockstar's response

Rockstar Studio game design, storytelling was taking everything to the top. But it also creates controversy. The various adult content of the game, they become the main target of politicians for murder, and people are told to refrain from buying these. But it turns out that people are more attracted to forbidden things. However, Rockstar also removed some of the content of the game. However, a number of lawsuits have been filed against Rockstar over the scenes, and the game has been given an 'Adults Only' rating from 'Mature'.

Rockstar lost about 20 million as a result of this, and various shopkeepers also expressed a negative attitude towards keeping the game in the store. Sam Hauser was also summoned to Capitol Hill for a hearing. The case was settled in 2009. As a result of these controversies, Rockstar took the initiative to create a non-violent video game and unveiled the game 'Table Tennis' in 2006. In the same year, they released another game called Bully, which is basically made up of school thugs. There was no violence here either.

But then their 'Manhunt 2' was so violent that it was banned. But these restrictions did not have much effect on their business, as GTA was their main source of income. Shortly afterward, they announced the release of the next version of GTA, GTA 4, which, as always, was a huge success. The game, released in 2007, is currently ranked 24th on the list of best-selling books of all time. The first HD game in the GTA-4 series and was made with Rockstar's own game engine. It cost about 100 million to build. But the best of Rockstar is yet to come.

Rockstar's other popular series

In addition to GTA, Rockstar has some more popular series. Notable among them are Red Dead, Max Payne, Midnight Club. Max Payne is a third-person shooter game, this detective of New York City police turns to avenge the family killed by a drug dealer. The story of each game in the series will fascinate you. The first two parts were written by Sam Lake from 2001 to 2012, and the third part was written by Sam Hauser.

Rockstar's other popular series : Max Payne
Rockstar's other popular series: Max Payne

Another eye-catching, heart-pounding game series is Red Dead. The first game in the series, Red Dead Revolver, was released in 2004. It was made up of a lot of straightforward stories and locations. It was not very successful commercially. But Rockstar is not a loser. In 2009 they released Red Dead Redemption, which was a huge commercial success and received critical acclaim.

It was an open-world game based on the 19th-20th century Western American genre. That time has been highlighted very nicely. Horse-drawn carriages and trains have been highlighted as travel. In addition to the main story, there are hunting, gang fights, treasure hunts, and best of all, exploring the amazing nature. There is also a kind of ' Honor ' system in the game. Doing good to people will reveal the positive side of your character and create a negative identity of harm or murder.

The sequel to Red Dead Redemption was released on consoles in 2018 and on PC in 2019. As always, it was a huge success and was praised by critics. It grossed 725 million in three days of release, a record. Its Metacritic score is 93. According to many, it is the most beautiful game of the current generation. Red Dead Redemption 2 is so beautifully made that it deserves a separate article. This masterpiece will be discussed separately later. But what the reader is still waiting for is the Grand Theft Auto Five.


Grand Theft Auto Five
Grand Theft Auto Five

Grand Theft Auto Five

Currently, the highest-grossing movie is Marvel's 'Avengers Endgame', followed by 'Avatar'. Adding the revenue of the two stands at 5.5 billion, whereas GTA 5 alone has earned about 6 billion US dollars. Six Guinness World Records have been broken, and more than 130 million copies have been sold since its release in 2013. The first 1 billion came just three days after its release, making it the best-selling media title of all time. Surprisingly, it cost about 265 million to build. Besides, there is DLC (Downloadable Content) for years. Listening to what Rockstar had to do to create great graphics and stories would seem incredible to many.

The story of making Grand Theft Auto Five

More than a thousand people have worked over the years to create GTA 5. Since the release of GTA 4, it has been working in 6 development studios of Rockstar Games in different countries, and it was completed in 2013. The game is mapped to Los Angeles and parts of Southern California. Google Maps has been used to create digital footage and roads from those places. In the game, players can play with three characters and each will create a separate timeline.

Rockstar is the first to have multiple main characters GTA-5. The motion capture method has been used to take external poses. Rockstar has also licensed songs played on the radio in the game. Made with all previous GTA game features.

Rockstar has spoken out to match reality as much as possible with FBI agents, including the Mafia, and street gangs that no one has done before. The graphics of the GTA Five were incredibly beautiful at the time. While not saying much about the story, since the game is still selling and the price is very low, it is left to the users. However, it can be said emphatically that you will not be disappointed. It was released for PC in 2014, and GTA-5 is designed for almost all types of consumers. It is possible to get a taste of GTA Five if you have a computer to run.

GTA Online

GTA Online is paired with GTA Five as a multiplayer mode. Rockstar thinks this will be one of the main attractions of their game. It didn't get much praise after it was added; Rockstar has been criticized by gamers for various errors, server disruptions, and not being updated. But in the long run, Rockstar has tried to perfect GTA Online, making it the only reason for many to play GTA.

The online version has countless more players to grab your attention. Business, events, and the most popular being looted. Besides, you will meet in various missions of big corporations like the FBI and various criminals. You will come across a few businesses, military bases, and expensive cars to play the game. At the same time, there is a thief-cop game. All in all, GTA Five is a unique creation.

Rockstar is a video game company that has given consumers the freedom of will. Which has earned them the title of the most exceptional and rare game company? Rockstar debates have led to changes in the game industry, in the real world, these two brothers have really made themselves Rockstar. I end with a few words from Dan Hauser,

As a video game company, we don't want to hear that our game design is very beautiful, but the story is bad or the story is beautiful, but the design is not so good. We want to hear people say that Rockstar makes good games. We will always try to make the best of it and hear from our consumers how it went

The words apply in every case of reality. We have to give our best to make anything and make it in such a way that people say it is the best. What Rockstar has been able to offer us, no other game company has been able to offer, has created a trust in consumers. This is the wish of millions of gamers to maintain this confidence.
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