State of Emergency - State of Emergency From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia State of Emergency is a controversial 2002 console game released by Rockstar Games. It was developed by Scottish firm VIS entertainment Ltd. for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and Microsoft Windows. The game takes place in the near future, where an omnipresent corporation (known simply as 'The Corporation') rules the lives of the ordinary people. Dissidence and free speech are disallowed - rebellion is met with a swift and violent death. All private enterprise is owned by The Corporation. Nonetheless, there is a small, growing resistance movement dedicated to overthrowing The Corporation by means of inciting riots. It is the player's aim to make life as difficult as possible for The Corporation by causing as much mayhem and destruction as possible. Each of the members of this uprising that the player can take control of have background stories that explain their hatred of The Corporation.