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Wednesday, Dec 17
Take-Two Takes $15 Million Loss For The Quarter, Half-Billion Sales Increase For Year [Take-two Interactive]
Sales were up at Take-Two Interactive, thanks to sales of games like Grand Theft Auto IV and Midnight Club: Los Angeles, but the publisher saw losses also increase to the tune of $15 million. The...
Wednesday, Nov 19
GTA IV Bus Ads To Terrorize Chicago Riders Once Again [Grand Theft Auto IV]
Billboard advertising for Grand Theft Auto IV will return to Chicago buses and bus stations for six weeks as part of a settlement with the Chicago Transit Authority. Rockstar Games parent Take-Two Interactive sued Chicago's public transportation body in May after the GTA IV ads were pul...
Tuesday, Nov 18
Did EA And The NFLPA Conspire To Lock 2K Out Of The Football Market? [Madden]
The per player price for most of these guys was tens of thousands of dollars less than what they were guaranteed by Take Two Interactive so it’s a real coup that we were able to pull this off so cheaply. You have to remember that EA’s total cost is only $200,000 per year. We know that Take Two offer...
Thursday, Nov 13
GTA DLC and Chinatown Wars May Be Delayed [Grand Theft Auto IV]
Both the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto IV downloadable content coming to the Xbox 360 and the DS-based Chinatown Wars may be hitting later than expected, Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick told a gathering at today's BMO Capital Markets 16th Annual Interactive Entertain...
Tuesday, Oct 21
Take-Two Chairman Now Men's Fitness Coverboy [Strauss Zelnick]
Strauss Zelnick, executive chairman of the board of directors at Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two Interactive, is in good shape. Good enough shape to be on the cover of Men's Fitness magazine, anyway, as his ripped forearms and healthy pecs grace the cover of the November issue.
Friday, Sep 19
GTA Weekend Coming to Xbox Live [Xbox Live]
Rockstar Games and Microsoft Present the Grand Theft Auto IV Xbox LIVE® Weekend About Take-Two Interactive Software About Microsoft Microsoft, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox LIVE, and the Xbox logos are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies and are used under license from Microsoft.
Monday, Sep 15
Take-Two Stock In Nose Dive After EA Loses Interest
So Electronic Arts buying Take-Two Interactive is no longer a going concern, and as our interest in the story wanes, so do stock prices for the two companies. Both stocks are taking hits on the North American stock exchange this morning. EA started off taking a more substantial hit of 2.7%, bu...
Sunday, Sep 14
EA Take-Two: The Wedding's Off
Strauss Zelnick, Chairman of the Board of Take-Two is quoted as saying that the publisher is "actively engaged in discussions with other parties in the context of our formal process to consider strategic alternatives." About Electronic Arts About Take-Two Interactive Software
Thursday, Sep 4
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Due Before Feb. 1
Our nation's youth will be corrupted on the go, Grand Theft Auto-style, as early as November of this year and as late as January of 2009, according to today's Take-Two Interactive investor call. CEO Ben Feder pegged Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the Nintendo DS as a fiscal Q1 '09 rele...
Grand Theft Auto IV Tops 10 Million
Take-Two Interactive announced alongside its quarterly results that Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto IV has sold over 10 million units as of August 16. The release noted that the publisher's fiscal third quarter was "led by the blockbuster" and continues to exceed the company's expect...
Monday, Aug 25
EA Goes Dark Over Take-Two Bid
Like a corporate ninja, Electronic Arts has hurled a flash bomb and vanished into the shadows with Take-Two Interactive bundled under its cloak. EA: We Might Be Talking To Take-Two, We Might Not. But We're Not Talking About It Publicly Anymore [Sillicon Alley Insider]
Monday, Aug 18
<b>Electronic Arts</b>, Take-Two Break It Off, But Not For Long [Take-Two]
EA") (NASDAQ:ERTS) today issued an update on its offer to acquire Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. ("Take-Two") (NASDAQ:TTWO). On Friday August 15, John Riccitiello, Chief Executive Officer of EA, called Strauss Zelnick, ...
Wednesday, Aug 6
Rockstar Confirms GTA IV For PC [Gta Iv]
New York, NY – August 6, 2008 – Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), is proud to announce that Grand Theft Auto IV will be arriving on the PC on November 18th and 21st in North America and Europe, respectively.
Tuesday, Jul 22
Take-Two Chairman: Quality Wins Out Over Shovelware
Never let it be said Take-Two aren't focused on quality. They don't have the packed release schedule of companies like EA or Activision, but pound-for-pound, their games are amongst the best-regarded in the business. A strategy chairman Strauss Zelnick is very keen on, telling VentureB...
Wednesday, Jul 16
Liveblogging Take-Two's 2008 E3 Press Conference
It's time for the Take-Two Interactive E3 2008 press conference! What mysteries lie beyond the jump? Will they talk about GTA DS? Will they concede and hand over the company to EA right then and there? Will they...I dunno...talk about an upcoming movie for an hour? God I hope not.
Tuesday, Jul 15
Sony E3 08 Recap
SCEA Unveils Extraordinary Showing of Genre Defying Titles Across PLAYSTATION(R)3, PlayStation(R)Portable, PLAYSTATION(R)Network and PlayStation(R)2 Platforms PSP BUZZ! (TM) Master Quiz LocoRoco(TM)2 NBA '09 The Inside Patapon(TM)2 Super Stardust(TM) Portable
Thursday, Jul 3
Dark Sector Devs Helping With Bioshock PS3
Headquartered in New York City, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is a global developer, marketer, distributor and publisher of interactive entertainment software games for the PC, PLAYSTATION®3 and PlayStation®2 computer entertainment systems, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable...
Tuesday, May 27
Industry Vets Form Music Video Games
EL SEGUNDO, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Today the formation of Music Video Games™ (MvG) was announced, a music-based game company focused on delivering interactive entertainment experiences for both casual gamers and music fans. MvG was founded by David Warhol, president of video game s...
Friday, May 9
"BioShock Extremely Well-Suited To Film"
New York, NY - May 9, 2008 - 2K Games announced today that it has reached an agreement for BioShock®, the universally acclaimed smash-hit video game, to be developed as a feature film by Universal Pictures. 2K Games, whose 2K Boston and 2K Australia studios developed BioShock, is a video ga...
Tuesday, May 6
Take-Two: CTA Won't Talk GTA
We can confirm that Take-Two Interactive has filed suit against the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)," a Take-Two spokesman said this morning. "Although we prefer to resolve these issues amicably, the CTA has refused to discuss with us its outrageous decision to pull advertising for th...
Friday, May 2
Industry Insiders Discuss ESA, E3's Future
For the first time in several weeks, Take-Two is in agreement with EA on something: "As a member company, Take-Two Interactive supports the Entertainment Software Association, its leadership and its efforts on behalf of the industry," said CEO Ben Feder. "Mike Gallagher has done an out...
Thursday, Apr 24
California Senator Warns Parents: Don't Buy GTA IV For Your Kids!
In June 2005, the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) and GTA's creator Rockstar, were involved in a multi-million dollar scandal called "Hot Coffee," in which Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, a game originally rated M by the ESRB, was found to have hidden animations allowing pla...
Monday, Apr 14
Take-Two Talks Asian Expansion As If No Big Company Was Trying Desperately To Buy Them
Mr. Larenaudie added, "Many of Take-Two's franchises, such as Grand Theft Auto, Midnight Club, Sid Meier's Civilization, and BioShock are international hits, and already have attracted large and enthusiastic fan bases in markets such as Japan, South Korea and China. With the Company'...
Tuesday, Mar 18
GameStop Sells $7.1 Billion In 2007 [Can't Stop The GameStop]
Fourth Quarter Financial Results For the first quarter of fiscal 2008, the company expects comparable store sales to range from +24.0% to +25.0%, led by continued demand for all console and handheld systems as well as a strong slate of new video game releases, such as Nintendo's SUPER SMAS...
Tuesday, Mar 11
Borderlands Delayed To 2009 [2K Games]
Take-Two Interactive announced today that Gearbox Software's Borderlands, which was announced this past summer for a Holiday 2008 release, won't be hitting until some time in 2009. The PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC sci-fi shooter was shown to press at the Leipzig Games Convention last...
Monday, Mar 10
Big Take-Two Shareholders Bailing Out [Take Two Interactive]
Two of Take-Two Interactive's biggest investors, Oppenheimer Funds and FMR LLC, drastically cut their shares in the company, Reuters reports, a sign of "shareholder unrest" that could be bad news for company management. After a rejected buyout offer from EA was made public, it helped b...
Monday, Feb 25
Take-Two Stock Jumps 47% In Wake Of EA Proposal [EA Take-Two]
On Friday, shares of Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO) were trading for $17.36 a share as of market closing. Then over the weekend EA made its bid for Take-Two public, releasing details of a proposed buyout at $26 a share to various news outlets including Kotaku, even going as far as to op...
Sunday, Feb 24
Opinion: EA Or Not EA - The Take-Two Question [Original]
First, let's put things into perspective from a game standpoint. What games are we talking here? Well EA would of course get Rockstar, which means Grand Theft Auto would be theirs, along with Midnight Club and Manhunt - though at this point it's probably best to toss that one out the window. T...
The Take-Two Letters: EA Rejected [Take-Two]
Mr. Strauss Zelnick Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. 622 Broadway John Riccitiello Mr. John S. Riccitiello Electronic Arts Inc. Mr. Strauss Zelnick Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. 622 Broadway John Riccitiello Mr. John S. Riccitiello Electronic Arts Inc. Strauss Zelnick
EA Makes Offer to Buy Take 2 [Top]
Electronic Arts just called me to let me know that they are making a bid to acquire Take-Two Interactive in an all-cash merger of about $2 billion. Mr. Strauss Zelnick Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. 622 Broadway New York, NY 10012
Monday, Jan 28
Get Your Hot Coffee Pay Out Now (The Lawyers Already Have)
The recently settled class action lawsuit against Rockstar Games and publisher Take-Two Interactive has born cash fruit for those who have had their sensibilities offended by the type of salacious content seen above. Now's your chance to cash in, as the attorneys involved already have...
Tuesday, Jan 8
Take-Two Acquires Power Of Illusion
Established in 1997, Illusion Softworks is the creator and owner of several hit video game franchises, including Mafia, Hidden & Dangerous and Vietcong. The studio is currently working with 2K Games on Mafia II, the sequel to the original Mafia, which helped establish the gangster...
Friday, Jan 4
L.A. Noire Coming To Xbox 360? Yes, Of Course [Rockstar Games]
Apparently, there's still a bit of confusion surrounding the "exclusivity" of Team Bondi's L.A. Noire, the 40's era detective thriller to be published under the Rockstar Games brand. We understand the confusion, to some degree, as the game in question was listed as being released only on t...
Monday, Dec 17
New 2K Studio Where The Girls Are Warm
NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO) today announced the formation of 2K Marin, a new development studio under its 2K publishing label. Located in Novato, California, 2K Marin will develop original intellectual property, as well as co-develo...
Wednesday, Dec 5
What If EA Bought Take-Two?
GameDaily tests the raw mental computing power of four top industry analysts today, gathering their collective thoughts on the possible purchase of Take-Two Interactive by mega-publisher EA. It wasn't that long ago that EA boss John Riccitiello implied that big industry mergers were...
Thursday, Nov 8
"Hot Coffee" Suit Settlement May Cost Take-Two $2.75 Mil
New York, NY - November 8, 2007 - Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO) today announced the settlement of all consumer class action lawsuits pending in the United States against the Company and its subsidiary Rockstar Games, relating to a third-party program called the "H...
Monday, Oct 22
SCEE Employee Leaked Manhunt 2
Back in September, an early PS2 Manhunt 2 build was leaked online. The question was "who?" Details were scant, but GamePolitics reports that the leak came from a Sony Computer Entertainment Europe employee. According to Manhunt 2 publisher Take-Two: Manhunt 2 Leak [GamePolitics]
Saturday, Aug 18
SEC May Be Filing Charges Against Take-Two?
The Securities and Exchange Commission is thinking of filing charges against Take-Two Interactive in connection to the company's stock option practices. The former CEO and chairman of Take-Two pled guilty in February to "first-degree falsification of business records" for backdat...
Tuesday, Aug 7
O.J. Simpson Ordered To Hand Over All-Pro 2K8 Football Proceeds
Reuters is reporting that former NFL running back and guy who totally didn't kill his ex-wife O.J. Simpson has been ordered by the Los Angeles County Superior Court to hand over monies he received from lending his likeness to 2K Sports' All-Pro Football 2K8. The Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 foo...
Monday, Aug 6
2K Bringing Konami's Big-Headed Baseball Hit Stateside
Headquartered in New York City, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is a global developer, marketer, distributor and publisher of interactive entertainment software games for the PC, PlayStation® game console, PlayStation®2 and PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment systems, P...
Thursday, Aug 2
Grand Theft Auto IV Delayed To 2008
Adding additional financial stress to Take-Two was updated guidance, with Manhunt 2 for Wii, PlayStation 2 and PSP moved out of fiscal 2007 altogether, with no new release date provided. Launch of Grand Theft Auto IV Now Planned for Fiscal 2008 [Take-Two]
Take-Two, AO Rating Has No Meaning
Take-Two Chairman Strauss Zelnick doesn't mind an over 17, or even over 18 rating on Manhunt 2's cover. His average customer is in their 30s, so in his eyes, the game will sell fine no matter what the ESRB age limitations may be. His problem is with the logistics surrounding an adults-only rat...
Tuesday, Jul 31
I'd Like To Thank The Academy: Golden Joystick Awards Shortlists Revealed
•The Nintendo Wii •PlayStation 3 •Wii Sports •Steam •Xbox Box Live Arcade •The PlayStation Network •Wii Play Publisher of the Year •Nintendo •Rockstar Games •Electronic Arts •Microsoft Game Studios •Sony •THQ •Capcom •Atari •Take Two Interactive / 2K Games •Activision •Sega
Monday, Jul 9
Adult Discontent: Take-Two Still Going On About This Manhunt 2 Thing
Rockstar Games and Take Two Interactive agree: Manhunt 2 is art and the Adults Only ESRB rating is a puzzling thing. According to a report from Next-Gen, Take-Two execs said in a conference call today that the company is "determined to bring Manhunt 2 to the consumers for which it was intend...
Friday, Jun 22
Take-two I Choose You: Analyst: Take-Two Unfairly Singled Out
Following last night's announcement that Take-Two Interactive was suspending the release of the Wii and PlayStation 2 game Manhunt 2 based on the fact that no one would be able to actually play the thing, TTWO shares dropped but then quickly recovered. Out of the Gate: Take-Two [Forbes]
Monday, Jun 11
Daily Lay-off Post: Take-Two: GTA IV Will Move PS3s
In a conference call today, Take-Two Interactive backed up Rockstar's denial that Grand Theft Auto IV would see a delay as speculated by analyst Michael Pachter. According to a report from Gamespot, Take-Two execs reconfirmed a mid-October release date for the PLAYSTATION 3 and Xbox 36...
Thursday, Jun 7
More People Searching On Craigslist: Rumor: Take Two Europe Redundancies
Hot off the heels of the US and Europe Sony lay-offs, Take Two Interactive (owners of the subsidiaries Rockstar, 2k, and many others) may also see senior redundancies all over its Europe companies. Offices in the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Australia, and the Netherlands could be...
Friday, Jun 1
Pachter Watch: GTA IV Could See Delay
Will Take-Two Interactive push back the release of the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto IV in an attempt to avoid losing sales to the highly, highly anticipated Halo 3? Wedbush Morgan analyst and Kotaku fave Michael Pachter says "we believe that it is possible."
Thursday, May 24
Get With The Times: E3 Press Conference Schedule Revealed
Wednesday, July 11th 9:00 - 10:00 AM - Nintendo 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM - Sony 2:00 - 3:00 PM - EA 3:15 - 4:15 PM - Activision 4:30 - 5:30 PM - Midway 5:45 - 6:45 PM - Konami Thursday July 12th 8:00 - 9:00 AM - Take Two Interactive 9:15 - 10:15 AM - THQ 10:30 - 11:30 AM - Ubisoft 1:00 - 2:00 PM - Namco Bandai
Thursday, Apr 19
Take-Two, Thompson Settle Suits [Take-two Interactive]
According to Game Politics, Take-Two Interactive and frequent tragedy exploiter Jack Thompson have settled their current disputes before going to trial. In March, Take-Two filed a suit in federal court following Thompson's attempts to block the sale of the games Grand Theft Auto IV an...
Thursday, Mar 29
Take-Two Investors Vote In New CEO, Board [Take-two Interactive]
After failing to find a suitable buyer for the company, Take-Two Interactive went ahead with its annual shareholders meeting today which ultimately saw investors ousting former CEO Paul Eibeler and voting in six new directors to sit on the board.
Thursday, Mar 15
True Story of a Rock* Cybersquatter [Game Of The Blog]
Joel Parker writes of his foray into cybersquatting with the post [There was a small chance that] ROCKSTAR GAMES AND TAKE TWO INTERACTIVE [could have] SUED ME. There was a small chance that] ROCKSTAR GAMES AND TAKE TWO INTERACTIVE [could have] SUED ME [Gameoftheblog]
Tuesday, Feb 6
Manhunt 2 Coming To Wii, PS2, PSP
Rockstar Games announces Manhunt 2 for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, and the Wii™ About Take-Two Interactive Software TM and the Wii logo are trademarks of Nintendo. © 2006 Nintendo.
Monday, Dec 18
A Special Message From Take-Two [Take-Two]
Take-Two's holiday lineup includes: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories for the PSP (PlayStation Portable) system (rated M); Bully for PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system (rated T); Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy for PlayStation 2 (rated M); NBA 2K7 for the Xbox 360 and Xbox vi...
Friday, Jul 21
FTC Unanimously Approves Rockstar Decision
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO) announced today that following the 30-day period for public comment, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has unanimously approved the Consent Order and Agreement with Take-Two and its wholly-owned publishing label Rockstar Games....
Friday, Mar 17
More Sid! Meier! Civilization 4: Warlords
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords will require the full version of Sid Meier's Civilization IV and will be released for PC this summer. For more information please visit http://www.civiv.com/. About Firaxis Games About Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
Tuesday, Jul 26
FTC Talks About GTA
A federal investigation into Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive may already be underway. Although no official announcement has come, by law the Federal Trade Commission is not allowed to comment on an ongoing investigation, according to a spokeswoman for the FTC that I spoke to th...
