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Take-Two plans to lay off 5 percent of its employees by the end of 2024
Take-Two Interactive plans to lay off 5 percent of its workforce, or about 600 employees, by the end of the year.
Take-Two is buying Gearbox from Embracer for $460 million
Gearbox Entertainment will soon have a new owner. Take-Two is buying the Borderlands creator for $460 million.
Rockstar updates Red Dead Redemption port to run at 60fps on the PS5
Rockstar snuck in an update to the PS4 port of Red Dead Redemption. It now runs at 60fps when played on the PS5 in backward compatibility mode.
Take-Two CEO says $50 for 'Red Dead Redemption' port is 'great value'
The game is coming to the Switch and PS4.
‘NBA 2K24’ arrives on September 8th with PS5-Xbox crossplay
2K announced today that NBA 2K24 will arrive on September 8th. The 25th-anniversary installment in the long-running basketball sim adds crossplay between PS5 and Xbox Series X/S — a first for the series — while celebrating one of the league’s greatest all-time shooting guards.
Pokémon developer Game Freak is partnering with Private Divison on a new action franchise
Pokemon developer is teaming up with Take-Two Interactive and Private Division brand-new action adventure IP codenamed Project Bloom. There’s some concept art and a short video but nothing concrete yet and the title won’t release until 2026.
GTA Online PC players hit with game-breaking exploit
Malicious elements of a community mod have made GTA Online too risky to play on PC.
Take-Two is shutting down the developer behind the mobile hit 'Two Dots'
Rockstar, Zynga and 2K owner Take-Two Interactive is shutting down Playdots, the New York-based studio behind the popular mobile game Two Dots.
Rockstar confirms gigantic 'Grand Theft Auto VI' leak
Rockstar has confirmed that a huge leak of 'Grand Theft Auto VI' content is real.
Weta Workshop is making its own Lord of the Rings game
Publisher Private Division said the title is slated to arrive by March 2024.
Firaxis delays Marvel's Midnight Suns, maybe until 2023
Take-Two Interactive has once again pushed back the release of Marvel’s Midnight Suns.
Take-Two's $12.7 billion purchase of Zynga is complete
'Words with Friends' and 'FarmVille' now belong to Take-Two.
Ubisoft and Take-Two are the latest game companies to halt sales in Russia
People in Russia and Ukraine won't be able to buy or install 'GTA V,' among other games.
Take-Two is acquiring mobile game giant Zynga for $12.7 billion
PC gaming Giant Take-Two has announced that it's making a big move into mobile gaming with the acquisition of Zynga for a total price of $12.7 billion.
Take-Two buys 'OlliOlli World' developer Roll7
The studio is now part of the Private Division publishing label.
Microsoft and Nintendo sign up for a free, all-digital E3
This year's event runs from June 12th to 15th, and Sony probably won't be involved.
Saudi Arabia has invested billions in Activision, EA and Take-Two
Mohammad bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s controversial Crown Prince, has pushed his country to acquire stakes in three major game video game publishers.
Take-Two is buying F1 developer Codemasters for almost $1 billion
The mega-publisher behind 2K and Rockstar now owns Codemasters.
Rockstar isn't making single-player DLC for 'Red Dead Redemption 2'
You won't be thrilled if you're hoping for a single-player add-on for Red Dead Redemption 2. Rockstar's lead online production associate Katie Pica told VG24/7 in an interview that the developer is "100% focused" on Red Dead Online. She argued that Rockstar aims to put "everything a player can love" about solo play into the multiplayer experience, such as new activities, characters and events. RDR2's "absolutely massive" core narrative was proof the company cared about the single-player experience, Pica added.
Take-Two profits soar thanks to 'GTA' and 'Red Dead' online spending
Need further proof that Rockstar's online games are the cornerstone of its business these days? You just got it. Publisher Take-Two has reported that its profit jumped 39 percent year-over-year in the spring quarter to a hefty $540.5 million, and the in-game purchases for Rockstar's titles played a large role. Company chief Strauss Zelnick told Hollywood Reporter that GTA Online "actually grew" versus 2018, while Red Dead Online's early performance has "exceeded expectations." Games like NBA 2K19, the Borderlands series and Civilization VI helped, but it's no secret as to which ones were the biggest cash cows.
