Take-Two Interactive is an American video game holding company. They have acquired many publishers and developers since the company's foundation in 1993. Today, most of Take-Two Interactive's developers operate as subsidiaries of its publishing arms: 2K and Rockstar Games.

Acquisitions

DateCompanyParent divisionCountryValue (USD)Derived studiosReference
September 1996Mission StudiosTake-Two Interactive USA2,114,478Mission Studios[1]
April 1997GameTekRockstar Games USARockstar Toronto[2][3]
March 1998BMG Interactive UK14,200,000Rockstar Games[4][5]
June 1998Tarantula Studios UKRockstar Lincoln[6]
August 1998Jack of All GamesTake-Two Interactive USA16,800,000Jack of All Games[7]
December 1998Talonsoft USATalonsoft[8]
August 1999Global Star Software USAGlobal Star Software
September 1999DMA DesignRockstar Games UK11,000,000Rockstar North[9]
February 2000JoytechTake-Two Interactive UKJoytech[10]
March 2000Pixel Broadband Studios IsraelPixel Broadband Studios[11]
April 2000Telstar Electronic Studios UKNone[12]
DVDWave.com USADVDWave.com[13]
May 2000Gathering of Developers USAGathering of Developers[14]
July 2000PopTop Software2K Games USA5,800,000PopTop Software[1]
January 2001Neo SoftwareRockstar Games AustriaRockstar Vienna[15]
July 2001TechcorpTake-Two Interactive Hong KongTechcorp[16]
August 2002Barking Dog StudiosRockstar Games Canada3,000,000Rockstar Vancouver[17]
November 2002Angel Studios USA34,700,000Rockstar San Diego[18][1]
March 2003Frog City Software2K Games USAFrog City Software
April 2003Cat Daddy Games USACat Daddy Games
September 2003TDK MediactiveTake-Two Interactive USA22,700,000Take-Two Licensing[19]
April 2004Möbius EntertainmentRockstar Games UKRockstar Leeds[20]
September 2004Venom Games2K Games UKVenom Games[21]
October 2004Access Software USAIndie Built[22][23]
January 2005Visual Concepts
Kush Games		 USA32,200,000Visual Concepts
2K Los Angeles		[24][25]
June 2005PAM Software France11,400,000PAM Software[24]
November 2005Firaxis Games USA27,000,000Firaxis Games[26][25]
January 2006Irrational Games USA10,000,000Irrational Games
2K Australia		[27][25]
January 2008Illusion Softworks Czech Republic2K Czech[28][29]
April 2008Mad Doc SoftwareRockstar Games UKRockstar New England[30]
February 2016Social PointTake-Two Interactive Spain250,000,000Social Point[31]
May 2019Dhruva InteractiveRockstar Games India7,900,000Rockstar India [upper-alpha 1][32]
August 2020PlaydotsTake-Two Interactive USA192,000,000Playdots[33]
October 2020Ruffian GamesRockstar Games UKRockstar Dundee[34]
March 2021HB Studios2K Games CanadaHB Studios[35]
HookBang's gaming division USAVisual Concepts Austin[36]
June 2021NordeusTake-Two Interactive Serbia378,000,000Nordeus[37]
July 2021Dynamixyz FranceDynamixyz[38]
November 2021Elite3D
Turia Games		2K Games Spain31st Union Spain[39]
November 2021Roll7Private Division UKRoll7[40]
January 2022ZyngaZynga USA12,700,000,000Chartboost
Echtra Games
NaturalMotion
Peak Games
Rollic
Small Giant Games
StarLark		[41]
September 2022StoremavenZynga IsraelStoremaven[42]
March 2023 GameClub Take-Two Interactive  USA Currently Unknown [43]

Notes

  1. ↑ Rockstar India already existed before the acquisition, with Dhruva Interactive being merged into the studio.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Rogers, Dan Lee (March 3, 2004). "The End Game: How Top Developers Sold Their Studios – Part One". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on September 23, 2017. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  2. ↑ Johnston, Chris (31 July 1997). "GameTek Assets Sold to Take 2". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 1 December 1998.
  3. ↑ "Studio". Rockstar Toronto. Archived from the original on 18 March 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ↑ Johnston, Chris (March 12, 1998). "Take 2 Takes BMG". GameSpot. Archived from the original on December 1, 1998.
  5. ↑ "BMG Interactive Acquired by Take-Two Interactive". Telecompaper. March 16, 1998. Archived from the original on September 8, 2017. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
  6. ↑ Johnston, Chris (April 28, 2000). "Take 2 Captures Tarantula". GameSpot. Archived from the original on September 22, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  7. ↑ IGN Staff (August 24, 1998). "Take Two Acquires Distributor". ign.com. Archived from the original on July 18, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  8. ↑ Dunkin, Alan (December 24, 1998). "Take-Two Buys TalonSoft". GameSpot. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
  9. ↑ Kennedy, Sam (April 27, 2000). "Take-Two Acquires DMA Design". GameSpot. Archived from the original on April 4, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  10. ↑ Jebens, Harley (February 28, 2000). "Take Two Grows By Two". GameSpot. Archived from the original on September 22, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  11. ↑ IGN Staff (March 9, 2000). "Take Two Gets Wide". ign.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  12. ↑ Mullen, Micheal (April 27, 2000). "Take-Two Controlling Telstar". GameSpot. Archived from the original on September 22, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  13. ↑ Jebens, Harley (March 3, 1999). "Take-Two Increases Online Presence". GameSpot. Archived from the original on February 11, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
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  17. ↑ "Take-Two Acquires Barking Dog Studios". gamasutra.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  18. ↑ Calvert, Justin (November 20, 2002). "Angel Studios acquired by Rockstar". GameSpot. Archived from the original on September 22, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  19. ↑ IGN (September 3, 2003). "Take-Two Acquires TDK Mediactive". IGN. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  20. ↑ Calvert, Justin (8 April 2004). "Mobius renamed Rockstar Leeds". gamespot.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  21. ↑ MCV Staff (2 July 2008). "Venom Games to close?". MCV/Develop.
  22. ↑ GamesIndustry International (December 17, 2004). "Microsoft sells off sports game studio to Take Two". Eurogamer. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  23. ↑ Adams, David (December 17, 2004). "Take-Two Picks Up Amped Team". IGN. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  24. 1 2 "Take-Two takes Sega's sports-game studios". CNET. Archived from the original on September 5, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  25. 1 2 3 Sinclair, Brendan (January 31, 2006). "Take-Two reveals acquisition prices, hints at future lawsuits". GameSpot. Archived from the original on February 26, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
  26. ↑ Adams, David (November 7, 2005). "Take-Two Buys Firaxis". IGN. Archived from the original on February 12, 2018. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
  27. ↑ Jenkins, David (January 9, 2006). "Take-Two Acquires Irrational Games". Gamasutra. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  28. ↑ "Welcome 2K Czech: Take-Two brings Mafia dev Illusion Softworks into the family". engadget.com. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  29. ↑ Purchese, Robert (8 January 2008). "Take-Two acquires Illusion Softworks". eurogamer.net. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  30. ↑ Sinclair, Brendan (April 4, 2008). "Rockstar acquires Mad Doc". GameSpot. Archived from the original on October 17, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  31. ↑ "Take-Two acquires mobile developer Social Point for $250m".
  32. ↑ Makedonski, Brett (May 13, 2019). "Rockstar swoops as Starbreeze is forced to sell off a studio". Destructoid. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
  33. ↑ Bary, Emily. "Take-Two to acquire Two Dots developer Playdots for $192 million". MarketWatch. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  34. ↑ "Rockstar Acquires Ruffian Games, Rebrands Rockstar Dundee".
  35. ↑ "2K acquires PGA Tour 2K21 studio, signs Tiger Woods".
  36. ↑ "2K acquires HookBang games business".
  37. ↑ "Take-Two enters soccer market with $378m Nordeus acquisition".
  38. ↑ "Take-Two acquires dynamixyz".
  39. ↑ "2K Acquires Studio That Worked On Diablo, Star Wars, Call Of Duty, And More Big Franchises". GameSpot. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  40. ↑ "Take-Two has acquired OlliOlli dev Roll7". 15 November 2021.
  41. ↑ Balu, Nivedita. "Take-Two to buy FarmVille maker Zynga in deal valued at $12.7 billion". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  42. ↑ Balu, Nivedita. "Zynga to buy Storemaven". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
  43. ↑ Harding-Rolls, Piers (March 23, 2023). "Take-Two has acquired mobile multi-game subscription service GameClub". via Twitter. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
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