Take-Two Interactive
American video game holding company
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| March 2025 | Rockstar Games acquires Video Games Deluxe from Australia, establishing Rockstar Australia. |
| November 2024 | Take-Two Interactive divests Private Division, a subsidiary based in New York City, U.S. |
| July 2024 | SAG-AFTRA labor union initiated a strike against Take-Two Interactive and other video game publishers over concerns about AI protections for voice actors and digital likenesses. |
| April 2024 | Take-Two announced layoffs of 5% of its workforce (579 employees) and cancelled several unannounced projects. Intercept Games was shut down two months later. |
| March 2024 | 2K Games purchases Gearbox Entertainment for $460 million, acquiring Gearbox Software. |
| 2023 | Take-Two Interactive formed 2K Sports Lab in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| March 2023 | Take-Two Interactive acquires GameClub from the United States. |
| October 2022 | Take-Two Interactive divested Playdots |
| September 2022 | Zynga acquires Storemaven from Israel. |
| January 2022 | Take-Two Interactive completes a massive $12.7 billion acquisition of Zynga, which includes subsidiaries Chartboost, Echtra Games, NaturalMotion, Peak Games, Rollic, Small Giant Games, and StarLark. |
| 2021 | Take-Two Interactive establishes 2K Valencia in Spain and acquires HB Studios in Nova Scotia, Canada. |
| November 2021 | 2K Games acquires Elite3D and Turia Games in Spain, and Roll7 in the UK. |
| July 2021 | Take-Two Interactive acquires Dynamixyz from France. |
| June 2021 | Take-Two Interactive purchases Nordeus from Serbia for $378 million. |
| March 2021 | 2K acquired HB Studios, including the rights to PGA Tour games, and secured Tiger Woods as an executive director and consultant for future golf game titles. |
| March 2021 | 2K Games acquires HB Studios in Canada and HookBang's gaming division in the United States. |
| 2020 | Take-Two Interactive establishes 2K Madrid in Spain and Rockstar Dundee in Scotland. |
| October 2020 | Rockstar Games acquires Ruffian Games, establishing Rockstar Dundee in the UK. |
| August 2020 | Take-Two Interactive purchases Playdots for $192 million. |
| March 2020 | Take-Two established a new publishing agreement with the NFL to republish NFL games starting in 2021, creating 'non-simulation football game experiences'. |
| September 2019 | Rockstar Games launched their own digital game launcher, providing digital distribution, digital rights management, multiplayer, and communications services. |
| May 2019 | Take-Two Interactive acquires Dhruva Interactive for $7.9 million, establishing Rockstar India. |
| February 7 2019 | Benzies' litigation with Take-Two officially ended with a confidential settlement, with each party bearing its own costs and expenses. |
| January 2019 | Take-Two and NBA signed a seven-year licensing deal to extend rights for developing NBA 2K games. |
| October 2018 | Red Dead Redemption 2 was released, expected to boost company profits similar to Grand Theft Auto V. |
| March 29 2018 | Benzies' litigation against Rockstar and Take-Two suffered a setback, with 12 out of 18 claims dismissed. |
| March 9 2018 | Take-Two Interactive was added to the S&P 500 index. |
| March 8 2018 | CEO Strauss Zelnick attended a White House meeting with President Trump and Congress to discuss video game violence. |
| 2017 | Closed 2K Czech, which was originally founded in January 2008 |
| 2017 | Take-Two and NBA announced a partnership to create the NBA 2K League, a professional eSports league based on NBA 2K games. |
| December 14 2017 | Take-Two formed the Private Division publishing label to fund and publish games by mid-size independent development studios. |
| May 31 2017 | Take-Two Interactive acquired Kerbal Space Program. |
| February 1 2017 | Take-Two acquired Social Point, a social and mobile game developer, to enter the mobile gaming market. |
| April 12 2016 | Benzies started legal action against Rockstar and Take-Two, claiming $150 million in unpaid royalties. |
| January 2016 | Leslie Benzies officially left Rockstar Games. |
| November 2015 | Closed 2K China, which was originally founded in May 2006 |
| April 2015 | Closed 2K Australia, which was originally founded in January 2006 |
| October 2014 | Double Take Comics, a graphic fiction imprint led by former Marvel editor-in-chief Bill Jemas, was launched. |
| September 1 2014 | Leslie Benzies, President of Rockstar North, took a sabbatical leave from Rockstar. |
| October 2013 | Closed 2K Marin, which was originally founded in 2007 |
| September 2013 | Grand Theft Auto V was released, which would go on to sell nearly 100 million units by 2018 and significantly increase Take-Two's stock value. |
| January 2013 | Take-Two acquired the rights to the WWE wrestling games series from THQ during its dissolution. |
| 2011 | Take-Two Interactive establishes 2K Chengdu as a development studio in Chengdu, China. |
| 2010 | Ben Feder stepped down as CEO, and Strauss Zelnick became the new CEO and chairman. |
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