List of acquisitions by Take-Two Interactive

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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.

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Acquisitions

DateCompanyParent divisionCountryValue (USD)Derived studiosReference
September 1996 Mission Studios Take-Two Interactive Flag of the United States.svg  USA 2,114,478Mission Studios [1]
April 1997 GameTek Rockstar Games Flag of the United States.svg  USA Rockstar Toronto [2] [3]
March 1998 BMG Interactive Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK 14,200,000 Rockstar Games [4] [5]
June 1998 Tarantula Studios Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK Rockstar Lincoln [6]
August 1998 Jack of All Games Take-Two Interactive Flag of the United States.svg  USA 16,800,000 Jack of All Games [7]
December 1998 Talonsoft Flag of the United States.svg  USA Talonsoft [8]
August 1999 Global Star Software Flag of the United States.svg  USA Global Star Software
September 1999 DMA Design Rockstar Games Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK 11,000,000 Rockstar North [9]
February 2000Joytech Take-Two Interactive Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK Joytech [10]
March 2000Pixel Broadband StudiosFlag of Israel.svg  Israel Pixel Broadband Studios [11]
April 2000Telstar Electronic StudiosFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK None [12]
DVDWave.comFlag of the United States.svg  USA DVDWave.com [13]
May 2000 Gathering of Developers Flag of the United States.svg  USA Gathering of Developers [14]
July 2000 PopTop Software 2K Games Flag of the United States.svg  USA 5,800,000 PopTop Software [1]
January 2001 Neo Software Rockstar Games Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Rockstar Vienna [15]
July 2001Techcorp Take-Two Interactive Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Techcorp [16]
August 2002 Barking Dog Studios Rockstar Games Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3,000,000 Rockstar Vancouver [17]
November 2002 Angel Studios Flag of the United States.svg  USA 34,700,000 Rockstar San Diego [18] [1]
March 2003 Frog City Software 2K Games Flag of the United States.svg  USA Frog City Software
April 2003 Cat Daddy Games Flag of the United States.svg  USA Cat Daddy Games
September 2003 TDK Mediactive Take-Two Interactive Flag of the United States.svg  USA 22,700,000 Take-Two Licensing [19]
April 2004 Möbius Entertainment Rockstar Games Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK Rockstar Leeds [20]
September 2004 Venom Games 2K Games Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK Venom Games [21]
October 2004 Access Software Flag of the United States.svg  USA Indie Built [22] [23]
January 2005 Visual Concepts
Kush Games 		Flag of the United States.svg  USA 32,200,000 Visual Concepts
2K Los Angeles 		[24] [25]
June 2005PAM SoftwareFlag of France.svg  France 11,400,000PAM Software [24]
November 2005 Firaxis Games Flag of the United States.svg  USA 27,000,000 Firaxis Games [26] [25]
January 2006 Irrational Games Flag of the United States.svg  USA 10,000,000 Irrational Games
2K Australia 		[27] [25]
January 2008 Illusion Softworks Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2K Czech [28] [29]
April 2008 Mad Doc Software Rockstar Games Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK Rockstar New England [30]
February 2016 Social Point Take-Two Interactive Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 250,000,000 Social Point [31]
May 2019 Dhruva Interactive Rockstar Games Flag of India.svg  India 7,900,000 Rockstar India [upper-alpha 1] [32]
August 2020Playdots Take-Two Interactive Flag of the United States.svg  USA 192,000,000Playdots [33]
October 2020 Ruffian Games Rockstar Games Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK Rockstar Dundee [34]
March 2021 HB Studios 2K Games Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada HB Studios [35]
HookBang's gaming divisionFlag of the United States.svg  USA Visual Concepts Austin [36]
June 2021 Nordeus Take-Two Interactive Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 378,000,000 Nordeus [37]
July 2021DynamixyzFlag of France.svg  France Dynamixyz [38]
November 2021Elite3D
Turia Games		 2K Games Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 31st Union Spain [39]
November 2021 Roll7 Private Division Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK Roll7 [40]
January 2022 Zynga Zynga Flag of the United States.svg  USA 12,700,000,000 Chartboost
Echtra Games
NaturalMotion
Peak Games
Rollic
Small Giant Games
StarLark		 [41]
September 2022 Storemaven Zynga Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Storemaven [42]
March 2023 GameClub Take-Two Interactive Flag of the United States.svg  USA [43]
March 2024 Gearbox Entertainment 2K Games Flag of the United States.svg  USA 460,000,000 Gearbox Software [44]

Notes

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

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