List of acquisitions by Take-Two Interactive

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 Games and Rockstar Games

Acquisitions
DateCompanyParent DivisionCountryValue (USD)Derived StudiosReference
September 1996Mission Studios Take-Two Interactive USA2,114,478Mission Studios[1]
April 1997GameTek Rockstar Games USARockstar Toronto[2][3]
March 1998BMG Interactive Rockstar Games UK14,200,000Rockstar Games[4][5]
June 1998Tarantula Studios Rockstar Games UKRockstar Lincoln[6]
August 1998Jack of All Games Take-Two Interactive USA16,800,000Jack of All Games[7]
December 1998Talonsoft Take-Two Interactive USATalonsoft[8]
August 1999Global Star Software Take-Two Interactive USAGlobal Star Software
September 1999DMA Design Rockstar Games UK11,000,000Rockstar North[9]
May 2000Gathering of Developers Take-Two Interactive USAGathering of Developers[10]
July 2000PopTop Software 2K Games USA5,800,000PopTop Software[1]
January 2001Neo Software Rockstar Games AustriaRockstar Vienna[11]
July 2001Techcorp Take-Two Interactive Hong KongTechcorp[12]
August 2002Barking Dog Studios Rockstar Games Canada3,000,000Rockstar Vancouver[13]
November 2002Angel Studios Rockstar Games USA34,700,000Rockstar San Diego[14][1]
March 2003Frog City Software 2K Games USAFrog City Software
April 2003Cat Daddy Games 2K Games USACat Daddy Games
September 2003TDK Mediactive Take-Two Interactive USA22,700,000Take-Two Licensing[15]
April 2004Möbius Entertainment Rockstar Games UKRockstar Leeds[16]
September 2004Venom Games 2K Games UKVenom Games[17]
October 2004Access Software 2K Games USAIndie Built[18][19]
January 2005Visual Concepts
Kush Games		 2K Games USA32,200,000Visual Concepts
2K Los Angeles		[20][21]
June 2005PAM Software 2K Games France11,400,000PAM Software[20]
November 2005Firaxis Games 2K Games USA27,000,000Firaxis Games[22][21]
January 2006Irrational Games 2K Games USA10,000,000Irrational Games
2K Australia		[23][21]
January 2008Illusion Softworks 2K Games Czech Republic2K Czech[24][25]
April 2008Mad Doc Software Rockstar Games UKRockstar New England[26]
February 2016Social Point Take-Two Interactive Spain250,000,000Social Point[27]
May 2019Dhruva Interactive Rockstar Games India7,900,000Rockstar India [upper-alpha 1][28]
August 2020Playdots Take-Two Interactive USA192,000,000Playdots[29]
October 2020Ruffian Games Rockstar Games UKRockstar Dundee[30]

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

References
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  9. Kennedy, Sam (April 27, 2000). "Take-Two Acquires DMA Design". GameSpot. Archived from the original on April 4, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
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  13. "Take-Two Acquires Barking Dog Studios". gamasutra.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  14. Calvert, Justin (November 20, 2002). "Angel Studios acquired by Rockstar". GameSpot. Archived from the original on September 22, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
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  16. Calvert, Justin (8 April 2004). "Mobius renamed Rockstar Leeds". gamespot.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
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  24. "Welcome 2K Czech: Take-Two brings Mafia dev Illusion Softworks into the family". engadget.com. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
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  26. Sinclair, Brendan (April 4, 2008). "Rockstar acquires Mad Doc". GameSpot. Archived from the original on October 17, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  27. "Take-Two acquires mobile developer Social Point for $250m".
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  29. Bary, Emily. "Take-Two to acquire Two Dots developer Playdots for $192 million". MarketWatch. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  30. "Rockstar Acquires Ruffian Games, Rebrands Rockstar Dundee".
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