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Firaxis Games USA: 27,000,000: Firaxis Games [26] [25] January 2006: Irrational Games USA: 10,000,000: Irrational Games 2K Australia [27] [25] January 2008: Illusion Softworks Czech Republic: 2K Czech [28] [29] April 2008: Mad Doc Software: Rockstar Games UK: Rockstar New England [30] February 2016: Social Point: Take-Two Interactive Spain ...
This is a list of largest mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the video game industry with publicly disclosed deal values.Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard is the most expensive video game acquisitions of all time followed by Activision-Vivendi Games merger and Take-Two Interactive-Zynga acquisition. 14 of the 20 most expensive video game purchases in video game history occurred ...
In October 2020, it was announced that Take-Two had acquired Dundee-based Ruffian Games (known for their work on Halo: The Master Chief Collection and Crackdown 3) after a year-long development partnership on an undisclosed partnership; following the acquisition, Ruffian became part of Rockstar Games as Rockstar Dundee. [117]
Brothers Dan Houser (left) and Sam Houser (right) are two of the co-founders of Rockstar Games. Dan left the company in 2020; Sam is the president. On March 12, 1998, Take-Two Interactive announced its acquisition of the assets of dormant British video game publisher BMG Interactive from BMG Entertainment (a unit of Bertelsmann).
Rockstar Games is a video game publisher established under Take-Two Interactive in 1998. It is best known for the Grand Theft Auto series; other well-known releases include Bully , L.A. Noire , and the Red Dead , Max Payne and Midnight Club series.
Rockstar North (Rockstar Games UK Limited; formerly DMA Design Limited and Rockstar North Limited) is a British video game developer and a studio of Rockstar Games based in Edinburgh. The studio is best known for creating the Lemmings and Grand Theft Auto series, including Grand Theft Auto V , the second-best-selling game and most profitable ...
Rockstar New England, Inc. (formerly Mad Doc Software, LLC) is an American video game developer and a studio of Rockstar Games based in Andover, Massachusetts.Ian Lane Davis founded the company as Mad Doc Software in November 1999 after working as a technical director for Activision.
After the acquisition, Rockstar Games executives reviewed the studio's development projects to determine what was worth keeping. Dan Houser noted Red Dead Revolver, which he described as "this cowboy game that looked very good", caught the review team's attention despite being unplayable. [45]