Tag: Take-Two
News Take-Two CEO Defends Red Dead Redemption's $50 Price Tag, Says It's "Commercially Accurate"
The whole package is apparently "great value for consumers"
Rockstar lifted the lid on a Red Dead Redemption port for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 earlier this week, and one of the major talking points since then has been the $50 USD price tag. Some fans feel it's simply too much for what appears to be a relatively simple port that's...
News Take-Two CEO Urges Caution Against Betting On The Metaverse
"There will be failures"
The metaverse is a concept that seems to be gaining ground with each passing day. With multiple companies betting big on the idea of a persistent and evolving metaverse, along with the likes of Reggie Fils-Aimé stating that the concept is something "we're all marching to", it seems almost inevitable that it will eventually...
News Take-Two Raises Eyebrows With Lavish Praise For FIFA Brand
FIFA 2K24, anyone..?
Last week, EA's long-term partnership with FIFA came to an end, with EA rebranding its football franchise as 'EA Sports FC'. FIFA subsequently stated that it will work with other developers using the FIFA brand going forwards, and it looks like one of those could be Take-Two Interactive. In a discussion with
News Take-Two Interactive Plans On Releasing 8 'New Iterations' Of Past Games
More remasters could be on the way to Switch
Take-Two Interactive, the holding company responsible for such studios as Rockstar Games, 2K, and Private Division, has announced via its financial report that it plans on releasing 8 'new iterations of previously released titles' over the course of FY2023 - FY2025. While the terminology itself is...
"We felt good about the platform"
When Civilization VI was first confirmed for Nintendo Switch last September, turn-based strategy fans were instantly excited at the prospect of taking the series on the go. As it turns out, it would appear that the game has performed very nicely indeed as a result. The game launched on the platform in November to...
News Take-Two "Impressed" With Switch, But Has No Games To Announce Right Now
"We’re very sanguine at this point"
Take-Two Interactive is one of the world's biggest publishers of video games thanks to its ownership of Rockstar and 2K Games, and owns some of the biggest properties in the business - including Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption. The company has supported Switch during its first year with the likes...
News Take-Two "Very Optimistic" About Switch, Expects Sales To "Continue To Be Great"
"We’re very supportive of Nintendo"
Take-Two has a pair of big titles lined up for Switch this year in the form of NBA 2K18 and WWE 2K18, the former of which was one of the earliest games to be confirmed for the console. During the company's recent conference call, chairman and CEO Strauss Zelnick reiterated just how confident Take-Two is in...
News Take-Two Executive Reiterates Plans for Long Term Support of Switch
It's unprecedented…
It seems one of the biggest concerns surrounding the Switch in this pre-launch period is how viable the platform will be to third party studios. While it is true that one of the biggest selling points of Nintendo consoles is Nintendo games, the Wii U was an unfortunate reminder of what happens when a platform fails to pique the...
News Nintendo Making "Great Effort" To Support Third Parties On Switch, Claims Take-Two Boss
"We're very optimistic on the Switch"
The Nintendo Switch arrives early next year but aside from a special preview event, we've had little in the way of solid news regarding the games we'll be playing on it come March 2017. Not only has Nintendo been coy about what it's working on, it appears to have forbidden third-party publishers from sharing...
News Take-Two Interactive Reiterates Support of Nintendo Switch, But Won't Confirm Games Yet
NBA 2K is still just a trailer concept
Remember the bit in the Nintendo Switch trailer where the 'dudes' play real life Basketball, then play videogame Basketball on the Switch right next to the same court? Not necessarily the most realistic scenario, but it made for a good video sequence. It did leave us scratching our heads at Nintendo Life...
News Take-Two Interactive CEO is a Believer in Nintendo and the NX
"We feel pretty enthusiastic actually"
Take-Two Interactive is one of the behemoths of game publishing, though Nintendo-focused gamers may not have played many of the company's games. It's the publishing and financial muscle behind IPs like Grand Theft Auto, Civilisation, NBA 2K, Borderlands and more, working with a broad range of developers across...
News Nintendo comments on GTA: Chinatown Wars sales
Despite the somewhat lackluster first month sales of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Take-Two is going to continue supporting Nintendo's handheld.
It seems as though almost everybody is disappointed with the first month sales of Take-Two's Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. We reported earlier this week that the game managed to shift a tame 88,000...
