Take-Two has offered indie writer Private Division to an unknown purchaser in the wake of shuttering Roll7 and Intercept Video games, saying that it desires to give attention to its core and cell companies going ahead. Whereas nearly all of Private Division’s stay and unreleased video games will go to the new purchaser, Take-Two says it’s going to proceed to help No Relaxation for the Depraved, the recently-released motion RPG from Moon Studios that is at present in early entry.
Take-Two introduced the transfer throughout Wednesday’s earnings outcomes, saying in a press release, “We’re grateful for the contributions that the Private Division workforce has made to our firm and are assured that they may proceed to obtain success in their new residence.”
The Private Division sale follows Take-Two’s determination to wind down indie studios Roll7 and Intercept Video games, each of which operated beneath the label’s umbrella. An IGN report at the time revealed Take-Two’s plans to offload the label and that it had discovered curiosity from a personal fairness agency, with discussions faciliated by people with connnections to Moon Studios management. It is unclear whether or not that agency in the end adopted via on its curiosity.
Private Division was based in 2017 with the purpose of present funding and help to “triple-I” sport corresponding to The Outer Worlds. Its upcoming releases embrace Tales of the Shire, the cozy Lords of the Rings sport that was lately delayed into 2025, and an untitled action-adventure sport from Sport Freak codenamed Undertaking Bloom.
Take-Two has spent a lot of 2024 attempting to promote Private Division, telling staff in April that it will now not help the label and shedding many of its staff. A small group has remained to proceed help No Relaxation for the Depraved in addition to Private Division’s different upcoming video games. Take-Two, for its half, is popping much more of its focus towards Grand Theft Auto VI, which it nonetheless expects to launch in fall 2025.
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