Take-Two reported for the third quarter of fiscal 2022 (ended December 31). Sales of major franchises, including the acclaimed GTA remaster trilogy, helped the company increase revenue. However, its profit fell by almost $40 million.

Take-Two reported on the results of the first fiscal quarter of 2022 (ended June 30). Although its net revenue decreased by 2% during this period, thanks to strong sales of key franchises, the company managed to increase profits by 72%.

Take-Two has successfully gained a foothold in the genre of sports games on PC and consoles. Now the company has decided to extend its influence to mobile by announcing the purchase of the Serbian studio Nordeus — the authors of the mobile simulator of the football coach Top Eleven. The transaction amount may reach $378 million.The official announcement says that Take-Two will immediately pay Nordeus $225 million.

The deal between Take-Two and Codemasters will not take place. Suddenly, EA announced its desire to buy a British studio, which offered Dirt developers $ 200 million more.

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick shared his view on the future of video games. According to him, the next 30-40 years will be “the most exciting” for the industry.

Take-Two plans to complete the purchase of Codemasters early next year. As a result, she will receive 100% of the shares of DiRT developers, and the transaction amount will exceed $ 950 million.Both companies came to an agreement and confirmed the deal in official statements.

Take-Two is preparing for another major purchase. The owner of Rockstar Games, 2K and Private Division intends to acquire one of the oldest British gaming companies — Codemasters. The estimated volume of the transaction is $973.8 million.

Take-Two reported results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2021 (ended September 30). The company’s revenue fell by 2% and amounted to $ 841 million, but thanks to good sales of the main franchises and the growth of revenue from microtransactions, the publisher managed to increase its net profit.Key figures for the second quarter

The publisher of Take-Two is going to buy the New York studio Playdots for $ 192 million. The latter develops minimalistic mobile games.

In the first fiscal quarter, 87% of sales were provided by Digit, and the most successful titles of the publishing house were GTA V and GTA Online.Take-Two has published a report for the first fiscal quarter, which ended in June this year.

A month ago, Take-Two announced that the NBA 2K21 game would cost $10 more for the Xbox Series X and PS5. Not all publishers approve of this approach, but the head of the company has his own opinion.

By 2020, digital copies have become more in demand in console retail. Major publishers now sell more digital than disc versions.

In March, the developer Star Theory Games closed. Before that, he lost his contract with the publisher Take-Two. The studio went bankrupt after the publisher poached half of its staff.

Take-Two presented a report for the last fiscal quarter and a forecast for the whole year. Also, its management sparingly commented on the departure of Dan Houser from Rockstar.

Take-Two, as part of a conference call, shared the results for the second fiscal quarter. The publisher’s revenues increased by 74%, including thanks to the launch of new parts of Borderlands and the NBA.

The ways of development of Take-Two will affect India and Africa. According to the publisher, in the future these markets will offer huge opportunities for game rendezvous.

The CEO of Take-Two, Strauss Zelnick, again spoke on the topic of cloud gaming services. As it turned out, he does not share the opinion of the head of Ubisoft about the indispensable growth of the gaming audience thanks to streaming.

The subscription business model does not suit the gaming industry as well as the TV services market. This opinion was expressed by the CEO of Take-Two, Strauss Zelnick.

As it turned out, not all publishers place a big bet on loot boxes. Take-Two, for example, earned less than $87 million on boxes with random rewards last fiscal year.