The Take-Two earnings call was yesterday and the CEO, Strauss Zelnick, was in high spirits and for good reason too. In the last year they have released Borderlands 2, XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Bioshock: Infinite to critical and commercial success.
And things are apparently looking even better for this year with the much anticipated Grand Theft Auto V expected to steamroll the sales figures and some brand new IP’s that are being prepped for the next generation of consoles.
We also have an extraordinary pipeline of titles in development for next-generation platforms, including groundbreaking new intellectual property and releases from our proven franchises,
One of the new IP’s I’m expecting to see is the previously spoken about Agent, which was revealed as a PS3 exclusive back in 2009.
Since then it’s disappeared from the front lines and I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if this has now turned into a PlayStation 4 exclusive that we’ll hear about at E3 this year.
Take Two appear to be going from strength to strength and now have three excellent development studios as part of their stable, ignoring the last abortion that Gearbox threw up. They are now nearly twice the size of Ubisoft and have been on an upward trajectory for the last year.
With all the doom and gloom in the industry it’s nice to see at least some of the guys are doing well still.
Last Updated: May 14, 2013
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
May 14, 2013 at 12:05
Nice. Good to hear this and from a company that puts out great (95% anyway) games.
Awesome!
Admiral Chief Combat Engineer
May 14, 2013 at 12:05
I don’t like this word “exclusive” one bit. In any form. Be it games, society, anything
ALKi1234
May 14, 2013 at 12:26
I’ts just business as usual.
CODDAMIT
May 14, 2013 at 12:32
Is this a positive comment?
Brady miaau
May 14, 2013 at 14:54
Yeah, why not?
CODDAMIT
May 14, 2013 at 15:20
Cool
Trevor Davies
May 14, 2013 at 12:17
Not to nitpick, but GTA did NOT start on Playstation. Agent sounds a little like Alpha Protocol, which I enjoyed.
CODDAMIT
May 14, 2013 at 12:32
One thing I agree with is must have value that’s mentioned in this video. That’s what most of their games are: must have.
Purple_Dragon
May 14, 2013 at 12:32
See, make good games and you’ll do well.
FoxOneZA - X-Therminator
May 14, 2013 at 13:17
Blerrrrry Agggggeeent!!!!
Illuchne Mancera
May 14, 2013 at 15:01
Some how I’ve always been a fan of Take Two… dunno why…….
Marc O Polo
May 14, 2013 at 16:41
not a GTA fan then? or RDR? Or LA Noire? Or Duke Nukem? or Max Payne? Or Manhunt? Or Mafia?