The publisher of the GTA series says, among other things, that “working with Nintendo is a priority."
Game publisher Take-Two has been going through troubled times lately. In the past week, the company has appointed a new chairman, Strauss Zelnick; a new interim CEO, Ben Feder; is looking for a new CFO, after Karl Winters left T2 on Monday; and has been relisted on the NASDAQ earlier today as the publisher continues to stabilize its legal situation.
With all that's been happening to them, it's easy to forget that they still have a business to run and games to see to market. During a conference call today, Zelnick and Feder outlined a plan to turn the publisher around and get them back to profitability. In order to see healthy growth moving forward, Take-Two will be looking at getting the most out of their satellite arms, like the 2K brand, and to also rework the greenlighting process for all games in development. Take-Two will be making many more internal changes to help see things through.
Of note to Nintendo fans, Zelnick mentioned that “working with Nintendo is a priority." Though Zelnick said “all of next-gen is a priority" for Take-Two soon after, he later went on to say that he wanted his company to make “great games for Nintendo."
The first of Take-Two's “great" Nintendo games could be Manhunt 2, which is scheduled to come out for Wii sometime this fall.
