A Look At Take-Two's Books

Gamasutra reports on Take-Two Interactive's 10-K filing with the SEC for 2005. A much anticipated document, it lays out information about the ongoing troubles Rockstar's publishing parent has been having. Besides the recent high-profile lawsuits, it gives details on their purchases over the last year. From the article: "It is also revealed that Top Spin developer Indie Built was purchased for $18.5 million in cash. Although not technically part of the company's financial year the cost of Civilization IV developer Firaxis was put at $26.7 million, composed of $12.5 million of restricted common stock and $0.86 million in cash. A significant $11.3 million of the total was in the form of contingent considerations based on future product sales."

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[rillopy]

Here is the link to the Gamasutra article:
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?st ory=7993/ [gamasutra.com]

Re:The price of being bought out

[DCookie]

You also have to remember VC/Kush releases NBA, MLB, NHL, College Hoops, and (at the time of purcahse) NFL. That's a lot more games than Firaxis. VC/Kush is a larger company so it makes sense it costed more.