The slinging-handbags fight that boiled up when Take-Two Interactive honcho Strauss Zelnick gave THQ six months to live has been, officially and semi-politely, resolved.
Speaking at an MIT conference today, Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Take-Two and publisher of Grand Theft Auto, criticised the practices of THQ, the company behind Saint’s Row. Zelnick predicted that the struggling THQ won’t last much longer.
In the past couple of years, Take Two has been one of the most successful publishers, and despite lacklustre reviews and poor word of mouth, Duke Nukem Forever, we suspect, has still sold well. But according to analyst firm Wedbush Morgan, it may not have sold anywhere close to what was initially expected.
Today, Take-Two inked a deal with South Korea’s XLGames to make one of the US game company’s titles into an MMORPG. Take-Two owns Rockstar Games (Grand Theft Auto) and 2K (BioShock). [via 4Gamer]
