Take-Two didn’t disclose the client of Non-public Division or how a lot they paid. In an emailed assertion to The Verge, Take-Two spokesperson Alan Lewis wrote:
We lately made the strategic resolution to promote our Non-public Division label to focus our assets on rising our core and cellular companies for the long-term. As a part of this transaction, the client bought our rights to considerably all of Non-public Division’s stay and unreleased titles.
Take-Two will proceed to help No Relaxation for the Depraved, which launched in Early Entry on PC in April. We’re grateful for the contributions that the Non-public Division group has made to our firm and are assured that they’ll proceed to attain success of their new dwelling.
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick instructed GamesIndustry.biz that the client could be named quickly and mentioned, “The group of Non-public Division did an ideal job supporting unbiased builders and, nearly to a one, each undertaking they supported did effectively. Nonetheless, the size of these tasks was, candidly, on the smaller aspect, and we’re within the enterprise of creating nice massive hits,” just like the upcoming Grand Theft Auto VI.