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 just lately made the strategic resolution to promote our Non-public Division label to focus our assets on rising our core and cell companies for the long-term. As a part of this transaction, the client bought our rights to considerably all of Non-public Division’s reside 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 workforce has made to our firm and are assured that they may proceed to attain success of their new residence.
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick advised GamesIndustry.biz that the client can be named quickly and stated, “The workforce of Non-public Division did an ideal job supporting unbiased builders and, nearly to a one, each venture they supported did nicely. Nonetheless, the dimensions of these tasks was, candidly, on the smaller facet, and we’re within the enterprise of constructing nice massive hits,” just like the upcoming Grand Theft Auto VI.