How to pitch a video game to Take-Two Interactive

What you agree to by sending something

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“If you do hold any such rights to Your UGC, including any copyright or other intellectual property interest, then, in exchange for the rights licensed to you in this Agreement, you hereby grant us an irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive and sublicensable right to use, reproduce, edit, modify, adapt, create derivative works based on, publish, distribute, transmit, publicly display, communicate to the…”

What it has bought from outside

1. 1999

   DMA Design (Grand Theft Auto; now Rockstar North) from its owners

   “In 1999, Take-Two acquired DMA Design (ultimately renamed Rockstar North), and invested into Gathering of Developers and Bungie (eventually transferred over to Microsoft Game Studios).…” en.wikipedia.org

2. 2005

   Firaxis Games (Civilization) from its owners around US$27 million

   “Firaxis Games was acquired in November 2005 for around US$27 million;…” en.wikipedia.org

3. 2022

   Zynga (FarmVille) from its shareholders $12.7 billion

   “Take-Two Interactive announced in January 2022 its intent to buy Zynga for $12.7 billion. [ 20 ] The deal was completed in May 2022. [ 21 ]” en.wikipedia.org

4. 2024

   Gearbox Software (Borderlands) from Embracer Group

   “Take-Two Interactive closed the Gearbox Software acquisition on June 12, 2024. [ 6 ] [ 7 ]” en.wikipedia.org

Other companies that take a video game

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  Microsoft XboxHas a submission portalXbox publishes independent developers’ games through ID@Xbox, with support and resources to launch them.

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  NintendoHas a submission portalNintendo does not accept game or product ideas it did not ask for.

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  Sony Interactive (PlayStation)Has a submission portalPlayStation invites game developers and publishers to register at partners.playstation.net.

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  ValveHas a submission portalValve does not accept or consider game or character ideas it did not request, and anything sent anyway becomes its property.
• Devolver DigitalHas a submission portalDevolver takes game pitches at pitch.devolverdigital.com, now for games releasing in 2028 or later.

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  Activision BlizzardDoes not take outside ideasBlizzard refuses to accept or look at any submissions or ideas it did not ask for, including expansions, novels and screenplays.

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  Electronic ArtsDoes not take outside ideasElectronic Arts does not accept product ideas, game concepts or music it did not ask for, and returns or deletes any it receives.

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  Square EnixDoes not take outside ideasSquare Enix and its employees do not accept creative works or ideas they did not ask for, and it may use anything sent without pay.

All of them, open doors first