Take-Two CEO says 'former Rockstar employees' have tried to match GTA's success and 'haven't been able to'—and while he doesn't name names, that's gotta sting for a certain someone
October 15, 2026
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Take-Two CEO says ‘former Rockstar employees’ have tried to match GTA’s success and ‘haven’t been able to’—and while he doesn’t name names, that’s gotta sting for a certain someone

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Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Take-Two Interactive (which owns Rockstar, as well as several other companies) has a pretty middling view on AI. He’s not purely against it (of course not, he’s a CEO), but he’s at least been relatively realistic about not only its potential, but also what its adoption will mean for the company…

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GDC’s annual State of the Game Industry survey reveals 1/3 of ‘triple-A developers’ are working on live service games

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We’ve expressed a certain creeping exhaustion with live service games more than once in these digital pages, and the catastrophic failure of Concord led to some predictions that the tide was finally turning against them. But maybe not, too. GDC’s 2025 State of the Game Industry report says 33% of triple-A developers who responded to…

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The Sims 3 review (2009)

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The Sims 3 review – PC Gamer issue #202 (UK, July 2009) An exact replica of hte PC Gamer office. (Image credit: EA) My wedding was a disaster, beginning when one of the guests died during the party. We weren’t close, but witnessing his ghost prompted a recurring wish to see more. Soon I was…

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