Take Two

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Take Two

Basic information
Founded	1993
Type	Holding Company
Industry	Video games
Official website	https://www.take2games.com/

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is an NYC-based video game holding company founded by Ryan Brant in September 1993. The company owns three major publishing labels, Rockstar Games, Zynga and 2K, which operate internal game development studios.

Relevant incidents

Incidents not mentioned here can be found on the Take-Two Interactive category page.

2K Games - exclusivity contracts (stub)

Much like with EA, 2K has also purchased exclusivity contracts with sports leagues, thus also restricting options for consumers. (Maybe mention pga or wwe?)

2k - personal data breaches (stub)

ref a ref b

2k - faulty game launcher (stub)

Ref

2k - shuttered studios (stub)

Wikipedia page ref(note: use as springboard, find dedicated sources for history of buyouts and shuttering)

General - Microtransactions (MTX) and lootboxes (stub)

Ref | should cover all 3 major companies owned by T2, ref covers 2k. Zynga's pioneering of predatory mtx needs to be covered (see cityville and Farmville games.) Rockstar, shark cards in GTAO? No clue how we could shoehorn this one.

Borderlands Series - Terms of Service changes and alleged spyware 2025-Apr https://medium.com/@DarkRa/why-gamers-are-furious-over-take-two-and-2ks-new-terms-of-service-051e7a6a5594 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMKMhqKzHxs&pp=ygUMdGFrZSB0d28gdG9z

Take-Two Interactive Software Privacy Policy Update

Last Update: February 2025

Categories of Information Collected

The type of information we collect depends on how you use the Services. Generally, we collect the following information:

• Identifiers / Contact Information: Name, user name, gamertag, postal and email address, phone number, unique IDs, mobile device ID, platform ID, gaming service ID, advertising ID (IDFA, Android ID) and IP address
• Protected Characteristics: Age and gender
• Commercial Information: Purchase and usage history and preferences, including gameplay information
• Billing Information: Payment information (credit / debit card information) and shipping address
• Internet / Electronic Activity: Web / app browsing and gameplay information related to the Services; information about your online interaction(s) with the Services or our advertising; and details about the games and platforms you use and other information related to installed applications
• Device and Usage Data: Device type, software and hardware details, language settings, browser type and version, operating system, and information about how users use and interact with the Services (e.g., content viewed, pages visited, clicks, scrolls)
• Profile Inferences: Inferences made from your information and web activity to help create a personalized profile so we can identify goods and services that may be of interest
• Audio / Visual Information: Account photos, images, and avatars, audio information via chat features and functionality, and gameplay recordings and video footage (such as when you participate in playtesting)
• Sensitive Information: Precise location information (if you allow the Services to collect your location), account credentials (user name and password), and contents of communications via chat features and functionality.

What makes them different from a virus? Here's a comparison between the data collected by a RAT (Remote Access Trojan), a Trojan, and what is described in the privacy policy:

Data Type	Keylogger	Spyware	RAT	Info-Stealer	Trojan	Adware (Tracking)	Network Sniffer	Rootkit	Browser Hijacker	Privacy Policy
Identifiers / Contact Info	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅ (via packet capture)	✅ (indirectly)	✅	✅
Protected Characteristics	❌	⚠️ (inferred)	❌	❌	❌	✅ (from browsing)	❌	❌	✅ (e.g., age from browsing)	✅
Commercial Info (Purchases)	✅ (if typed)	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Billing Info	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌	✅
Internet / Electronic Activity	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Device & Usage Data	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	⚠️ (indirect)	✅	✅	✅
Profile Inferences	❌	⚠️ (inference)	✅	❌	✅ (less common)	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅
Audio / Visual Info	❌	✅ (screenshots)	✅ (cam/mic access)	❌	Possibly	❌	❌	✅ (via control)	❌	✅
Sensitive Info (Location, Credentials)	✅ (typed)	✅	✅	✅	✅	Possibly	✅	✅	✅	✅ (with consent)