Take-Two didn’t disclose the customer 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 determination to promote our Non-public Division label to focus our sources on rising our core and cellular companies for the long-term. As a part of this transaction, the customer bought our rights to considerably all of Non-public Division’s reside and unreleased titles.
Take-Two will proceed to assist 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 crew has made to our firm and are assured that they are going to proceed to realize success of their new residence.
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick instructed GamesIndustry.biz that the customer can be named quickly and stated, “The crew of Non-public Division did a terrific job supporting unbiased builders and, virtually to a one, each mission they supported did properly. Nevertheless, the dimensions of these initiatives 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.