Grand Theft Auto and Borderlands writer Take-Two Interactive has introduced the sale of its indie-focused publishing label Personal Division. Moreover, the corporate has lastly confirmed the closure of OlliOlli World developer Roll7 and Kerbal Area Program 2‘s Intercept Video games, six months after CEO Strauss Zelnick insisted, “We did not shutter these studios.”
Take-Two introduced the formation of Personal Division again in 2017, particularly to publish video games from smaller unbiased groups. Since then, it is launched the likes of Obsidian Leisure’s The Outer Worlds and Moon Studios’ No Relaxation for the Depraved, arrange a brand new growth crew – Intercept Video games – to create a sequel to Kerbal Area Program 2, and even acquired Roll7, which later launched OlliOlli World and Rollerdrome.
Nonetheless, 2023 introduced phrase of layoffs at Personal Division, and a flurry of reviews this Could recommended a significant shift in technique for the label. A beforehand introduced publishing settlement with Silent Hill 2 Remake developer Bloober Staff was cancelled, and mass layoffs have been reported at Roll7 and Intercept Video games, as a part of 5 p.c discount in workers firm large, successfully bringing an finish to the studios. That is regardless of CEO Strauss Zelnick later insisting, “We did not shutter [them]”. Shortly after, it was reported Take-Two was seeking to promote Personal Division amid phrase solely a skeleton crew was left on the label to work on No Relaxation for the Depraved.
And now, as a part of its Q2 2025 earnings report, Take-Two has confirmed the sale of Personal Division. “We just lately made the strategic resolution to promote [the] label to focus our assets on rising our core and cell companies for the long-term,” Zelnick mentioned in ready remarks. “As a part of this transaction, the client bought our rights to considerably all of Personal Division’s reside and unreleased titles.” Nonetheless, Take-Two – which hasn’t revealed Personal Division’s purchaser – will proceed to assist No Relaxation for the Depraved regardless of the sale.
“The crew of Personal Division did an important job supporting unbiased builders and, virtually to a one, each undertaking they supported did nicely,” Zelnick mentioned in separate feedback made to GamesIndustry.biz. “Nonetheless, the size of these initiatives was, candidly, on the smaller aspect, and we’re within the enterprise of constructing nice massive hits.” Moreover, a Take-Two spokesperson confirmed that Roll7 and Intercept Video games have been closed previous to the sale of Personal Division.
