Take-Two's formerly owned Private Division Studios will now be run by Annapurna Interactive ex-employee, with some expected layoffs to follow as well

In a fairly exciting case of two major industry stories meeting in the middle, former members of downfallen indie

Take-Two Interactive, publisher of the blockbuster franchise Grand Theft Auto, sold its indie label Private Division for an undisclosed price to an unnamed

The former staffers of the independent video-game publisher Annapurna Interactive, who resigned abruptly last summer following an acrimonious power struggle, will be taking over the portfolio of a past rival, which will be laying off some of its employees.

Former Annapurna Interactive staff - who departed the acclaimed video game publisher last September as part of a "mass

Take-Two Interactive said in November 2024 that it had sold Private Division, the "high-end indie" publishing label it launched in 2017, to an undisclosed buyer, along with "substantially all of Private Division’s live and unreleased titles.

In a rather unusual merging of two completely separate reported stories from last year, the former staff of Annapurna Interactive are seemingly preparing to take over the portfolio of shuttered indie label Private Division.

Ex-Annapurna Interactive employees have reportedly banded together to form a new company that will inherit former Private Division IPs.