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Anthony McGlynn

Take-Two CEO says they "take no victory lap" following $55 billion EA buyout news, and the company is "always running scared": "We wish our competitors well"

GTA 6.

As far as video game companies go, Take-Two Interactive is in a stronger position than most. It's still publicly traded and has a strong stable of still relevant franchises, with Borderlands 4 setting series records and GTA 6 on the horizon. The company doesn't take such things for granted, says CEO Strauss Zelnick, as nobody's breaking out the champagne right now.

During a quarterly financials call, Zelnick was asked about being the "last publicly traded standalone publisher of scale standing," likely referencing how EA is now set to be bought out by a conglomerate which includes the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund. "We're always running scared around here," he says.

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