December 5th, 2008

Grand Theft Auto IV is turning out to be quite interesting.
Rockstar's top executives including Sam and Dan Houser and "Grand Theft Auto" producer Leslie Benzes have signed a new contract with Take-Two that will keep them at the company through at least January of 2012. That ends worries by some observers that they might leave when their contracts ended this winter.

It always seemed unlikely to me that they would leave, since they're more valuable to Take-Two thanks to their association with "Grand Theft Auto" than anywhere else. But they surely wanted a very financially lucrative deal, given the importance of "GTA," the newest version of which ("GTA IV") has sold more than ten million units this year, to Take-Two's profits.