Take Two Interactive Is Buying Up Farmville Developer Zynga For $12.7 Billion

Take Two Interactive, the parent company of Grand Theft Auto series developer Rockstar Games, is in the process of acquiring Zynga for recently acquired Torchlight developer Echtra Games who are now working on an unannounced game.

Take Two, on the other hand, also owns 2K, another major video game publisher with its own studios, as well as several smaller video game developers, including Private Division, Intercept Games, Irrational Games, Socialpoint, Playdots, and Nordeus. Aside from the Grand Theft Auto IP, Take-Two’s portfolio also includes several AAA franchises such as Red Dead, NBA 2K, Borderlands, and BioShock among others.