Ok, so, you remember when it looked an awful lot like Take-Two was shutting down both Kerbal Space Program 2 developer Intercept Games and Roll7 – the studio behind Rollerdrome and OlliOlli World – earlier this month? Well, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has now said that it “didn’t shutter” the studios, leaving us all wondering whether they still, er, actually exist.
Yes, this is a thing. If you’re out of the loop, the shutterings – hinted at by internal documentation from Roll7 and a notice filed with the Washington State Employment Security Department – were reportedly part of cuts Take-Two revealed plans for via an SEC filing in April. Naturally, both people in the industry and players weren’t exactly pleased to hear either bit of news, but Zelnick now seems to have cast some doubt over what’s actually happening in pretty baffling fashion.
In response to IGN asking during yesterday’s Take-Two earnings call why the apparent closures of Intercept and Roll7 had happened, the CEO said the following:
