July 3, 2012 Update: X-Com: Enemy Unkown was a stand-out at E3 and Borderlands 2 and NBA 2K13 looked good, but, overall, not a brilliant E3 for Take Two. No reason to bump him up the way we did the bosses at Square-Enix and Ubisoft.
https://lastchance.cc/even-the-cross-section-of-x-com-enemy-unknown-looks-gr-5915158%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
May 30, 2012 Update: Strauss moves down 3 positions, mainly because others have leapt over him.
Feb 20, 2012 Update: Max Payne 3‘s delay from March to May reduced the odds of the game’s developers at Rockstar getting Grand Theft Auto V out for Take Two this year. Borderlands 2, however, is now targeted to September. Zelnick drops, partially to make room for Shigeru Miyamoto advancing above him.
https://lastchance.cc/new-borderlands-2-trailer-promises-lots-game-hits-this-5887233%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Why He’s Powerful
He’ll never live down being the only gaming bigwig to show off his muscles on the cover of a men’s fitness magazine (please don’t take that as a challenge, rival execs), but what does he care?
https://lastchance.cc/take-two-chairman-now-mens-fitness-coverboy-5066671%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Successful as some of its games are, the company doesn’t have much to boast about in categories some of its rivals consider to be the most important markets: social gaming, mobile gaming or even, outside of the Borderlands series and Rockstar’s almost-there efforts, a powerhouse online game.
