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The CEO behind Grand Theft Auto VI doesn’t play video games, but analysts say he has put $1.5 billion behind the biggest game launch of the decade
I don't think being consumer-in-chief really helps a CEO be effective in this business, said Take-Two Interactive Software CEO Strauss Zelnick.
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SVG
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CI Games CEO explains why publishers are abandoning physical games
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