Take-Two and Empire

Empire Interactive is handing its North American distribution rights to Take-Two. The agreement between the two companies sends Empire's console catalog to Take-Two, while Take-Two subsidiary Talon Soft gets Empire's PC titles. "We chose to work with Take-Two because of their undisputed expertise in selling, marketing and distributing computer and video games," said Empire Interactive General Manager Mark Scriven. The first titles released under the new agreement are expected to ship in the summer of 2000.