Gaming startups in New York
Game studios and platforms, anchored by Take-Two and the GTA VI lineage, plus a set of independent NYC studios.
4 companies building in Gaming here.
Kenny Rosenblatt & Jessica Rovello
Founded 2001 by Kenny Rosenblatt and Jessica Rovello, Arkadium builds casual/HTML5 games (crosswords, solitaire, puzzles) distributed across major publishers like USA Today, The Washington Post and Microsoft...
Sam Houser, Dan Houser, Terry Donovan, Jamie King & Gary Foreman
Founded 1998 in NYC (a Take-Two label), Rockstar is one of the world's most influential game studios — creators of Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption. Grand Theft Auto VI is among the most anticipated ...
Ryan Brant
Founded 1993 by Ryan Brant, Take-Two is a global interactive-entertainment publisher and the NYC-HQ'd parent of Rockstar Games and 2K (GTA, Red Dead, NBA 2K, Borderlands). Acquired Zynga for ~$12.7B in 2022,...
Kevin Segalla & Dan Sherman
Founded 2012 as Tilting Point Media, this NYC-HQ'd free-to-play mobile game publisher pioneered a 'progressive publishing' model — funding user acquisition and co-development for studios. 200+ staff across N...
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