From the article: > The contract with Take-Two was the studio’s only source of revenue at the time. Without it, the independent studio was in serious trouble.

From the article: > The contract with Take-Two was the studio’s only source of revenue at the time. Without it, the independent studio was in serious trouble. > The [founders] had been in discussions about selling their company to Take-Two but were dissatisfied with the terms, they explained. > Take-Two hired more than a third of Star Theory’s staff, including the studio head and creative director. > By March . . . Star Theory closed its doors. So, a small game studio played chicken with Take-Two, a $15 billion juggernaut, and lost. Take-Two picked up the pieces.