Who owns Red Dead Redemption?
Red Dead Redemption is owned by Take-Two (the United States, NASDAQ: TTWO).[1]
Evidence: Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-05-22, SEC EDGAR, 22 May 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, New York, New York
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 2004
- Category
- Internet & digital › Platforms & devices › Video games
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: TTWO
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Red Dead Redemption
Red Dead Redemption is Rockstar's western series, and its 2018 prequel was reported to have cost several hundred million dollars to make. Accounts of the working hours behind it prompted a wider industry reckoning over crunch. Take-Two publishes it through Rockstar, and the 2018 game's world is detailed enough that its animals, weather and townspeople behave differently by time of day.
What Take-Two's annual report says about Red Dead Redemption
Sentences about Red Dead Redemption from Take-Two's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Red Dead Redemption 2 , which has been a critical and commercial success that set numerous entertainment industry records, has sold-in more than 80 million units worldwide.
How often Take-Two names Red Dead Redemption in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Red Dead Redemption
Where Red Dead Redemption sits in Take-Two
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Take-Two
Take-Two controls 14 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
- 2K (2005)
- Civilization (1991)
- Grand Theft Auto (1997)
- NBA 2K (1999)
- Rockstar Games (1998)
- Zynga (2007)
Founded in the 2000s
- BioShock (2007)
- Words With Friends (2009)
- Zynga Poker (2007)
Other brands in video games, and who owns them
Take-Two has more brands in video games on Brandtree than any other owner: 7 of 87.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Fantasy Westward Journey | NetEase | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong |
| Age of Wonders | Paradox Interactive | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| Apex Legends | EA | 🇺🇸 United States |
| eFootball | Konami | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA | KRAFTON | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| ARC Raiders | Nexon | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Bingo Blitz | Playtika | 🇮🇱 Israel |
| Mega Man | Capcom | 🇯🇵 Japan |
About the owner: Take-Two
Take-Two is a publicly listed company headquartered in New York, New York, United States, founded in 1993. Brandtree records 14 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: TTWO.
Take-Two publishes through three labels that operate largely independently: Rockstar Games, 2K and Zynga. It is unusual among large publishers in releasing few titles a year and relying on a small number of enormous franchises rather than an annual slate.
🇺🇸 Red Dead Redemption and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,570 brands that began in the United States. 492 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Red Dead Redemption is not one of them.
- ALLBLK — AMC Networks 🇺🇸
- AOL — Apollo 🇺🇸
- Activision Blizzard — Microsoft 🇺🇸
- Airbnb — Airbnb 🇺🇸
- AllModern — Wayfair 🇺🇸
- Allrecipes — IAC 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Red Dead Redemption?
The parent company of Red Dead Redemption is Take-Two, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Red Dead Redemption American?
Yes. Red Dead Redemption originated in the United States in 2004 and its owner, Take-Two, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Red Dead Redemption still owned by Take-Two?
Yes. As of 29 October 2026, Red Dead Redemption is still owned by Take-Two. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-05-22 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 22 May 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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