A sign that Rockstar does not want to re-sign the contract with Take-Two possibly, today Chief Operating Officer of Rockstar left to go to Take-Two as Executive Vice President. He had only been COO of Rockstar Games for 11 months, and he leaves after a year of hard work and no doubt, good times. I'm sure it's not the last we will hear of Gary Dale, if anything it's the start of something new and exciting with lots of new opertunity to impress us all. Again.

Take-Two had this to say about Mr. Dale:

"Gary's depth of experience in the interactive entertainment industry and his long-time association with our Company make him an excellent choice to take on this new corporate Executive VP position," said Ben Feder, Chief Executive Officer of Take-Two. "As part of our emphasis on driving profitable growth, we are asking Gary to spearhead our efforts to explore opportunities in emerging areas such as online gaming and casual games, and in promising regions such as Asia/Pacific and Latin America, while also helping to enhance the performance of our sales organization. As corporate liaison to our Rockstar, 2K Games, 2K Sports and 2K Play labels, Gary also will use his expertise to ensure that we take a coordinated approach to building and growing our businesses."

MCVUK also added this in there report:

"Dale will be chiefly looking at the publisher’s sales and distribution activities, and is said to be pursuing further ‘business development opportunities’ for the company, chiefly by liaising with all of Take 2’s publishing labels, of which Rockstar is one. He will also be tasked with exploring the opportunities in emerging markets such as online and casual gaming."

Online and casual gaming? I hear people gossoping already...

Thanks... MCVUK.com for image and quote. Full press release by Take-Two here.