Take-Two COO Leaves Company

Take-Two Chief Operating Officer Gary Dale, who assumed the position only six months ago, is leaving the company and ending day-to-day duties effective immediately, reports GamesIndustry.biz. Dale was promoted to COO back in August of last year. Prior to assuming the position, he served as executive vice president of Take-Two, and before that as COO of Rockstar Games. No reason for his departure from the company was given. Since their refusal to accept a merger offer from Electronic Arts back in September, Take-Two has been going through some rough patches. Their stock saw an immediate nose-dive , and chairman Strauss Zelnick even earned the ultimate dishonor (in the sad realm of cable news, anyway) of landing on Mad Money's Wall of Shame . (link)