Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has transferred its entire stake in Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. to its gaming subsidiary, Savvy Games Group. This massive decision is part of a major plan to bring all of the fund’s gaming investments under one company.
As per the latest SEC filing, PIF moved 11,414,680 shares of Take-Two common stock to Savvy Games Group, operating through Saudi Fourth Investment Company. The reported value of the entire stake is roughly around $3 billion, which translates to 5.94 percent to 6.2 percent of Take-Two’s outstanding shares.
The transfer was completed in late December 2025, as on December 31, 2025, PIF, Savvy Games Group, and Saudi Fourth Investment Company filed a Schedule 13G/A with US regulators. The filing said Saudi Fourth directly holds the 11,414,680 shares, while PIF and Savvy are considered beneficial owners through their control of the company.
On February 17, 2026, PIF’s fourth quarter 2025 Form 13F filing removed Take-Two from its list of holdings. This confirmed that the shares were not sold but internally transferred to Savvy.
As mentioned earlier, the Take-Two transfer is part of a bigger plan. In January 2026, reports said PIF was shifting its entire $12 billion gaming portfolio to Savvy Games Group. This includes stakes in Nintendo and Bandai Namco, as well as positions approaching about 10 percent in Koei Tecmo, NCSoft, Nexon, and Square Enix.
Savvy also owns Scopely, the company behind Monopoly Go!, and gaming assets from Niantic, including Pokémon Go. It controls esports companies ESL and FACEIT and is also involved in leading a reported $55 billion privatisation effort of Electronic Arts.
The transfer also comes ahead of Take-Two’s expected 2026 launch of Grand Theft Auto VI. The internal reorganisation positions Savvy to benefit from potential value growth, as the launch of GTA 6 is widely speculated to significantly boost Take-Two Interactive’s stock price.
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