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Global Star Software

Logo: Take-Two Interactive, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

American video game publisher

Global Star Software is an American video game publisher that was originally a Canadian video game publisher that was formed in 1993 by Triad Distributors, and it was sold to Take-Two Interactive in 1999, briefly escalating into an AAA game publisher after Gotham Games shuttered in 2003 before the formation of 2K in 2005, before being retired in 2007 in favor of the 2K label.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1995Founded1

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Global Star Software is an American video game publisher that was originally a Canadian video game publisher that was formed in 1993 by Triad Distributors, and it was sold to Take-Two Interactive in 1999, briefly escalating into an AAA game publisher after Gotham Games shuttered in 2003 before the formation of 2K in 2005, before being retired in 2007 in favor of the 2K label.2

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded by 2K1

Timeline

  1. 2003Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1995Founded Founded1

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