Global Star Software was a Canadian
video game publisher
A video game publisher is a company that publishes video games that have been developed either internally by the publisher or externally by a video game developer.
They often finance the development, sometimes by paying a video game developer ( ...
based in
Mississauga
Mississauga ( ), historically known as Toronto Township, is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is situated on the shores of Lake Ontario in the Regional Municipality of Peel, adjoining the western border of Toronto. With a popul ...
.
It was founded in 1995 by Craig McGauley and Damian Cristiani and operated alongside their Triad Distributors, which had been founded in 1993.
Both companies were acquired by
Take-Two Interactive
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is an American video game holding company based in New York City and founded by Ryan Brant in September 1993.
The company owns two major publishing labels, Rockstar Games and 2K, which operate internal g ...
on 1 September 1999.
When the "2K Play" label was added to Take-Two's
2K label on 10 September 2007, 2K absorbed all of Global Star's assets.
List of games
References
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1995 establishments in Ontario
1999 mergers and acquisitions
2007 disestablishments in Ontario
2007 mergers and acquisitions
Take-Two Interactive divisions and subsidiaries
Video game companies established in 1995
Video game companies disestablished in 2007
Defunct video game companies of Canada
Video game publishers