Editing Gathering of Developers (section)

===Decline and acquisition===
On May 1, 2000, Take-Two Interactive announced that they had acquired Gathering of Developers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/article_27343 |title=Take 2 Interactive buys GOD |author=Gestalt |date=May 1, 2000 |website=[[Eurogamer]] |access-date=February 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210235151/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/article_27343 |archive-date=February 10, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/take-two-finds-god/1100-2565601/ |title=Take Two Finds G.O.D. |first=Sam |last=Parker |date=May 1, 2000 |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=February 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922002602/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/take-two-finds-god/1100-2565601/ |archive-date=September 22, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> The deal was signed mainly due to Gathering of Developers' financial instability.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usgamer.net/articles/gamings-greatest-flops-duke-nukem-forever-retrospective |title=Gaming's Greatest Flops: Duke Nukem Forever |first=Bob |last=Mackey |date=November 28, 2014 |website=[[USgamer]] |access-date=February 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210235202/https://www.usgamer.net/articles/gamings-greatest-flops-duke-nukem-forever-retrospective |archive-date=February 10, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> On May 4, 2000, Take-Two Interactive and Gathering of Developers launched On Deck Interactive as a publishing label for games with "a consumer friendly price point and a [[mass market]] appeal".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/05/06/take-2-and-god-launch-on-deck-interactive |title=Take 2 And G.O.D. Launch On Deck Interactive |author=IGN Staff |date=May 5, 2000 |website=[[IGN]] |access-date=February 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210235309/http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/05/06/take-2-and-god-launch-on-deck-interactive |archive-date=February 10, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/gathering-launches-mass-market-line/1100-2565640/ |title=Gathering Launches Mass-Market Line |first=Sam |last=Parker |date=May 4, 2000 |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=February 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922002724/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/gathering-launches-mass-market-line/1100-2565640/ |archive-date=September 22, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> Following the departure of On Deck Interactive's CEO Robert Westmoreland, the label was shut down again on March 5, 2001, with all of its upcoming games shifted to Gathering of Developers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/on-deck-interactive-folds/1100-2692871/ |title=On Deck Interactive folds |first=Trey |last=Walker |date=March 5, 2001 |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=February 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211000744/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/on-deck-interactive-folds/1100-2692871/ |archive-date=February 11, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>