Investment group buys 6% of Take-Two

The Citadel Investment Group upped its stake in Take-Two over the holidays, and now owns about six per cent of the Grand Theft Auto publisher.

With GTA V on the horizon the group, owned by billionaire Ken Griffen, is not the only firm to take an interest in the company.

GameSpotpoints out that Investing heavy hitter Carl Icahn revealed he had ownership of 8.7m Take Two shares.According to anSEC filing, Citadel now owns 5.5m shares of the publisher’s stock, which was up today by 3.5 per cent to $11.88 a share.

The highly anticipated GTA V is due for release this spring on Xbox 360 and PS3.

Story originally published on Develop