Cat Daddy Games

{{Short description|American video game developer}}

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{{Infobox company

| name = Cat Daddy Games, LLC

| logo = Cat Daddy Games.png

| type = Subsidiary

| industry = Video games

| founded = {{Start date and age|1996|03}}

| founders = {{Unbulleted list| Ryan Haveson|Harley Howe|Patrick Wilkinson}}

| hq_location_city = Kirkland, Washington

| hq_location_country = US

| parent = {{Unbulleted list|Global Star Software (2003-2007)|2K (2007-present)}}

| website = {{url|http://catdaddy.com/}}

}}

Cat Daddy Games, LLC is an American video game developer and a studio of 2K based in Kirkland, Washington.{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/1354349D:US |title=Cat Daddy Games LLC |website=Bloomberg News}} It was founded in the Seattle area by Ryan Haveson, Harley Howe, and Patrick Wilkinson after leaving Microsoft's games division in March 1996.{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/NextGeneration30Jun1997/page/n99 |title=Demon Isle |department=ng alphas |magazine=Next Generation |issue=30 |publisher=Imagine Publishing |date=June 1997 |page=98}} During their time at Microsoft, they compiled a list of features they wanted to see in a game, and upon forming Cat Daddy Games, started developing Demon Isle, an action-adventure game.{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/InterAction_Magazine_Spring_1997_1997_Sierra_On-Line_US/page/n89 |title=Demon Isle – Cat Daddy's Big Debut |department=On the Coding Edge |magazine=InterAction Magazine |publisher=Sierra On-Line |date=1997 |page=84}} In Q2 2003, Cat Daddy Games was acquired by Take-Two Interactive and became an internal development studio for Take-Two's Global Star Software label.{{cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/946581/000112528206000471/b411065-10k.htm |title=Form 10-K – Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. |date=January 31, 2006 |website=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission}} On September 10, 2007, Take-Two Interactive announced the opening of 2K Play, a new sub-label for its 2K division, which consumed all assets of Global Star Software, including Cat Daddy Games.{{cite web |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/nickelodeon-enters-agreement-with-new-2k-play-label |title=Nickelodeon enters agreement with new 2K Play label |first=Mark |last=Androvich |date=September 10, 2007 |website=GamesIndustry.biz |access-date=February 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816235631/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/nickelodeon-enters-agreement-with-new-2k-play-label |archive-date=August 16, 2019 |url-status=live }}