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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * ZELNICK STRAUSS   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol TAKE TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE INC [TTWO] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chairman, CEO (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC., 622 BROADWAY 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/04/2017 (Street) NEW YORK, NY 10012 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 04/04/2017   D   46,752 (1) D $ 0 851,774 (1) (2) I By Zelnick Media Corporation (1) (2) Common Stock 04/04/2017   S   387,237 (3) D $ 57.9817 (4) 464,537 (3) (5) I By Zelnick Media Corporation (3) (5) Common Stock 04/04/2017   J(6)   91,602 (6) D $ 0 372,935 (6) (7) I By Zelnick Media Corporation (6) (7) Common Stock 04/04/2017   G V 91,602 (8) D $ 0 (8) 0 (8) D   Common Stock 04/04/2017   G V 91,602 (8) A $ 0 (8) 219,883 (9) I By Zelnick Belzberg Living Trust (9) Common Stock               110,000 (10) I By Wendy Jay Belzberg 2012 Family Trust (10)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
ZELNICK STRAUSS C/O TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC. 622 BROADWAY NEW YORK, NY 10012	X		Chairman, CEO

Signatures

/s/ Strauss Zelnick		04/06/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Represents the forfeiture of performance-based restricted units previously granted to ZelnickMedia due to the failure to meet certain performance conditions.
(2)	Represents 372,935 restricted units and 478,839 shares of Common Stock held directly by ZelnickMedia, of which Mr. Zelnick is a partner (such securities are not held individually by Mr. Zelnick). Mr. Zelnick disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities held by ZelnickMedia except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(3)	On April 4, 2017, 478,839 restricted units previously granted to ZelnickMedia vested. Such restricted units were registered at the time of grant pursuant to a registration statement filed with the Commission which was automatically declared effective on May 20, 2015. The reported sale transactions were effected pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 trading plans, including to satisfy the tax obligations of the partners of ZelnickMedia upon the vesting of such restricted units.
(4)	Represents a weighted average sales price of shares sold in multiple transactions at sales prices ranging from $57.775 to $58.72, inclusive. Upon request, the Reporting Person undertakes to provide the full sale information regarding the number of shares sold at each price increment to the Commission, the issuer or any security holder of the issuer.
(5)	Represents 372,935 restricted units and 91,602 shares of Common Stock held directly by ZelnickMedia, of which Mr. Zelnick is a partner (such securities are not held individually by Mr. Zelnick). Mr. Zelnick disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities held by ZelnickMedia except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(6)	On April 4, 2017, 478,839 restricted units previously granted to ZelnickMedia vested and ZelnickMedia distributed a total of 91,602 shares received upon vesting to Mr. Zelnick, which shares Mr. Zelnick had previously indirectly beneficially owned through ZelnickMedia.
(7)	Represents 372,935 restricted units held directly by ZelnickMedia, of which Mr. Zelnick is a partner (such securities are not held individually by Mr. Zelnick). Mr. Zelnick disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities held by ZelnickMedia except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(8)	Mr. Zelnick received 91,602 shares pursuant to a distribution, as further described in Footnote (6) above, which receipt was exempt from Section 16 as such shares were previously held by Mr. Zelnick indirectly through ZelnickMedia. Mr. Zelnick then contributed such securities to the Zelnick/Belzberg Living Trust in exchange for no consideration.
(9)	Represents 219,883 shares of Common Stock held by the Zelnick/Belzberg Living Trust (such securities are indirectly held by Mr. Zelnick), including 91,602 shares received by Mr. Zelnick pursuant to the distribution referred to in Footnote (6) above. Mr. Zelnick disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities held by the Zelnick/Belzberg Living Trust except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(10)	Represents 110,000 shares of Common Stock held by the Wendy Jay Belzberg 2012 Family Trust (such securities are indirectly held by Mr. Zelnick). Mr. Zelnick disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities held by the Wendy Jay Belzberg 2012 Family Trust except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

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