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UNITED
      STATES
SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
      DC 20549
FORM
      8-K
CURRENT
      REPORT
Pursuant
      to Section 13 or 15 (d) of the
Securities
      Exchange Act of 1934
Date
      of
      Report (Date of earliest event reported):
March
      14, 2006
TAKE
                TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE,
                INC.
(Exact
                name of registrant as specified in
                its charter)
Delaware
0-29230
51-0350842
(State
                or Other
(Commission
(IRS
                Employer
Jurisdiction
                of
File
                Number)
Identification
                No.)
Incorporation)
622
                Broadway, New York, NY
10012
(Address
                of Principal Executive
                Offices)
(Zip
                Code)
Registrant's
      telephone number, including area code
(646)
      536-2842
Not
                Applicable
(Former
                Name or Former Address, if Changed
                Since Last Report)
Check
      the
      appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
      satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
      provisions (
see
General
      Instruction A.2. below):
o
Written
      communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
      230.425)
o
Soliciting
      material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14a-12)
o
Pre-commencement
      communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14d-
2(b))
o
Pre-commencement
      communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.13e-4(c))
Item
      5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
      Appointment of Principal Officers.
On
      March
      14, 2006, John F. Levy was appointed to the Registrant's Board of Directors and
      Chair of the Registrant's Audit Committee. Mr. Levy is
considered
      a financial expert under applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange
      Commission.
Mr.
      Levy
      is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Board Advisory Services, a
      consulting firm which advises public companies in the areas of corporate
      governance, corporate compliance, financial reporting and financial
      strategies
,
      and has
      extensive experience with entertainment, technology and consumer goods
      companies. In connection with his consulting services, Mr. Levy also currently
      serves as Chief Financial Officer of
Universal
      Food & Beverage Company, a manufacturer of co-packaged, private label and
      branded beverage products.
Mr.
      Levy
      has served as chief financial officer for several public companies. Most
      recently, he served in that capacity for over seven years with MediaBay,
Inc.,
      a
      NASDAQ company and
leading
      provider of premium spoken word audio content. While at MediaBay, he also served
      for a period as its Vice Chairman
.
Mr.
      Levy
      is a Certified Public Accountant with nine years' experience with the national
      public accounting firms of Ernst & Young, Laventhol & Horwath and Grant
      Thornton. Mr. Levy has a BS degree in economics from the Wharton School of
      the
      University of Pennsylvania and received his MBA from St. Joseph's University
      in
      Philadelphia. He is the co-author of Cashin's Handbook for Auditors,
      2
nd
Edition
      published by McGraw-Hill. Mr. Levy currently serves as a director of
      IBuyDigital.com Inc., a privately held online retailer of consumer electronics
      and other consumer products
.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant
      has
      duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
      duly authorized.
TAKE-TWO
                INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC.
(Registrant)
Date: March
              17, 2006
By:
/s/ Karl
              H.
              Winters
Name:
              Karl H. Winters
Title:
                Chief Financial Officer
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