The promised Mike Wilson interview is now online at GameSpot, talking to the Gathering of Developers CEO about the consolidation of GoD's operations at Take Two's offices in New York, and his plans for the future (story). The article chronicles the changes the company went through from independent publisher to subsidiary of Take Two, also quotes two of the founding developers, and offers more on their new SubstanceTV project. Here is a quote:

In reality, the concept behind the Gathering of Developers was a pie-in-the-sky ideal that never got the funding it needed. GodGames initially wanted $25 million in venture capital, but it ended up settling for what eventually amounted to an estimated $22.5 million in advances from Take-Two as part of a 20-product deal in exchange for 19.9 percent equity in GodGames. That might have been enough money if all the games arrived on time and were hits, but when the titles started falling behind schedule, the money quickly dried up. "We ran out of money three times," Wilson said, explaining that the sale of GodGames to Take-Two in June 2000 was the only way to stay afloat. "GOD was always hanging by a thread, but when it had to sell to Take-Two, that's when the whole downward spiral really began," said 3D Realms' Scott Miller, one of the founding developers.