Although talent management is a relatively new research stream, it has already witnessed several changes. This research builds on extant work on talent management by focusing on the national culture of team members and finds that national culture, and especially cultural diversity, influences performance. The idea is tested in the video game industry where multicultural development teams create innovative products at a single location. The positive influence of culture varies across the different roles in video game development teams, and the findings confirm the importance of cultural diversity in talent management. These findings provide support for the research model and offer implications for research on cultural diversity and talent management. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.